Key: E
Introduction:
A A6A E E6E
Verse
A A6 A
I?m searching for phrases
D D6 D
To sing your praises
A D D6 D
I need to tell someone
A F#m7
It?s soon after midnight
D E A A6A E E6E
And my day has just begun
Verse
A A6 A
A gal named Honey
D D6 D
Took my money
A D D6 D
She was passing by
A F#m7
It?s soon after midnight
D E A A6A A A7
And the moon is in my eye
Middle 8
D A
My heart is cheerful, it?s never fearful
D A C#m/A Bm/A
I been down on the killing floors
D A
I?m in no great hurry, I?m not afraid of your fury
D A E
I've faced stronger walls than yours
Verse
A A6 A
Charlotte?s a harlot
D D6 D
Dresses in scarlet
A D C#m Bm
Mary dresses in green
A F#m7
It?s soon after midnight
D E A C#m/A Bm/A E
And I?ve got a date with a fairy queen
Solo
A C#m/A Bm/A A A7
Middle 8
D A
They chirp and they chatter, what does it matter
D A C#m/A Bm/A
They?re lying there dying in their blood
D A
Two Timing Slim, who?s ever heard of him
D A E E6E
I?ll drag his corpse through the mud
Verse
A
It?s now or never
D
More than ever
A D
When I met you I didn?t think you would do
A F#m7
It?s soon after midnight
D E A
And I don?t want nobody but you
Coda