Billy Bragg - Midnight special

oh, wake up early in the ^Cmorning when the ding-dong ^Grings go walkin to the ^Atable ^D see the same damn ^Gthing knife and fork upon the ^Ctable ain't but nothing in the ^Gpan say anything ^Aabout it ^D get in trouble with the ^Gman ^{C G}

Oh, shine a ^Clight on shine a ^Glight on let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light ^Gon me-ee shine a ^Clight on and it would be long shine a ^Glight on Oh, let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light on ^Gme ^{C G}

Yonder come miss ^CRosie, how in the hell'd you ^Gknow? well i know her by her ^Aapron ^Dand the dress she wo^Gre Umbrella on her ^Cshoulder, piece of paper in her ^Ghand; She's come to tell the g^Aov'nor, ^D 'set loose my man^G' ^{C G}

Oh, shine a ^Clight on shine a ^Glight on let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light ^Gon me-ee shine a ^Clight on and it would be long shine a ^Glight on Oh, let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light on ^Gme ^{C G}

if you ever go to H^Couston, Oh, you better walk ^Gright you better not stagger, ^Athere, ^Dyou better not f^Gight or the police, the will arrest ^Cyou and they will carry you ^Gdown and the next thing you ^Aknow is ^Dyou're penitentiary bo^Gund^{C G}

Oh, shine a ^Clight on shine a ^Glight on let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light ^Gon me-ee shine a ^Clight on and it would be long shine a ^Glight on Oh, let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light on ^Gme ^{C G}

oh-oh-oh, ^Clight on oh-oh-oh, ^Glight on oh, let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light on ^Gme-ee oh-oh-oh, ^Clight on and it wouldn't be long little ^Glight on Oh, let the midnight ^A7special shine its ^Dever-loving light on me^G-e^Ce ^G