Midnight Chords
Midnight by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, A(3x), F#m, Bm, A, E, F, D4 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
intro.C G D A(3x)
C G D
F#m D (2x)
F#m D F#m
Things will never be the same
D Bm
Still I'm awfully glad I came
D Bm
Resonating in the shape of things to come
D
Never waiting when I know there's only one
F#m D F#m
Messed it up but rest assured
D Bm
No one ever thinks they're cured
D Bm
Just a minute while I reinvent myself
D
Make it up and then I take it off the shelf
A E F
Over the laws of light
C
Over the moon by midnight
A E
Let's do it all this time
F
Everyone wishing well we go
C G D A C G D A
Everyone knows anything goes
C G
We are the lotus kids
D A
Better take note of this
C G D D4
For the story
F#m D F#m
The rising moon is on the shine
D Bm
The blood of scorpions a nine
D Bm
Like the fear that's in the eyes of every doe
D
Say it now cause John and Jane would like to know
F#m D F#m
Is it safe inside your head
D Bm
Songs to serenade the dead
D Bm
All along I said I know no enemies
D
Mix it up until there are no pedigrees
A E F
Over the laws of light
C
Over the moon by midnight
A E
Let's do it all this time
F
Everyone wishing well we go
C G D A C G D A
Everyone knows anything goes
C G
We are the lotus kids
D A
Better take note of this
C G D D4
For the story
A E F
Over the laws of light
C
Over the moon by midnight
A E
Let's do it all this time
F
Everyone wishing well we go
A E F
Enter the rolling tide
C A
Over the ocean so wide
E
Let's do it all this time
F
Everyone wishing well we go
C G D A C G D A
Everyone knows anything goes
C G
We are the lotus kids
D A
Better take note of this
C G D D4
For the story (4x)
Am