Tonart: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Midnight train, roll on
Verse 2
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Clear them tracks and keep
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that whistle blowin
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Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
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It seems like romance and danger
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Follow this here tall dark stranger
Verse 3
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Well the train was rumblin through
the night heading south to Santa Fe
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And in a fancy car, with a private bar,
and a personal valet
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There was a bunch of cold eyed
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men a sittin at a poker table
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Bettin hot stakes all around
Verse 4
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Ole Louisiana Lou had a knife in his shoe,
was dealin' a hand of cards
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And ole Stagger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket,
was sweatin bettin hard
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And over in the corner this Mexican guy with
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two gold teeth and a patch on his eye
Took a long hard look around
Verse 5
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And then the door flew open,
the stranger walked in and said don't ya'll get excited
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I know this here's a private game,
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and I know I wasn't invited
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But I got a roll that'd choke a mule
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I'm just about a big enough
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fool to lay it all right down
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And everybody nodded as
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the stranger took his seat
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He knew this bunch of cutthroat's would
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As the stranger knew then the toughest
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two by far were where he sat
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Was a pot belly fellow from south Alabama,
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and a dude in a black felt hat
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Midnight
Verse 7
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Midnight Train, roll on
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and
keep that whistle blowin
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Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
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It seems like romance and danger
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Follow this here tall dark stranger
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all along the way
Verse 9
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Well the stranger sat down he looked
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around at all them evil faces
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And the pot- belly fellow drew a pair of queens,
but the stranger he drew aces
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And he kept on raising and pushin his luck,
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kept on winning like a run away truck
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He was giving them a beating
Verse 10
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And the stakes got higher than a Chinese kite,
the stranger kept getting hot
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Till every cent everybody
had was lying out in that pot
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Then the stranger threw down a royal flush,
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Somebody said âHey Man,
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that's enough friend I think you've been cheatin"
Verse 11
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And then the stranger picked the money
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up and said âBoys I better runâ
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And then the bot- bellyed fella pulled a razor
out and somebody pulled a gun
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They said âYou may think
you're a sly old fox,
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You're gonna leave here in a long pine box
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If you don't leave that money alone"
Verse 12
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Just about then the lights went out,
and they all started fussin
And the lights came on, the stranger was gone,
they all started cussin
train from front to rear
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The stranger he done disappeared,
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and all their money was gone
Verse 13
train pulled in the station,
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with the whistle blowin loud
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from the stranger for the crowd
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Said âThank you for the money boys,
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but don't feel too outdone
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Cause It takes a dog to know a dog
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I'm a howlin son of a gun.
Verse 14
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Midnight Train, roll on
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Midnight Train, roll on
Verse 15
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Well clear them tracks and keep
that whistle blowin
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Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
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It seems like romance and danger
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Follow this here tall dark stranger
Outro 1
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