Midnight Bus:John D. Loudermilk.
recorded in 1960.

INTRO: A

#1.
A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)                  AMe (x02220@1)and my baby, we left on the midnight bus.
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                APulled (x02220@1)out of Durham and left in a cloud of dust.
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)             AHeaded (x02220@1)for the border of North and South Caroline.
D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)              AThis (x02220@1)time tomorrow she'll be mine.

#2.
A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                   AAfter (x02220@1)we had ridden for a while on the midnight bus.
A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)          AWe (x02220@1)fell out and had an awful fuss.
A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 ASaid (x02220@1)goodbye, and I pulled the buzzer chord.
D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)                AI (x02220@1)got off and the driver slammed the door.

#3.
A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)                  ALeft (x02220@1)and lost my baby on the midnight bus.
A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)                  ALeft (x02220@1)and lost my baby on the midnight bus.
      E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)      
She's gone, my baby's gone and I'm alone.

#4.
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                 AStandin' (x02220@1)in the highway, holdin' my suitcase tight.
A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)             AWatching (x02220@1)that midnight bus pull out of sight.
      E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)           AShe's (x02220@1)gone, my baby's gone and I'm alone.

OUTRO: A

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.