Key:
Introduction:
Bb F C
I was waiting in the express lane with my twelve items or less
Bb F C
At the checkout counter at the local grocery store
Bb G
I was only passin' by
C F
But a paper caught my eye
Bb F G
And I learned a few things I never knew before
Bb F C
It said your pet may be an extraterrestrial
Bb F C
It said the ghost of Elvis is living in my den
Bb G
You can learn to cope with stress
C F
You can beat the IRS
Bb F G
And the incredible frog boy is on the loose again
C F G
Oh, Midnight Star
C F G
It's in the weekly Midnight Star
C Am* F D
Aliens from outer space are sleeping in my car
F G Bb
Midnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know
Bb F C
Eat jelly doughnuts, and lose twenty pounds a day
Bb F C
Hear the story of the man born without a head
Bb G
And top psychics all agree
C F
That the telephone company
Bb F G
Will have a brand new service that lets you talk to the dead
C F G
Oh, Midnight Star
C F G
You can believe it if you read it in the weekly Midnight Star
C Am* F D
They're keeping Hitler's brain alive inside a jar
F G Bb
Midnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know
Am C
Tell me, tell me, tell me how to make my bust-line grow
F G
Midnight Star, I wanna know
C F G
Oh, Midnight Star
C F G
Well, don't you know that I read it, I read it in the weekly Midnight Star
C Am* F G
The UFOs have landed, and we'll tell you where they are
F G Eb
Midnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know
Eb Ab Bb
Midnight Star
Eb Ab Bb
Well, you can read all about in in the weekly Midnight Star
Eb Cm* Ab F
You can use your ESP to learn to play guitar
Ab Bb Eb
I wanna know, I wanna know
Ab Bb Eb]
* = Optional chord Not present in Weird Al's version but I think it sounds better with it on acoustic.