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Midnight Rambler (Complete)

by The Rolling Stones · posted by aussie

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Blow note
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Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab
The Harp parts have already been tabbed this is 
the melody
1.
 6   6   -7  -7-7  -7    6  6    -5  6
Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler?
-7-7  -7-7  6   6  6   6   6   -7  -7-7  -7
Every-body got to go. Did you hear about the
  6  6    -5 6    6   -7  -7   -7   -7  6  6
Midnight Rambler The one that shut the kitchen
 6    6  b-7    b-7 6 b-7  6  6  -7  6
door. He don`t give a hoot of a warning
6   b-7  b-7 b-7 6  b-7   6   -7
A wrapped up in  a black cat cloak
 6 b-7  b-7 b-7 6  b-7   6   6  -7  6
He don`t go in the light of the morning
 6    b-7  b-7  b-7 b-7   6   6    6
He`s split the time the cock`rel crows
2.
A talking `bout the Midnight Gambler
The one you never seen before
A talking `bout the Midnight Gambler
Did you see him jump the garden wall
A sighing down the wind so sadly
A listen and you hear him moan
Well I`m talking `bout the Midnight Gambler
Ev`re-body got to go

6  6   6   -8   7-8  -7    7  7    -7 6
A did you hear about the Midnight Rambler
 6   -8 7   -8  -8   7  -7   7    -7
Well honey it`s no rock and roll show
 6    6  6  -8 7     -8  -7    7  7    -8 6
Well I`m a talking `bout the Midnight Rambler
  6   6  -8   7  -8-7    7  -8 6
Yeah the one you never seen before
HARP BREAK
  6   6    -7   -7    -7  -7 6
Well you heard about the Boston~~~~~
-2   b-2 -2 b-2  -2     -5   -7 -7    -7   -7
It`s not one of those  Well talking `bout the
 -7  6         6   7   7    -7    -7 b-7  6   3
Midnight~~~~~ the one who closed the bedroom door
 5     6    6   -7  -6  -7   7   6  -4 -7-4
I`m called the hit and run rape her in anger
-4   b-7    6   4   -7 6   4
The knife sharpened tippy toe 
-3   6   -3  -6    6  b-7   7    3    -7-3
Or just the shoot`em dead brain-bell jangler
 6    3  -3   6   -5  6-5    7   4  4
You know the one you never seen before
3.
 6 -3 -4  -8 -7 7  -7    7  7    -8 6
So if you ever see the Midnight Rambler
  7  7     7    7    -8    -7
Paddling down your marble hall
  6   6    -8  7     7 -7   7     7    -7 6
well he`s prowling like a proud black panther
-8  -7   7  7   7   7  -7   6    6     6
You can say I told you so. Well won`t you
4.

listen for the Midnight Rambler play it easy as
you go
I`m going to smash down all the plate glass windows
Put a fist right through your steel plate door

 6   6   -7  -7 -7 -7    6  6    -5 6
Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler
 -5     6    6    -7  -7   -7  6  b-7   6   b-7
He`ll leave his footprints up and down your hall
-5 6   6   -8  7 -8  -7    7  7    -8 6
A-did you hear about the Midnight Gambler
6 -8   7  -8   7  -8  -8  -9 -8    -8
A-did you see me make my midnight call
b-7 b-7b-7 -9-8   -9  -8    -9 -8   -9 -8
And if you ever catch the Midnight Rambler
 -8    -8  b-8   b-8 7     7   7 7   7    -7
I`ll steal your mistress from under your nose
b-7  b-7 -9 7  -8   -7    7   7 -8 6
Well go  easy with your cold fandango
 -7    -8  -8   -8   b-8   7    7    -8
I`ll stick my knife right down your throat
 6 6  6  -5   6
Baby and it hurts
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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