Midday (Avoid city after dark)    (intro)    (sample)

 

    D - A - D - A

 

   D                                                              - A

1.    I like to take a walk out in the midday,

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    checking life out in the park.

D                                       F#                   -  Bm

    I like to take a walk out in the midday,

              - Em             A                          D      - G - A

    a…h,          but I avoid the city after dark.

 

+ D - Em - D - D - A          D - F# - Bm - Em - A - D    - A

 

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2.     Oh, I love to see the children playing in the rain,

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    splashing boots and kicking mud.

      D                                                F#                - Bm

    Oh, I love to see the kids playing in the rain,

              - Em             A                          D      - G - A

    a…h,          but I avoid the city after dark.

 

+ D - Em - D - D - A          D - F# - Bm - G - A - D - A

 

    D                                                                       - A

3.     I love to feel the ocean blowing in my face,

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    wave as the old boats depart.

D                                                  F#              -  Bm

    I love to feel the wind blowing in my face,

            - Em                 - A                          D     

    mm,         but avoid         the city after dark.

 

+ D - Em - D - D - A          D - F# - Bm - G - A - D

 

    F# Bm  - G - A - D      F# Bm  - G - A - D  - A - D - A - D

    Oh, oh.                     

 

    (Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens)