Midnight Rider Chords

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Midnight Rider by Jimmy Wayne is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D/A, Dsus4, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO: D  D/A  Dsus4 (4x) 
 
D 
I've to run to keep from hidin' 
And I'm bound to keep on ridin' 
I've got one more silver dollar 
        G 
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me no 
A                                      D 
Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider 
 
 
I don't own the clothes I'm wearin' 
And the road goes on forever 
I've got one more silver dollar 
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me no 
Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider 
 
BREAK  
 
(I can feel...yeah yeah) 
 
GUITAR SOLO 
 
I've gone by the point of carin' 
There's no more bed I wanna be sharin' 
I've just one more silver dollar 
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no 
Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider 
Oh I'm not gonna let 'em catch me no 
Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider 
 
 
Na na na na na..... 
 
Yeah, oh you ain't gonna catch me no 
You ain't gonna catch me 
Ain't gonna catch me 
I'm the midnight rider... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante