• Song:

    Midnight Lullaby

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    Invitation To The Blues

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

...MIDNIGHT LULLABY... by Tom Waits
----------------------.............

*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: G#)


Intro:

Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)

Verse 1:

Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye,
Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying.

Bridge 1:

Bm (x24432@1)                       A7 (x02020@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)       D (xx0232@1)You can burn the midnight oil with me, as long as you will.
Bm (x24432@1)              A7 (x02020@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)  D+      (Gmaj7)
 Stare out at the moon upon the window-sill and dream...

Verse 2:

Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye,
Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying.

Bridge 2:

        Bm (x24432@1)             A7 (x02020@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)            DThere's (xx0232@1)dew drops on the window-sill, gumdrops in your head.
Bm (x24432@1)           A7 (x02020@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)        D+      (Gmaj7)
 Slipping into dream land; you're nodding your head, so dream...

Solo:

Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)

Bm  A7, Am7  D, Bm  A7, Am7  D+

Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x2)

Verse 3:

Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Dream of West Vir-ginia, or of the British Isles.
Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)               Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)'Cos when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.

Bridge 3:

Bm (x24432@1)               A7 (x02020@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)          D (xx0232@1)When you are much older, re-member when we sat.
   Bm (x24432@1)            A7 (x02020@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)           DAt (xx0232@1)midnight on the window-sill and had this little chat...

Coda:

    Gmaj7  Cmaj7
And dream...
            Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Cmaj7Come (x32000@1)on and dream,
            Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Cmaj7Come (x32000@1)on and dream.
    Gmaj7  Cmaj7
And dream...
    Gmaj7  Cmaj7
And dream...
            Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)Cmaj7Come (x32000@1)on and dream.

Outro:

Gmaj7  Em7, C  Am7 (x3), Gmaj7


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Bm (x24432@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    Am7 (x02010@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 3x443x  x32000  x24432  x02223  x02013

   D (xx0232@1)     D+      Em7     C (x32010@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  xx4332  022030  x32010


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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