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Midnight In The City Of Destruction
The Nightwatchman
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Artist: The Nightwatchman
Song: Midnight In The City Of Destruction
Album: The Fabled City
Riff: G#m
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Intro: G#m
G#m
There's an old shed at the end of an overgrown driveway
And years ago that shed collapsed and fell
C#m
Years before that there's a withered dog chained up there
G#m
I saved him maybe he saved me as well
D#5 C#5
Now he's gone and I think I've come undone
G#m C#m G#m
It's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus:
G#m
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
C#m
La la la la la la la la
G#m C#m G#m
La la la la la la la la
G#m
There's music in the air and suites abandoned
They're singing 'cross farm in the evening breeze
C#m
But there's someone in the rows who's unwanted
G#m
And now they cut the faithful from the trees
D#5 C#5
And the bulldozers move in one by one
G#m C#m G#m
And it's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus
G#m
I lost my guitar my home my hope and my good fortune
I lost my grandfather, two neighbors and my friend
C#m
I pray that God myself will come and drown the president
C#m
If the levees break again
D#5 C#5
Now we're standing at the crossroads waitin' for instruction
G#m C#m G#m
And it's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus
G#m
There's a secret prison somewhere south of 60
And in that secret prison there is a secret cell
C#m
And the prisoners bound and burned, blinded and beaten
G#m
Still that secret prisoner keeps his secret well
D#5 C#5
Turn out the lights cause for one night that's enough son
G#m C#m G#m
It's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus
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Tuned Half Step Down
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Riff: Am
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Intro: Am
Am
There's an old shed at the end of an overgrown driveway
And years ago that shed collapsed and fell
Dm
Years before that there's a withered dog chained up there
Am
I saved him maybe he saved me as well
E5 D5
Now he's gone and I think I've come undone
Am Dm Am
It's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus:
Am
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
Dm
La la la la la la la la
Am Dm Am
La la la la la la la la
Am
There's music in the air and suites abandoned
They're singing 'cross farm in the evening breeze
Dm
But there's someone in the rows who's unwanted
Am
And now they cut the faithful from the trees
E5 D5
And the bulldozers move in one by one
Am Dm Am
And it's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus
Am
I lost my guitar my home my hope and my good fortune
I lost my grandfather, two neighbors and my friend
Dm
I pray that God myself will come and drown the president
Dm
If the levees break again
E5 D5
Now we're standing at the crossroads waitin' for instruction
Am Dm Am
And it's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus
Am
There's a secret prison somewhere south of 60
And in that secret prison there is a secret cell
Dm
And the prisoners bound and burned, blinded and beaten
Am
Still that secret prisoner keeps his secret well
E5 D5
Turn out the lights cause for one night that's enough son
Am Dm Am
It's midnight in the city of destruction
Chorus