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Midler, Bette

Midnight In Memphis - MIDI

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by: Da Tickler
[Tabologist]
Midnight In Memphis - Sung by Bette Midler / Written by Tony Johnson
Tabbed & Chorded By: Da Tickler

4/4 TIME @ 126-130 bpm on a 'B3'

INTRO:
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   Bb     Ab               Bb               Eb

R5|------|G>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|----------------|----------------|
R5|----f>|D>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|f>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|
R5|--d>>>|c>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|d>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R4|A>>>>>|----------------|A>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|
L3|A>>>>>|G>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|A>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|--D---D---D---D-|
L2|A>>>>>|G>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|A>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|D---D---D---D---|

   Eb

R5|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|
R5|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R4|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|
L3|--D---D---D---D-|--D---D---D---D-|--D---D---D---D-|
L2|D---D---D---D---|D---D---D---D---|D---D---D---D---|


VERSE/SOLO repeating chord pattern:
-----------------------------------
| Eb | Ab | Eb | Eb |

| Ab | Ab | Eb | Eb |

| Bb | Ab | Eb | Eb |

   Eb               Ab               Eb               Eb

R5|----------------|G>>>>>>>>>--G---|----------------|----------------|
R5|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|
R5|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|c>>>>>>>>>c---c-|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R4|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|----------------|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|
L3|--D---D---D---D-|--G---G---G---G-|--D---D---D---D-|--D---D---D---D-|
L2|D---D---D---D---|G---G---G---G---|D---D---D---D---|D---D---D---D---|

   Ab               Ab               Eb               Eb

R5|G>>>>>>>>>--G---|G>>>>>>>>>--G---|----------------|----------------|
R5|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|
R5|c>>>>>>>>>c---c-|c>>>>>>>>>c---c-|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R4|----------------|----------------|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|
L3|--G---G---G---G-|--G---G---G---G-|--D---D---D---D-|--D---D---D---D-|
L2|G---G---G---G---|G---G---G---G---|D---D---D---D---|D---D---D---D---|

   Bb               Ab               Eb               Eb

R5|----------------|G>>>>>>>>>--G---|----------------|----------------|
R5|f>>>>>>>>>--f---|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|
R5|d>>>>>>>>>-d-d--|c>>>>>>>>>c---c-|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R4|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|----------------|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|
L3|--A---A---A---A-|--G---G---G---G-|--D---D---D---D-|--D---D---D---D-|
L2|A---A---A---A---|G---G---G---G---|D---D---D---D---|D---D---D---D---|


CHORUS repeating chord pattern:
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| Ab | Eb | Bb | Eb - Fm-Gm |

| Ab | Eb | Bb | Ab |

| Eb | Eb |

   Ab               Eb               Bb               Eb     Fm  Gm

R5|G>>>>>>>G--G--G-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
R5|D>>>>>>>D--D--D-|g--g--g-g--g--g-|f--f--f-f--f--f-|g>>>>>--f---g---|
R5|c>>>>>>>c--c--c-|D--D--D-D--D--D-|d--d--d-d--d--d-|D>>>>>-D-D-D-D-D|
R4|----------------|A--A--A-A--A--A-|A--A--A-A--A--A-|A>>>>>A---A---A-|
L3|--G---G---G---G-|--D---D---D---D-|--A---A---A---A-|--D---D---f---g-|
L2|G---G---G---G---|D---D---D---D---|A---A---A---A---|D---D---f---g---|

   Ab               Eb               Bb               Ab

R5|G>>>>>>>G--G--G-|----------------|----------------|G>>>>>>>>>--G---|
R5|D>>>>>>>D--D--D-|g--g--g-g--g--g-|f>>>>>>>>>--f---|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R5|c>>>>>>>c--c--c-|D--D--D-D--D--D-|d>>>>>>>>>-d-d--|c>>>>>>>>>c---c-|
R4|----------------|A--A--A-A--A--A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|----------------|
L3|--G---G---G---G-|--D---D---D---D-|--A---A---A---A-|--G---G---G---G-|
L2|G---G---G---G---|D---D---D---D---|A---A---A---A---|G---G---G---G---|

   Eb               Eb

R5|----------------|----------------|
R5|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|g>>>>>>>>>--g---|
R5|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|D>>>>>>>>>-D-D--|
R4|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|A>>>>>>>>>A---A-|
L3|--D---D---D---D-|--D---D---D---D-|
L2|D---D---D---D---|D---D---D---D---|


*** This is the extended version with 2 lead breaks -

INTRO:   | Eb |  - 16X
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VERSE #1:
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     Eb                 Ab                            Eb
It’s midnight in Memphis, and all the girls are out tonight.

          Ab                                                  Eb
Who-o-oa! Midnight in Memphis… And, my true love’s nowhere in sight.

    Bb                   Ab                     Eb
The neon’s glowin’, but I… I just don’t see the light.

VERSE #2:
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                         Ab                        Eb
I’m followin’ my footsteps tryin’ to find myself a friend.

              Ab                                                   Eb
Oh, baby, I’m followin’ my footsteps… just to see where they might end.

    Bb                                 Ab                     Eb
I’m tryin’ to break these blues, but I can’t even get them to bend.

CHORUS:
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            Ab          Eb     Bb                   Eb
Who-o-o-oa! Midnight in Memphis… Well, you take me away.

Fm-Gm-Ab           Eb              Bb         Ab              Eb
   Oh, midnight in Memphis… It’s a long, long time before the day.

VERSE #3:
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                            Ab                        Eb
Burnin’ down on Beale Street… Can you hear the engine roar?

            Ab                                                    Eb
Yeah! Yeah! Burnin’ down on Beale Street… There’s a girl in every door.

               Bb                 Ab                             Eb
Well, it don’t matter what you got… ‘Cause they're always asking more.

Take it boys!

SOLO BREAK #1: Play same chord pattern as VERSE once.
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VERSE #4:
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Eb                      Ab                  Eb
I heard the river risin’… risin’ up over my head.

              Ab                                            Eb
Yeah, well, I heard that river rise up, and this is what it said,

             Bb               Ab                        Eb
“Oh, I don’t need no live ones… I just take care of the dead.”

CHORUS:
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                  Ab          Eb       Bb                Eb
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Midnight in Memphis… Take me… take me away.

Fm-Gm-Ab           Eb              Bb         Ab              Eb
       Midnight in Memphis… It’s a long, long time before the day.

One more time, boys!

SOLO BREAK #2: Play same chord pattern as VERSE once.
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CHORUS: (TWICE)
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                  Ab          Eb       Bb                Eb
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Midnight in Memphis… Take me… take me away.

Fm-Gm-Ab           Eb              Bb         Ab              Eb
       Midnight in Memphis… It’s a long, long time before the day.

Ab          Eb       Ab            Eb
Midnight in Memphis… Midnight in Memphis…

Fm-Gm-Ab           Eb              Bb         Ab              Eb
       Midnight in Memphis… It’s a long, long time before the day.

ENDING:
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             Bb         Ab              Eb
Yeah, it’s a long, long time before the day.

             Bb         Ab              Eb
Well, it’s a long, long time before the day.

              Bb                     Ab              Eb
I said it’s a long, long, long, long time before the da-a-a-a-ay!

End on 5 hard, fast, staccato [Eb]'s: Eb-Eb-Eb-Eb-Eb.


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