Key: C
Introduction:
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
no one notices the time,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
just jive and get high, to ease their trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and jive till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.
12-bar blues Chorus
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
no one notices the time,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
just jump and jive and get real high,to change your trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and swing till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 Cm Am D7 G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.