[Intro]
E D A A x4
[Versetto]
         E               D     
Did you hear about the midnight
   A        A 
 rambler? 
Did you hear about the midnight rambler? 
E          D     A   A 
Everybody got to go 
         E               D     
Did you hear about the midnight
   A      A 
 rambler 
Did you hear about the midnight rambler 
     E                 D        A  
The one that shut the kitchen door? 
 A 
 
The one that shut the kitchen door?  
     D           A         E       
He don’t give a hoot of a warning, 
  E 
 
He don’t give a hoot of a warning,  
     D             A         E  
A-wrapped up in a black cat coat
       E 
 
A-wrapped up in a black cat coat 
     D              A          
He don’t go in the light in the
 E         E 
 morning 
He don’t go in the light in the morning 
     D                   A      
He’s split the time the cock’rel
   E     E 
 crows
He’s split the time the cock’rel crows
[Strumentale]
E E E E
[Versetto]
    E               D        A     
Talking about the midnight gambler, 
 A 
 
Talking about the midnight gambler,  
     E               D        A 
The one you’ve never seen before
    A 
 
The one you’ve never seen before 
   E                 D           A  
A-talking about the midnight gambler
   A 
 
A-talking about the midnight gambler 
         E               D        A  
Did you see him jump the garden wall?
    A 
 
Did you see him jump the garden wall? 
     D              A         E 
A-sighing down the wind so sadly
    E 
 
A-sighing down the wind so sadly 
     D           A         E    E 
A-listen and you hear him moan 
          D                 A      
Well I’m talking about the midnight
   E      E 
 gambler 
Well I’m talking about the midnight gambler 
  D        A        E   E 
Everybody got to go
[Strumentale]
E E E E
 
E D A A  x8
[Versetto]
         D              A      
Did you hear about the midnight
   E      E 
 rambler? 
Did you hear about the midnight rambler? 
      D             A          E   
Well honey it’s no rock’n’roll show
  E 
 
Well honey it’s no rock’n’roll show 
            D                 A      
Well I’m a-talking about the midnight
   E     E 
 gambler 
Well I’m a-talking about the midnight gambler 
     D                A       E   E 
The one you’ve never seen before
[Interludio]
E E E E 
 
E 
Don’t you do that (repeat over the
 riff many times then slow)
Don’t you do that (repeat over the riff many times then slow)
[Versetto]
          E               D      A 
Well you heard about the Boston... 
     NC 
 
Well you heard about the Boston...  
      E    D        A   NC 
It’s not, one those... 
          E               
Well I’m talking about the
  D        A   NC 
 midnight...  
Well I’m talking about the midnight...  
     E                   D        A 
The one who closed the bedroom door?
  A 
 
The one who closed the bedroom door? 
               D             A      
I’m called the hit and run, rape her
    E      E 
 in anger 
I’m called the hit and run, rape her in anger 
      D             A       E   E 
The knife sharpened tippy toed 
               D          
Or just the shoot him dead
   A          E         E 
 brain-belled jangler 
Or just the shoot him dead brain-belled jangler 
               D             A 
You know the one you never seen
         E  E 
 before 
You know the one you never seen before 
           D             A      
So if you ever meet the midnight
    E    E 
 rambler 
So if you ever meet the midnight rambler 
    D                 A       E 
A-crawling down your marble hall
   E 
 
A-crawling down your marble hall 
          D              A         
Well he prowling like a proud black
 E         E 
 panther 
Well he prowling like a proud black panther 
            D  A          E    E 
You can say I, I told you so 
               D             
Well won’t you listen for the
  A          E     E 
 midnight rambler 
Well won’t you listen for the midnight rambler 
 D           A      E   E 
Play it easy as you go 
            D               A        
I’m gonna smash down your plate glass
  E         E 
 windows 
I’m gonna smash down your plate glass windows 
        D                A         
Put a fist through your steel plate
 E         E 
 door
Put a fist through your steel plate door
[Strumentale]
E E E E
[Versetto]
         E               D     
Did you hear about the midnight
   A      A 
 rambler?  
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?  
                 E               
He’ll leave his footprints up and
  D        A     A 
 down your hall 
He’ll leave his footprints up and down your hall 
           E               D     
A-did you hear about the midnight
   A       A 
 gambler?  
A-did you hear about the midnight gambler?  
          E               D      
A-did you see me make my midnight
  A     A 
 call? 
A-did you see me make my midnight call? 
            D              A      
And if you ever catch the midnight
    E    E 
 rambler 
And if you ever catch the midnight rambler 
                  D             A  
I’ll steal your mistress from under
       E    E 
 your nose 
I’ll steal your mistress from under your nose 
         D              A      E    
Well go easy with your cold fandango
  E 
 
Well go easy with your cold fandango 
                D           A      
I’ll stick my knife right down your
         E            E 
 throat, baby and it hurts
I’ll stick my knife right down your throat, baby and it hurts