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"Midnight Confessions"
(Lou Josie)

Originally done by the Evergreen Blues (Mercury 72756) earlier in 1968; the
Grass Roots' arrangement is more-or-less a note-for-note copy of theirs.

Intro:

Bass:

(G#m)               EE Piano Chord 
     F#F# Piano Chord 

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|-----------------|
|-------6-------6-|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---|

(G#m)               EE Piano Chord 
     F#F# Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
   [5/4]
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|---------------------|-------------X---|  X: snare
|-------6-------6-|---------------------|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2-2-5---------|-----------------|

(A)
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-6-4-------|
|-----------------|-----------7-6-4-|
|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---------------|

Verse 1:

G#mG#m Piano Chord 

The sound of your footsteps
F#F# Piano Chord 

Telling me that you're near
A#mA#m Piano Chord 

Your soft gentle motion, baby
D#mD#m Piano Chord 
                            C#C# Piano Chord 

Brings out the need in me that no-one can hear, except

Chorus:

F#F# Piano Chord 
        C#C# Piano Chord 

In my midnight confessions
G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                  C#C# Piano Chord 

When I tell all the world that I love you
F#F# Piano Chord 
        C#C# Piano Chord 

In my midnight confessions
G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                 C#C# Piano Chord 

When I say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you

Bridge:

EE Piano Chord 
                  BB Piano Chord 
                     F#F# Piano Chord 
            C#C# Piano Chord 

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
EE Piano Chord 
                  BB Piano Chord 
                       F#F# Piano Chord 

There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#D# Piano Chord 

I'm wasting my time

[repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2]

Verse 2:

Staggering through the daytime
Your image on my mind
Passing so close beside you baby
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, except

[repeat chorus]

Horn break:

F#F# Piano Chord 
       C#C# Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 
        BB Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /   [2x]

F#F# Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /

[repeat bridge]

[repeat chorus; first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only]

Coda [repeat to fade]

F#F# Piano Chord 
           C#C# Piano Chord 

Na na-na     na na na na-na
EE Piano Chord 
            BB Piano Chord 

Na na-na     na na na na-na

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers