[Intro - BPM 120 - No drums - Drop D] Arp - just DGB strings - Dm Dm#5 (xx0331) C Dm Dm#5 Dm C Dm x2
(Drums in after first phrase) [Dm][F][Am][Dm] x2 (perhaps don't play 13 to 10 pull offs as hard to then play chord) E -----10------10--------------10-----------------------------13---12-----------13-------10 B 10h13--13p10-10---------10h13--13p10-10--------10----------13--13--------10h13--13p10--10 G -------------x----------------------10---10h12----------14--14--------------------------x D -------------0-----------------------10h12------------------------x---------------------0 A -------------0-----------------------8----------------------------0---------------------0 D -------------0--------------------------------------------------------------------------0
Dr B S B S B S B S B S B
[Verse] [Dm] (stop) Half past twelve ........ And I'm [Gm] (drums in) watching the late show in my flat all alone How I hate to spend the evening on my [Dm] own
[Dm] (stop) Autumn winds ... Blowing [Gm] (drums in) outside the window as I look around the room And it makes me so depressed to see the [Dm] gloom [Bb] There's not a soul out there (High E - 0 1 3 1 0 - Snare between first 0 and 1) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Won't somebody [Dm] help me chase these [C] shadows [Dm] away [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Take me through the [Dm] darkness to the [C] break of the [Dm] day
[Interlude] [Dm][F][Am][Dm] x2
[Verse] [Dm] Movie stars .... Find the [Gm] end of the rainbow, with that fortune to win It's so different from the world I'm living [Dm] in
[Dm] Tired of T.V. ..... I open the [Gm] window and I gaze into the night But there's nothing there to see, no one in [Dm] sight [Bb] There's not a soul out there (E 0 1 3 1 0) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah
[Vamp - Solo] [Dm] x 10000
[Partial Verse] [Bb] There's not a soul out there (E 0 1 3 1 0) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] x2 [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Won't somebody [Dm] help me chase these [C] shadows [Dm] away [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Take me through the [Dm] darkness to the [C] break of the [Dm] day
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long Em7 A/C# G9/B-x20005 It made me smile Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] When they [Bm] get to the part Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] All my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
