Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song Midnight Special chords by Creedence Clearwater Revival on guitar.
Midnight Special with chords
The three verses of the song are played on the same way.
So we will look only at verse 1 and chorus.
Chords of Midnight Special
Here are the three chords you will need to master to play the whole song :
When this positions are mastered, you can continue by following the next explanations.
Verse 1 of the music
To play the first verse of the song, you can look at the following tab with the help of the previous chords :
Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.
Verses 2 and 3 are played exactly the same way as this verse. Just follow the lyrics.
You can also play other rock tab with chords or another easy guitar song.
Chorus of the song
Each verse of the song is followed by the chorus. This chorus is repeated three times and follows the same melody. So you can look at the next tab but you can just read the lyrics and continue to play the same chords as in verse 1 following the same rhythm.
Try to improvise with our classe about pentatonic scale on guitar.
Midnight Special lyrics
The song Midnight Special by Creedence Clearwater Revival is composed of three verses and a chorus.
The structure of the lyrics is like that:
Verse 1 – Chorus – Verse 2 – Chorus – Verse 3 – Chorus
Verse 1
Well, you wake up in the mornin’
You hear the work bell ring
And they march you to the table
You see the same old thing
Ain’t no food upon the table
And no pork up in the pan
But you better not complain, boy
You get in trouble with the man
Chorus
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever-lovin’ light on me
Verse 2
Yonder come Miss Rosie
How in the world did you know?
By the way she wears her apron
And the clothes she wore
Umbrella on her shoulder
Piece of paper in her hand
She come to see the gov’nor
She want to free her man, oh
Chorus
Verse 3
If you’re ever in Houston
Well, you better do right
You better not gamble
There, you better not fight, Lord
Or the sheriff will grab ya
And the boys will bring you down
The next thing you know, boy
Whoa, you’re prison bound
Chorus
You can also try to play jazz musics like the standard by Franck Sinatra Fly Me to the Moon.
Easy PDF score to play Midnight Special
The following score is a “home-made” easy PDF score for beginners that we created according to the above frameworks and explanations.
Summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play Midnight Special by Creedence Clearwater Revival on guitar.