Midnight Rambler
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(3x)
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1. Did you hear about the midnight rambler ?
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A
Everybody got to go.
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G D
Did you hear about the midnight rambler ?
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The one that shut the kitchen door ?
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2. He don't give you a hoot of warning,
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G A
wrapped up in a black cat
cloak,
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he don't go in the light of
the morning,
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he split the time the cock'rel crows.
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G D
3. Talkin' about the midnight gambler,
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the one you never seen before,
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talkin'
about the midnight gambler,
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did you see him jump the
garden wall ?
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G A
4. Sighin' down the wind so sadly,
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listen and you'll hear him moan !
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Well, talkin'
about the midnight gambler,
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A
everybody got to go.
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out here)
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5. Did you hear about the midnight rambler,
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well, honey, it's no rock 'n'
roll show.
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G A
Well, I'm talkin'
about the midnight gambler,
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G A
yeah, the
one you never seen before.
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5. Well, you heard about the
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it's not one of those.
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Well, talkin'
'bout the midnight……….sh...,
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the one that
closed the bedroom door.
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6. I'm called the hit-and-run raper in anger,
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the knife-sharpened tippie-toe...
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Or just the shoot 'em
dead, brainbell jangler,
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you know, the one you never
seen before.
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G D
7. So if you ever meet the
midnight rambler,
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coming down your marble hall,
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G A
well, he's pouncing like proud black panther,
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well, you can say I, I told
you so !
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8. Well, don't you listen for the midnight rambler,
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play it easy, as you go,
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I'm gonna
smash down all your plate glass windows,
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put a fist, put a fist through
your steel-plated door !
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G D
9. Did you hear about the midnight rambler ?
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D
He'll leave his footprints up
and down your hall.
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And did you hear about the
midnight gambler ?
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And did you see me make my
midnight call ?
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10. And if you ever catch the midnight rambler,
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I'll steal your mistress from
under your nose,
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I'll go easy with your cold
fanged anger,
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I'll stick my knife right down
your throat, baby, and it hurts !
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Rolling
Stones)