{"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":1729479,"song":"Midnight Log","artist":"The Clash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1729479-midnight-log-chords-by-the-clash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1729479?type=chord","rating":4.6474,"votes":4,"content":"From their fourth studio album \"Sandinista!\" (1980).\r\n----------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the devil[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'll have to pay his tax[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat means going to see him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown among the racks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou don't believe in him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he can wait for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou do his work so fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe'll remember you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nHe'll remember you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n(hit G once and then strum Em)[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorried for my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs he shows me round the flat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere I don't wanna find him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis lips an' eyelids black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe don't believe my speech[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat lines can and should be drawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike if he had a shotgun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe barrels would be sawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe barrels would be sawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwallowed by the river[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSwollen by the rains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat leakin' ol' computer[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf fingerprints and names[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwimming in the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat floods the neighborhood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would call to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it would do no good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it would do no good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nVoting for the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's the general occupation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFirst the public safety[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen second comes the nation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou won't believe me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut there's been some illumination[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe wisest cops have realized[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey fucked the operation[/tab]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCooking up the books[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA respected occupation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe anchor and foundation of all multi-corporations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't believe in crime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey don't know that it exists[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut to understand what's right and wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe lawyers work in shifts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe lawyers work in shifts...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 6:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n'N speaking of the devil[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe ain't been seen for years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cept every 20 mins[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe zooms between me ears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't believe in books[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I read them all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nFor ciphers to the riddles[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAn' reasons to the rhymes [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nReasons to the rhymes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] ...","plain_text":"From their fourth studio album \"Sandinista!\" (1980).\n----------------------------------------------------\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em G Em\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em G Em\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB D E\n\nG Em G Em\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em G Em\n\nVerse 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em G Em\nG Em G Em ...","chords":["G","Em","A","B","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}