[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Did you hear about the midnight rambler? 
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Everybody got to go 
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Did you hear about the midnight rambler 
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The one that shut the kitchen door?  
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He don’t give a hoot of a warning,  
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A-wrapped up in a black cat coat 
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He don’t go in the light in the morning 
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He’s split the time the cock’rel crows
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
    E               D        A      A 
Talking about the midnight gambler,  
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The one you’ve never seen before 
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A-talking about the midnight gambler 
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Did you see him jump the garden wall? 
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A-sighing down the wind so sadly 
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A-listen and you hear him moan 
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Well I’m talking about the midnight gambler 
  D        A        E   E 
Everybody got to go
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
         D              A         E      E 
Did you hear about the midnight rambler? 
      D             A          E     E 
Well honey it’s no rock’n’roll show 
            D                 A         E     E 
Well I’m a-talking about the midnight gambler 
     D                A       E   E 
The one you’ve never seen before
[Interlude]
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Don’t you do that (repeat over the riff many times then slow)
[Verse]
          E               D      A      NC 
Well you heard about the Boston...  
      E    D        A   NC 
It’s not, one those... 
          E                 D        A   NC 
Well I’m talking about the midnight...  
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The one who closed the bedroom door? 
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I’m called the hit and run, rape her in anger 
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The knife sharpened tippy toed 
               D             A          E         E 
Or just the shoot him dead brain-belled jangler 
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You know the one you never seen before 
           D             A          E    E 
So if you ever meet the midnight rambler 
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A-crawling down your marble hall 
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Well he prowling like a proud black panther 
            D  A          E    E 
You can say I, I told you so 
               D               A          E     E 
Well won’t you listen for the midnight rambler 
 D           A      E   E 
Play it easy as you go 
            D               A          E         E 
I’m gonna smash down your plate glass windows 
        D                A          E         E 
Put a fist through your steel plate door
[Instrumental]
E E E E
[Verse]
         E               D        A      A 
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?  
                 E                 D        A     A 
He’ll leave his footprints up and down your hall 
           E               D        A       A 
A-did you hear about the midnight gambler?  
          E               D        A     A 
A-did you see me make my midnight call? 
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And if you ever catch the midnight rambler 
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I’ll steal your mistress from under your nose 
         D              A      E      E 
Well go easy with your cold fandango 
                D           A               E            E 
I’ll stick my knife right down your throat, baby and it hurts