In The Midnight Hour

Written by: Steve Cropper/Wilson Pickett
From: “Flesh + Blood” (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

|  C  |  C7  |  C  |  C7  |
 One,   two,  three, four
|  C  |  C7  |  C  |
 Five,  six, seven
|  C  F  |  %  |  %  |  %  |
   Eight,  nine, ten ...

Verse

          C             F       |  C  F  |
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
               C          F      |  C  F  |
That's when my love comes tumbling down
          C             F       |  C  F  |
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
             C      F   |  C  F  |
When there's no one else around
          G                   F
I'm gonna take you, girl, and hold you
    G                   F
And do all the things I told you
               |  C  F  |  C  F  |   C  F  |  Bb  |  G  |
In the midnight hour,         yes, I will

Verse

          C             F       |  C  F  |
I'm gonna wait till the stars come out
             C       F    |  C  F  |
And see that twinkle in your eye
          C             F       |  C  F  |
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
               C      F     |  C  F  |
That's when my love begins to shine
           G           F
You’re the only girl I know
     G               F
That really loves me so
               |  C  F  | C     F    |   C   F  |  Bb  |  G  |
In the midnight hour,       the midnight hour

Solo

| C F | % | C Bb | G |
| C F | C Bb | C | G |
| C F | % | % | % |

Verse

          C             F       |  C  F  |
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
               C          F      |  C  F  |
That's when my love comes tumbling down
          C             F       |  C  F  |
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
        C      F     | C           F  |  [ C ]
When my love begins to shine, just you and I

Outro

| C F | C      F   |  [ C ]
          Just you and I
| C F | C      F   |  [ C ]
          Just you and I
| C F | C        F   |   [ C ]
          In the midnight hour
| C F | C        F   |   [ C ]
          In the midnight hour
| C F | C     F   |   [ C ]
          The midnight hour
| C F | C     F   |   [ C ]
          The midnight hour
(repeat and fade)