Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:49 -0500 From: Andrew RogersSubject: ./g/grass_roots/midnight_confessions.crd "Midnight Confessions" (Lou Josie) Originally done by the Evergreen Blues (Mercury 72756) earlier in 1968; the Grass Roots' arrangement is more-or-less a note-for-note copy of theirs. Intro: Bass: (G#m) E F# v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |---------4-6-4---|-----------------| |-------6-------6-|-----------------| |-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---| (G#m) E F# A [5/4] v v v v v v v v v v v v v |-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |---------4-6-4---|---------------------|-------------X---| X: snare |-------6-------6-|---------------------|-----------------| |-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2-2-5---------|-----------------| (A) v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----7-6-4-------| |-----------------|-----------7-6-4-| |-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---------------| Verse 1: G#m The sound of your footsteps F# Telling me that you're near A#m Your soft gentle motion, baby D#m C# Brings out the need in me that no-one can hear, except Chorus: F# C# In my midnight confessions G#m C# When I tell all the world that I love you F# C# In my midnight confessions G#m C# When I say all the things that I want to [N.C.] I love you Bridge: E B F# C# But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand E B F# There's another before me, you'll never be mine D# I'm wasting my time [repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2] Verse 2: Staggering through the daytime Your image on my mind Passing so close beside you baby Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, except [repeat chorus] Horn break: F# C# E B / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2x] F# / / / / / / / / [repeat bridge] [repeat chorus; first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only] Coda [repeat to fade] F# C# Na na-na na na na na-na E B Na na-na na na na na-na -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers