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Midnight Star

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[Intro:  Bb   Bb   C   F   G   C   F  G]
BbI was waiting in the Fexpress lane with my Ctwelve items or less
BbAt the checkout counter at the Flocal grocery Cstore
BbI was only passin' Gby
CBut a paper caught my Feye
BbAnd I learned a few things FI never knew Gbefore
BbIt said your pet may Fbe an extraterCrestrial
BbIt said the ghost of Elvis Fis living in my Cden
BbYou can learn to cope with Gstress
CYou can beat the FIRS
BbAnd the incredible frog boy is Fon the loose Gagain
COh, FMidnight GStar
CIt's in the Fweekly Midnight GStar
           C  Am*                           F  D  
Aliens from outer space are sleeping in my car
FMidnight Star, I wanna Gknow, I wanna Bbknow
BbEat jelly Fdoughnuts, and lose Ctwenty pounds a day
BbHear the story of the Fman born without a Chead
BbAnd top psychics all Gagree
CThat the telephone Fcompany
BbWill have a brand new service that Flets you talk to the dGead
COh, FMidnight GStar
You can believe it if you Cread it in the Fweekly Midnight GStar
               C  Am*                          F  D  
They're keeping Hitler's brain alive inside a jar
FMidnight Star, I wanna Gknow, I wanna Bbknow
[Solo:  C   F   G   C   F  G]
AmTell me, tell me, tell me how to Cmake my bust-line grow
FMidnight Star, I wanna Gknow
COh, FMidnight GStar
Well, don't you know that I Cread it, I read it in the Fweekly Midnight GStar
             C  Am*                                  F  G  
The UFOs have landed, and we'll tell you where they are
FMidnight Star, I wanna Gknow, I wanna Ebknow
EbMidnAbight StarBb  
Well, you can Ebread all about in in the Abweekly Midnight BbStar
               Eb  Cm*                Ab  F  
You can use your ESP to learn to play guitar
AbI wanna Bbknow, I wanna Ebknow
[Ad infinitum:  Ab   Bb  Eb]
* = Optional chord; Not present in Weird Al's version but I think it sounds better with it on acoustic.

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Midnight Star

by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bb Bb C F G C F G

[Intro: ]

Bb F C

I was waiting in the express lane with my twelve items or less

Bb F C

At the checkout counter at the local grocery store

Bb G

I was only passin' by

C F

But a paper caught my eye

Bb F G

And I learned a few things I never knew before

Bb F C

It said your pet may be an extraterrestrial

Bb F C

It said the ghost of Elvis is living in my den

Bb G

You can learn to cope with stress

C F

You can beat the IRS

Bb F G

And the incredible frog boy is on the loose again

C F G

Oh, Midnight Star

C F G

It's in the weekly Midnight Star

C Am F D

Aliens from outer space are sleeping in my car

F G Bb

Midnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know

Bb F C

Eat jelly doughnuts, and lose twenty pounds a day

Bb F C

Hear the story of the man born without a head

Bb G

And top psychics all agree

C F

That the telephone company

Bb F G

Will have a brand new service that lets you talk to the dead

C F G

Oh, Midnight Star

C F G

You can believe it if you read it in the weekly Midnight Star

C Am F D

They're keeping Hitler's brain alive inside a jar

F G Bb

Midnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know

C F G C F G

[Solo: ]

Am C

Tell me, tell me, tell me how to make my bust-line grow

F G

Midnight Star, I wanna know

C F G

Oh, Midnight Star

C F G

Well, don't you know that I read it, I read it in the weekly Midnight Star

C Am F G

The UFOs have landed, and we'll tell you where they are

F G Eb

Midnight Star, I wanna know, I wanna know

Eb Ab Bb

Midnight Star

Eb Ab Bb

Well, you can read all about in in the weekly Midnight Star

Eb Cm Ab F

You can use your ESP to learn to play guitar

Ab Bb Eb

I wanna know, I wanna know

Ab Bb Eb

[Ad infinitum: ]

* = Optional chord; Not present in Weird Al's version but I think it sounds better with it on acoustic.

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