[Intro - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
[Intro] | F#m | F#m E/G#(476454) | A | A (Bm Bm/C#-x44x22) | | D | D | E | C#7 |
[Verse 1] [F#m] It can't be [E/G#] said I'm an [A] early bird It's ten o' [Bm] clock bef [Bm/C#] ore I [D] say a word Baby, I can never [E] tell How do you sleep so [C#7] well? You keep telling me to
[F#m] live right To go to [E/G#] bed before the [A] daylight But then you [Bm] wake up [Bm/C#] for the [D] sunrise You know you don't gotta pre [A] tend Baby, now and [E/G#] then Don't you just wanna
[Pre-Chorus 1] [F#m] wake up, dark as a lake? Smel [E/G#] ling like a [A] bonfire, lost in a haze? If [Bm] you're drunk [Bm/C#] on [D] Life, babe, I think it's great But while in this [E] world I think I'll [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat My coffee black [E/G#] and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me I [C#7] take my whiskey
[F#m] neat My coffee black [E/G#] and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
[Verse 2] I aim [F#m] low I aim true and the [E/G#] ground's where I [A] go I work [A] late where I'm [Bm] free [Bm/C#] from the [D] phone And the job gets done But you [E] worry some, I [C#7] know But who wants to live for
[F#m] ever, babe? You treat your [E/G#] mouth as if it's [A] Heaven's gate The rest of [Bm] you like [Bm/C#] you're the [D] TSA I wish I could go a [A] long, babe, don't get me [E/G#] wrong You know you're bright as the
[Pre-Chorus 2] [F#m] morning, as soft as the rain Pret [E/G#] ty as a [A] vine, as sweet as a grape If you can [Bm] sit [Bm/C#] in a [D] barrel, maybe I'll wait Until that [E] day I'd rather [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat My coffee [E/G#] black and my [A] bed at three [A] You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me
I [C#7] take my whiskey [F#m] neat My coffee [E/G#] black and my [A] bed at three You're too [Bm] sweet [Bm/C#] for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
