MR. MIDNIGHT by GARTH BROOKS
To be found on the CD : Scarecrow
Written By J.R. Cobb, Buddy Buie and Tom Douglas
Transcription by BahramK@gmx.de
Comments welcome
Don't get scared when you look at the chords ... they're not as tough as the
look :-)
Intro : | Em - - - | Em - - - | Em - - - | Em - - - |
Verse 1 :
Cmaj7 B7 B Em G7
Rain on the roof 'n time on my hands,it sure seemed quiet out there'n radio land
C Cm
They call me at the all-night station, make their special dedications
G D/F# Em G7/D
And I do my best to play their request, when it's a desperate situation
C D4___D
This was a desperate situation
Refrain :
G/B C D4___D
I'm Mr. Midnight alone and blue
G D/F# Em G7/D
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do
C D D6/D# Em___G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?
Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - |
Verse 2 :
Cmaj7 B7 B
"Caller on the line, could you please hold on?"
Em G7
I recognized her voice the minute I picked up the phone
C Cm
Should I tell her that it's me or leave it at a memory
G D/F# Em G7/D
Haven't been myself since the day she left and I'm never gonna be,
C D4___D
I'm forever gonna be
Refrain :
G/B C D4___D
Mr. Midnight alone and blue
G D/F# Em G7/D
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do
C D D6/D# Em___G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?
Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - |
Bridge :
Cmaj7 B7 B
Imagine my surprise when she spoke my name
Em G7
She said could you tell him that I love him and I wish things could be the same?
C Cm
Then a voice I never knew, said "Honey, who you talking to?" - Pause -
Refrain :
G/B C D4___D
Mr. Midnight alone and blue
G D/F# Em G7/D
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do
C D D6/D# Em G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?
Outro : | Em - - - | Em - - - |Em - - - | Em -> Upstroke |
Comments :
If you play this song on a guitar only, then you should better play a standard
G7 instead of the G7/D chord, because it's easier to play and sounds better this
way, even though in the original recording the bass is playing a D at this part.
Additional Chords :
Cmaj7 Cm B7 G7 G7/D G/B
e 0|--- e 3|--|--- e 2|-x- e 1|x-- e 1|x-- e 3|--x
b 0|--- b 4|--|x-- b 0|--- b 0|--- b 0|--- b 3|--x
g 0|--- g 5|--|-x- g 2|-x- g 0|--- g 0|--- g 0|---
D 2|-x- D 5|--|-x- D 1|x-- D 0|--- D 0|--- D 0|---
A 3|--x A 3|--|--- A 2|-x- A 2|-x- A x|--- A 2|-x-
E x|--- E x|------ E x|--- E 3|--x E x|--- E x|---
D/F# D4 D6/D# B
e 2|-x- e 3|--x e 2|-x- e 2|-|---
b 3|--x b 3|--x b 0|--- b 4|-|-|-
g 2|-x- g 2|-x- g 2|-x- g 4|-|-|-
D 0|--- D 0|--- D 1|x-- D 4|-|-|-
A x|--- A x|--- A x|--- A 2|-|---
E 2|-x- E x|--- E x|--- E x|-----
Additional Tabulature :
Even though this is a piano song, you can do a nice fingerpicking on the guitar
on it to make it sound like the original recording. This is what I figured out
to make it sound the best for me :
The Em parts can be played like the following. The piano melody is built into
this picking :
e |-0-------0-3-0---5-------7-------|-0-------0-3-0---5-------3-------|
b |-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---|
g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
Em Em
Play this two times during the Intro and repeat it through the Fills and the
Outro.
The fingerpicking through the rest of the song could be something like this :
e |-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
b |-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------4-------4-------|
g |-0-------0---------------0-------|-2-------2-------4-------4-------|
D |-----2-------2---------------2---|-----1---------------4-----------|
A |-3-------------------3-----------|-2-----------2---2-----------2---|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Cmaj7 B7 B
Rain on the roof Time on my hands
Continue this type of fingerpicking throughout the rest of the song.
