Clock Strikes Midnight Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays571

Clock Strikes Midnight by Paddy And The Rats is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, E, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
Text
16
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Intro:  
Am C G Am 
Am C G E 
Am G C E 
Am C E 
Am C G Am 
Am C G E 
Am G C E 
Am C G Am 

verse 1 
Am           G         Am      G 
Run from the pain it's hard to breathin' 
   Am         G          F        G 
My shadows beside me so I'm still living 
Am      G          Am          G 
Cry out loud I'm a terrible creation 
Am        G          F       G 
How I get trough the finest isolation 

   F           C             E             Am 
My heart stops beat when the clock strikes midnight 
   F          C             E        Am 
My feet don't move till the pain has gone 
   F         C             E              Am 
My hope gets weak while it drownes in the moonlight 
F                E   (C D E) 
What worth dying for 

Instrumental 
Am C G Am 
Am C G E 
Am G C E 
Am C G Am 

verse 2 
Am       G        Am      G 
Trust is gone, my skin is crawling 
  Am     G             F        G 
I lose myself when the sun gets falling 
Am       G        Am       G 
Into the sea of a peaceful madness 
Am       G         F         G 
I find myself in a beautiful sadness 
 
   F           C             E             Am 
My heart stops beat when the clock strikes midnight 
   F          C             E        Am 
My feet don't move till the pain has gone 
   F         C             E              Am 
My hope gets weak while it drownes in the moonlight 
F                E 
What worth dying for 

Bridge 
C       D           Am 
I had a dream and a hunger inside 
C          D         Am 
Can't find God on my seperate way 
C        D          Am 
Tumblin' down and I can't decide 
F         E 
How to go insane 

Instrumental 
F C E Am 
F C E Am 
F C E Am 
F   E   Am  (D) 

Am C G Am 
Am C G E 
Am G C E 
Am C E 

   F           C             E             Am 
My heart stops beat when the clock strikes midnight 
   F          C             E        Am 
My feet don't move till the pain has gone 
   F         C             E              Am 
My hope gets weak while it drownes in the moonlight 
F                E 
What worth dying for 
   F           C             E             Am 
My heart stops beat when the clock strikes midnight 
   F          C             E        Am 
My feet don't move till the pain has gone 
   F         C             E              Am 
My hope gets weak while it drownes in the moonlight 
F                E  (C D E) 
What worth dying for 

Outro 
Am C G Am 
Am C G E 
Am G C E 
Am C G Am 
    	

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