The Middle Of The Night Is My Cryin Time
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
From 1963 album Rides Again
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[Intro]
C
(Do-do-do-do,
F
Do-do-do-do,
C G7 C
Do, do, de-do-do)
[Verse 1]
C F
When you said goodbye I made up a lie
C G7
Told everyone that I knew
C
Our love was not real,
F
So I play the field,
C G7 C
And that I never loved you
[Verse 2]
C F
I put up a front and walked down the street
C G7
Forcing a smile all the time
C F
And nobody knows I'm missin' you so
C G7 C C7
It's driving me out of my mind
[Chorus]
F C
The middle of the night is when I cry
G7 C C7
The middle of the day is when I lie
F C
Tell everyone that I'm doin' fine
G C
But the middle of the night is my cryin' time
[Bridge]
C
(Do-do-do-do,
F
Do-do-do-do,
C G7 C
Do, do, de-do-do)
[Verse 3]
C F
All of our friends ask where I've been
C G7
They haven't seen me around
C F
I just give a wink and I'm hopin' they'll think
C G7 C
I've been out paintin' the town
[Verse 4]
C F
Sometimes it seems, alone in my dreams
C G7
I'm holdin' you once again
C F
When I awake it's so hard to take
C G7 C C7
And that's when the tear drops begin (Ohh....)
[Chorus]
F C
Oh, the middle of the night is my cryin' time
G7 C C7
The middle of the day is my lyin' time
F C
I tell everyone that I'm doin' fine
G7 C
But the middle of the night is my cryin' time
[Bridge]
C
(Do-do-do-do,
F
Do-do-do-do,
C G7 C (up bass)
Do, do, de-do-do)
[Verse 5]
C F
I put up a front and walk down the street
C G7
Forcin' a smile all the time
C F
And nobody knows that I'm-a-missing you so
C G7 C C7
It's drivin' me out of my mind (Ohh...)
[Chorus]
F C
The middle of the night is my cryin' time
G7 C C7
The middle of the day is my lyin' time
F C
I tell everyone that I'm doin' fine
G7 C
But the middle of the night is my cryin' time
[Outro and fade]
Dm G7 C
(The middle of the night is his cryin' time)
F C
The middle of the night is my cryin' time
F C
The middle of the night is my cryin' time
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