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From: Vincent M. Veltri  veltri@vnet.ibm.com

corrections From: rogers@hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 19:00:04 -0500
Subject: ./p/wilson_pickett/in_the_midnight_hour.crd [corrected]

The version already at OLGA isn't very accurate - I've corrected it where
necessary, and transposed it to the key of the recording.  -- Andrew Rogers

                         "In The Midnight Hour"
                    (Wilson Pickett - Steve Cropper)

Intro:	[drum roll]

	D        B        A        G
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	E   A    E   A
	/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	(A)        E            A        E     A
	I'm gonna wait til the midnight hour
	                E          A        E    A
	That's when my love comes tumblin' down
	           E             A        E
	I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
	             E       A      E     A 
	When there's no one else around
	           B                 A
	I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
	    B                    A
	And do all the things I told you
	                 E    A
	In the midnight hour

	[to coda on repeat]

        (A)   E        A     E    A
	Yes I am, oh, yes, I am

	D        B
	/ / / /  / / / /
	(One more thing I wanna say right here)

Verse 2:

	I'm gonna wait 'til the stars come out
	And see that twinkle in your eyes
	I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
	That's when my love begins to shine
	You're the only girl I know
	That really loves me so
	In the midnight hour
	Oh, yeah, in the midnight hour

	D        B
	/ / / /  / / / /
	(Yeah!   All right - play it for me one time now)

Instrumental:

	E   A    E   A    E   D    B
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	E   A    E   D    E   A    B
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	[repeat verse 1]

Coda:	[repeat E-A chord progression as per verse]

	Just you and I...  oh, baby, hah!
	Just you and I... nobody around, baby, just you and I
	All right... you know what?
	I'm gonna hold you in my arms...
	Just you and I, oh yeah
	In the midnight hour
	Oh, baby, in the midnight hour [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers