Eagles of Death Metal - Midnight creeper
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Tuning: D G D G B D
Title: Midnight Creeper
Artist: Eagles Of Death Metal
Album: Peace, Love, Death Metal
Tuning: Open G overtones tuning (GGDGBD)
Use the Open G overtones tuning instead of the normal open G tuning (DGDGBD). The Eagles of
Death Metal use this tuning for nearly all of their songs.
Use your thumb to play the bass notes on either the first or second G-string (I prefer the first one because
it sounds a bit darker) and your ring, index and middle finger for the higher notes on the g, b and e strings.
[Intro]
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--0-------------------------3--0----------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--3h4p3p0----------------0--0--3h4p3p0-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0-----0---0h3b4rb3-----0--0--0-----0---0h3b4rb3--------------------|
There are actually two ways you can play the verse. I prefer the first because Jesse plays it live like this
(for comparison check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta8Fqc-gNQI&t=455s at 7:10) but you can also
combine both of the versions, works totally fine.
[Verse Version 1]
D|--------5--5--3--2--0------------5--5--3--2--0--0--------------------------|
B|--3--5-----------------0---0-----------------0--0--------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------|
D|-------5--5--3--2--0-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-------------------0----0-----3--0--------------------------------------|
G|--0----0--0--0--0--0-------------0--0--3h4p3p0-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0----0--0--0--0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--------0h3b4rb3-------------------|
[Verse Version 2]
D|-------------------------------------------------0--0----------------------|
B|--3--5--8--8--6--5--3-------0-----8--8--6--5--3--0--0----------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--8--8--6--5--3--0----0-----3--0----------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------0--0--3h4p3p0-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--------0h3b4rb3---------------------|
After each Verse repeat 3 bars of this lick and get straight into the next verse:
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--3h4p3p0------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--------0h3b4rb3--------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
The Outro is basically the verse without singing and a few different accents on the picking.
[Outro Version 1]
D|--------5--5--3--2--0------------5--5--3--2--0--0--------------------------|
B|--3--5-----------------0---0-----------------0--0--------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------|
D|-------5--5--3--2--0-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-------------------0----0-----3--0--------------------------------------|
G|--0----0--0--0--0--0-------------0--0--3h4p3p0-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0----0--0--0--0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--------0h3b4rb3-------------------|
[Outro Version 2]
D|-------------------------------------------------0--0----------------------|
B|--3--5--8--8--6--5--3-------0-----8--8--6--5--3--0--0----------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--8--8--6--5--3--0----0-----3--0----------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------0--0--3h4p3p0-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0----0--0--0--0--------0h3b4rb3---------------------|
Well I come in through your window
I see your family there
Yes I'm the midnight creeper
When I go creepin y'all better beware
Well Your child is gently sleeping
Pleasant dreams are in his head
That wife of yours is a sweet young thing
When I leave your wife'll be dead
Well my steel is sharp and silent
The devil guides my hand
Well I just love to slit them throats
And creep all around this land
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
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