{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1511310,"song":"Midnight Star","artist":"\"Weird Al\" Yankovic","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11279238-midnight-star-chords-by-weird-al-yankovic/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1511310?type=chord","rating":4.48734,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro: [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was waiting in the express lane with my twelve items or less[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the checkout counter at the local grocery store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was only passin' by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut a paper caught my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I learned a few things I never knew before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt said your pet may be an extraterrestrial[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt said the ghost of Elvis is living in my den[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can learn to cope with stress[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou can beat the IRS[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the incredible frog boy is on the loose again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's in the weekly Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]*             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAliens from outer space are sleeping in my car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMidnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEat jelly doughnuts, and lose twenty pounds a day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHear the story of the man born without a head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd top psychics all agree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat the telephone company[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill have a brand new service that lets you talk to the dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can believe it if you read it in the weekly Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]*            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're keeping Hitler's brain alive inside a jar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMidnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell me, tell me, tell me how to make my bust-line grow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMidnight Star, I wanna know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, don't you know that I read it, I read it in the weekly Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]*               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe UFOs have landed, and we'll tell you where they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nMidnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMidnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWell, you can read all about in in the weekly Midnight Star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]*    [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou can use your ESP to learn to play guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI wanna know, I wanna know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Ad infinitum: [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]]\r\n\r\n\r\n* = Optional chord; Not present in Weird Al's version but I think it sounds better with it on acoustic.\r","plain_text":"[Intro: Bb Bb C F G C F G]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo: C F G C F G]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Ad infinitum: Ab Bb Eb]\n\n\n* = Optional chord; Not present in Weird Al's version but I think it sounds better with it on acoustic.","chords":["Bb","C","F","G","Am","D","Eb","Ab","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}