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Big Midnight Special

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CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
Woke up this Fmorning heard the whistle Cblow
The jailer said G7come boy it's time to Cgo
CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
I’ve never had the Fblues so in my life Cbefore
Till my baby G7left me at the station Cdoor
CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
They put him in a FPullman guards around his Cdoor
Sent you off to G7Atlanta to serve ten years Cmore
CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
He looked all Faround him in the Pullman Ccar
Saw the men wearing G7cloth hats smoking big Ccigars
CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
Took him off in FAtlanta at the end of the Cline
Said you start serving G7time boy for your awful Ccrime
CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
That whistle makes me Flonesome on the midnight Ctrain
But he knows I'm a G7waiting till it brings him home Cagain
CBig midnight Fspecial shine your light on Cme
Big midnight G7special shine your ever loving light on Cme
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About Big Midnight Special Chords by Wilma Lee Cooper

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