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Midnight In Montgomery

Alan Jackson

CountryAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Dm××○
C9Diagram coming soon
Bbsus2Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
C×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              The Dm in all the verses has a little hammer-on variation going back 
and forth from Dsus2 (xx0320) to Dm. See the intros and tabs posted  
on this site if you want to see more detail on that. 
 
 
Intro:  Dm   C9  (x2) 
 
Dm                               C9 
Midnight in Montgomerey, Silver Eagle, lonely road 
      Bbsus2                    Dm 
I was on my way to Mobile for a big New Year's Eve show 
Dm                                    C9 
I stopped for just a minute to see a friend outside of town 
       Bbsus2                            A7 
Put my collar up, I found his name, and felt the wind die down 
 
       Dm                        C9 
And a drunk man in a cowboy hat took me by surprise 
        Bbsus2                         Dm 
Wearing shiny boots, a Nudi suit, and haunting haunted eyes 
         Dm                                C9 
He said, friend it's good to see you, it's nice to know you care 
         Bbsus2                                 A7 
Then the wind picked up and he was gone, was he ever really there 
 
            C9              Dm           C9                Dm    
Cause it's midnight in Montgomery, just hear that whippoorwill 
         C9                 Dm          A7 
See the stars light up the purple sky, feel that lonesome chill 
          C9                                        Dm 
When the wind is right you'll hear his song, smell whiskey in the air 
C              Bbsus2        A7              Dm 
Midnight In Montgomery, he's always singing there 
 
 
 
(repeat intro) 
 
 
        Dm                              C9 
Well I climbed back on that Eagle, took one last look around 
        Bbsus2                          Dm 
Through red tail lights, a shadow moved slow across the ground 
    Dm                                 C9 
And off somewhere a midnight train is slowly passing by 
        Bbsus2                           A7 
I could hear that whistle moan, "I'm so lonesome I could cry" 
 
 
Chorus 
 
 
C9                   Dm    C9 
He's always singing there 
(no chord)                       Dm 
Well Hank's always singing there

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Chord set

Dm · C9 · Bbsus2 · A7 · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.