Midnight Sun - The Strawbs
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                                       Transcribed by Howard Wright
                                       howardw (at) jmdl (dot) com


Most of the chords use some open strings, so they have notes that
are usually outside the conventional major and minor triads added 
to them. To make it easier to write the chords out, I will use the 
simple names, like D, Bm and so on. In fact the real names are :

Bmadd6add4  C  Dadd4add2  Em  F#m7-9  G6

(All the chord shapes are given at the end)


Intro:
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 Dmadd2                              

E---------0------------0------------
B-------10----10-----10-----10------
G-----10----10-----10-----10--------
D---12-----------12-----------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------


Repeat this a few times, then continue the same pattern with
the following chords:


Em (x x 14 12 12 0)        Bmadd4 (xx9770)       C (x x 10 9 8 0)


Now the strumming starts with the following chords (they all use very 
similar shapes that are moved up and down the neck, with the G and top 
E strings open):

Em  F#m  G  D  Bm  C  Bm  C  D
Em  F#m  G  D  Bm  C  Bm  C  D


Verse 1:
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At the end of the first two lines, on the Bm, there is a short
riff played on another guitar, which goes as follows:

E----------------------------------------------
B------------------------0-1-3-0---------------
G--------------------0-2-----------------------
D--------------0-2-4---------------------------
A--------0-2-3---------------------------------
E--0-2-3---------------------------------------



Em                 Bm    C   Bm
I have seen the midnight sun shining    (riff)

Em           Bm C  Bm
I saw you fly away smiling        (riff)

    C                   D 
The dark night sheds no light

   Em           Bm C
It merely serves a warning

  C            D             Em   Bm  C         
I pray for one single ray of hope

Bm          C
Oh midnight sun


Em  F#m  G  D  Bm  C  Bm  C  D



Verse 2:
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Em                 Bm    C   Bm
I have seen the midnight sun shining  (riff)

Em                  Bm C  Bm
Watched her rays steadily dying      (riff)

    C             D
The candles are alight

  Em        Bm C
I sit alone in mourning

  C               D           Em   Bm  C
I wonder is there death after life

Bm          C
Oh midnight sun




D   Bm  C
Bm  Am7  Am7/G  D*  D/C
G*   C*




Middle 8:
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Bm          C  
While in my life

       D            Em  
I have loved I have lost


Bm        C                D
I feel no warmth from your days




Verse 3:
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    Em                 Bm    C   Bm
Yet I have seen the midnight sun shining    (riff)

Em              Bm  C    Bm
Welcomed her full golden lining        (riff)

    C              D
For when I have to fight

   Em         Bm  C   
To wake up in the morning

       
I look to her

D            Em    Bm  C
For her open arms

Bm          C
Oh midnight sun

Bm  Em



Chord shapes:
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EADGBE      E  A  D  G  B  E        E  A  D  G  B  E      EADGBE
079080      x  9  11 0  10 0        x  10 12 0  12 0      x57070    

  Em            F#m(7-9)                   G(6)          D(add4add2)


EADGBE          EADGBE        EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE    EADGBE
x24030          x35050        x02010     3x2010     xx0232    x3x232

 Bm(add6add4)     C            Am7        Am7/G        D*      D/C


EADGBE      EADGBE       
320003      x32010

  G*           C*