Brooks Garth

Brooks Garth - Mr. Midnight guitar tab

MR. MIDNIGHT by GARTH BROOKS

To be found on the CD : Scarecrow

Written By J.R. Cobb, Buddy Buie and Tom Douglas

Transcription by BahramK@gmx.de

Comments welcome

Don't get scared when you look at the chords ... they're not as tough as the

look :-)

Intro : | Em - - - | Em - - - | Em - - - | Em - - - |

Verse 1 :

Cmaj7 B7 B Em G7

Rain on the roof 'n time on my hands,it sure seemed quiet out there'n radio land

C Cm

They call me at the all-night station, make their special dedications

G D/F# Em G7/D

And I do my best to play their request, when it's a desperate situation

C D4___D

This was a desperate situation

Refrain :

G/B C D4___D

I'm Mr. Midnight alone and blue

G D/F# Em G7/D

The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do

C D D6/D# Em___G7

Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew

C D4 D

I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?

Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - |

Verse 2 :

Cmaj7 B7 B

"Caller on the line, could you please hold on?"

Em G7

I recognized her voice the minute I picked up the phone

C Cm

Should I tell her that it's me or leave it at a memory

G D/F# Em G7/D

Haven't been myself since the day she left and I'm never gonna be,

C D4___D

I'm forever gonna be

Refrain :

G/B C D4___D

Mr. Midnight alone and blue

G D/F# Em G7/D

The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do

C D D6/D# Em___G7

Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew

C D4 D

I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?

Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - |

Bridge :

Cmaj7 B7 B

Imagine my surprise when she spoke my name

Em G7

She said could you tell him that I love him and I wish things could be the same?

C Cm

Then a voice I never knew, said "Honey, who you talking to?" - Pause -

Refrain :

G/B C D4___D

Mr. Midnight alone and blue

G D/F# Em G7/D

The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do

C D D6/D# Em G7

Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew

C D4 D

I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?

Outro : | Em - - - | Em - - - |Em - - - | Em -> Upstroke |

Comments :

If you play this song on a guitar only, then you should better play a standard

G7 instead of the G7/D chord, because it's easier to play and sounds better this

way, even though in the original recording the bass is playing a D at this part.

Additional Chords :

Cmaj7 Cm B7 G7 G7/D G/B

e 0|--- e 3|--|--- e 2|-x- e 1|x-- e 1|x-- e 3|--x

b 0|--- b 4|--|x-- b 0|--- b 0|--- b 0|--- b 3|--x

g 0|--- g 5|--|-x- g 2|-x- g 0|--- g 0|--- g 0|---

D 2|-x- D 5|--|-x- D 1|x-- D 0|--- D 0|--- D 0|---

A 3|--x A 3|--|--- A 2|-x- A 2|-x- A x|--- A 2|-x-

E x|--- E x|------ E x|--- E 3|--x E x|--- E x|---

D/F# D4 D6/D# B

e 2|-x- e 3|--x e 2|-x- e 2|-|---

b 3|--x b 3|--x b 0|--- b 4|-|-|-

g 2|-x- g 2|-x- g 2|-x- g 4|-|-|-

D 0|--- D 0|--- D 1|x-- D 4|-|-|-

A x|--- A x|--- A x|--- A 2|-|---

E 2|-x- E x|--- E x|--- E x|-----

Additional Tabulature :

Even though this is a piano song, you can do a nice fingerpicking on the guitar

on it to make it sound like the original recording. This is what I figured out

to make it sound the best for me :

The Em parts can be played like the following. The piano melody is built into

this picking :

e |-0-------0-3-0---5-------7-------|-0-------0-3-0---5-------3-------|

b |-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---|

g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E |-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|

Em Em

Play this two times during the Intro and repeat it through the Fills and the

Outro.

The fingerpicking through the rest of the song could be something like this :

e |-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

b |-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------4-------4-------|

g |-0-------0---------------0-------|-2-------2-------4-------4-------|

D |-----2-------2---------------2---|-----1---------------4-----------|

A |-3-------------------3-----------|-2-----------2---2-----------2---|

E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Cmaj7 B7 B

Rain on the roof Time on my hands

Continue this type of fingerpicking throughout the rest of the song.

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