Artist: The Nightwatchman
Song:  Midnight In The City Of Destruction
Album: The Fabled City

Riff: G#m
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Intro: G#m

           G#mThere's (133111@4)an old shed at the end of an overgrown driveway

And years ago that shed collapsed and fell
        C#mYears (x13321@4)before that there's a withered dog chained up there
  G#m
I saved him maybe he saved me as well
         D#5 (xx134x@1)                        C#5Now (x133xx@4)he's gone and I think I've come undone
     G#m (133111@4)           C#m (x13321@4)      G#mIt's (133111@4)midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus:
G#mLa (133111@4)la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la
C#mLa (x13321@4)la la la la la la la
G#m (133111@4)    C#m (x13321@4)       G#mLa (133111@4)la la la la la la la

        G#mThere's (133111@4)music in the air and suites abandoned

They're singing 'cross farm in the evening breeze
            C#mBut (x13321@4)there's someone in the rows who's unwanted
    G#mAnd (133111@4)now they cut the faithful from the trees
        D#5 (xx134x@1)                     C#5And (x133xx@4)the bulldozers move in one by one
         G#m (133111@4)           C#m (x13321@4)      G#mAnd (133111@4)it's midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus

          G#mI (133111@4)lost my guitar my home my hope and my good fortune

I lost my grandfather, two neighbors and my friend
            C#mI (x13321@4)pray that God myself will come and drown the president
C#m (x13321@4)  
If the levees break again
          D#5 (xx134x@1)                                  C#5Now (x133xx@4)we're standing at the crossroads waitin' for instruction
         G#m (133111@4)           C#m (x13321@4)      G#mAnd (133111@4)it's midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus

          G#mThere's (133111@4)a secret prison somewhere south of 60

And in that secret prison there is a secret cell
        C#mAnd (x13321@4)the prisoners bound and burned, blinded and beaten
           G#mStill (133111@4)that secret prisoner keeps his secret well
             D#5 (xx134x@1)                              C#5Turn (x133xx@4)out the lights cause for one night that's enough son
     G#m (133111@4)           C#m (x13321@4)      G#mIt's (133111@4)midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus




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Riff: Am
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Intro: Am

           AmThere's (x02210@1)an old shed at the end of an overgrown driveway

And years ago that shed collapsed and fell
        DmYears (xx0231@1)before that there's a withered dog chained up there
  AmI (x02210@1)saved him maybe he saved me as well
         E5 (022xxx@1)                          D5Now (xx023x@1)he's gone and I think I've come undone
     Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)       AmIt's (x02210@1)midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus:
AmLa (x02210@1)la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la
DmLa (xx0231@1)la la la la la la la
Am (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)        AmLa (x02210@1)la la la la la la la

        AmThere's (x02210@1)music in the air and suites abandoned

They're singing 'cross farm in the evening breeze
            DmBut (xx0231@1)there's someone in the rows who's unwanted
    AmAnd (x02210@1)now they cut the faithful from the trees
        E5 (022xxx@1)                      D5And (xx023x@1)the bulldozers move in one by one
         Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)it's midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus

          AmI (x02210@1)lost my guitar my home my hope and my good fortune

I lost my grandfather, two neighbors and my friend
            DmI (xx0231@1)pray that God myself will come and drown the president
Dm (xx0231@1)  
If the levees break again
          E5 (022xxx@1)                                   D5Now (xx023x@1)we're standing at the crossroads waitin' for instruction
         Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)it's midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus

          AmThere's (x02210@1)a secret prison somewhere south of 60

And in that secret prison there is a secret cell
        DmAnd (xx0231@1)the prisoners bound and burned, blinded and beaten
           AmStill (x02210@1)that secret prisoner keeps his secret well
             E5 (022xxx@1)                               D5Turn (xx023x@1)out the lights cause for one night that's enough son
     Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)       AmIt's (x02210@1)midnight in the city of destruction

Chorus