Midnight blue (1987)    (video)

 

    C       - F - G - F - G (2x)    +  C

 

    C

1.     Ain’t got no regrets and I ain’t losing track

        - F                           G       - Bb                        G

    of       which way I’m going,          I ain’t gonna double back now.

C

    Don’t want no misplay,

                     F           - G                    F               G

    put on no display,        an angel ? No, but I know my way.

C                     - F - G - Bb - G

     Oh !  Oh !

 

    C

2.     I used to follow, yeah, that’s true,

F                                            G      - F                             G

    but my following days are over,        now I just got to follow through.

C

    I remember what my father said,

                            F      G                          Bb     G

    he said: Son, life’s simple, it’s either cherry red or ...

 

      C                         F  - G - F - G     C                         F    - G - Dm

+  Midnight blue, oh oh,                    midnight blue, oh oh !

 

    C

3.      You were the restless one and you did not care

F                          G                  F                   G

    that I was the trouble, boy, looking for a double dare.

C

    I won’t apologize for the things I’ve done and said,

           - F                G                   Bb                           G

    but        when I win your heart, I’m gonna paint it cherry red.

C

    I don’t want to talk about it,

                              F               G                      - Bb - G

    what you do to me, I can’t live without it.

C

    And you might think that it’s much too soon for us

          F        G  - Bb - G

    to go this far                  into the ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      C                         F  - G - F - G     C                         F    - G - Dm

+  Midnight blue, oh oh,                    midnight blue, oh oh !

 

+  C - F - G (2x)

 

     C

+       Things could be different, but that’d be a shame,

             - F                                                       - G

  ‘cause      I’m the one who could feel the sun    right in the pouring rain.

C

    I won’t say where and I don’t know when,

F                                                                    - G 

    but soon there’s gonna come a day, baby,       I’ll be back again.

 

+  C ~

 

       C                                      - C ~                                              C

+  Yeah, I’ll be back for you !            You see, I’m saving up my love.

 

+  C - F - G (4x)

 

      C                         F  - G     C                        F    - G

+  Midnight blue, oh oh,        midnight blue, oh oh !

      C                         F  - G     C                        F    - G

    Midnight blue, oh oh,        midnight blue, oh oh !

                   C                         F  - G     C                        F      - G

    Into the midnight blue, oh oh,        midnight blue, oh oh ...

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Lou Gramm)