Midnight Rider Chords

by UB40
KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays574

Midnight Rider by UB40 is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, C#m and Ab. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: Bb 

verse 1 
Bb  
Well i`ve got to run to keep from hidin`,And i`m bound to keep on ridin`, 
Well i got one more silver dollar. 

 
C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
But i ain`t gonna let `em catch me no,I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider, 
C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
And i ain`t gonna let `em catch me no,I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider. 

verse 2 
Bb 
And i don`t own the clothes i`m wearing,And the road goes on forever, 
And i got one more silver dollar. 


C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
But i ain`t gonna let `em catch me no,I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider, 
C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
And i ain`t gonna let `em catch me no,I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider. 

Middle 
Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb C#m C#m Ab Ab Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb C#m C#m Ab Ab Bb Bb 

verse 3 
Bb 
And i`ve gone past the point of caring,Some old bed i`ll soon be sharing, 
And i got one more silver dollar, 

 
C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
But i ain`t gonna let `em catch me no,I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider, 
C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
And i ain`t gonna let `e catch me no, I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider, 
C#m                                     Ab                                     Bb 
And i ain`t gonna let `em catch me no,I ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider, 
Bb                                      Ab                                     Bb 
And i ain`t gonna let `m catch me no, i ain`t gonna let `em catch the midnight rider. 

Outro 
Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb C#m C#m Ab Ab Bb Bb Bb Bb C#m C#m Ab Ab Bb Bb 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante