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MIDNIGHT TRAIN
As recorded by Buddy Guy
Words and Music by Buddy Guy
Arranged by Tones Jones
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar (Jazz)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar (Clean)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Intro
Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
W W W E E +Q E E +Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----5-(5)-------8-(8)---|
|----------|----------|----------|-1-----------4-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-----------7-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W Q.. S Q.. S
|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-2-----------5-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-----------6-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-----------6-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-1---------4-4---------6-|
E E +Q E E +E E E E +E E E E +E S S
|-----10-(10)------13-(13)----|--------------------------------------|
|-6--------------9------------|------------------------13-(13)-------|
|-9-------------12---------13-|------14-(14)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------13-----------13-15-|
|-----------------------------|-15-----------15----------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Q.. S H Q.. S Q.. S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------6------------|--------------------------------------|
|-7--------------6------------|--2-----------------5-----------------|
|-8--------------6------------|--3-----------------6-----------------|
|-8-----------4--4------------|--3-----------------6-----------------|
|-6---------------------------|--1--------------4--4---------------1-|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
H. Q E. S E E H
|-------------|-4------4-4----------------|
|-15----------|-4------4-4----------------|
|-------------|-2------2-2----------------|
|-------------|-3------3-3----------------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|-1-------------------------|
|
| W Q E S S E E E E
|-------------|---------------------------|
|--3----------|---------------------------|
|--3----------|---------------------------|
|--3----------|-----------------1----1----|
|--5----------|------------1-3-----3---3--|
|--6----------|---------------------------|
|
| W S S E Q +E E Q
|-------------|-6--6-4--------------------|
|-------------|----------6-----(6)--------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H W
|-4--4-4-------------|------------------|
|-4--4-4-------------|------------------|
|-2--2-2-------------|------------------|
|-3--3-3-------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-1------------------|------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|------------1---1---|----------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|------------------|
Gtr II
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|
|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|
|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|
|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|----------1---1---|----------1-------1------|
|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3----------3-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W H E S S S S E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------10-8----|
|------------------|------------8-10------10-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|----------1-------1------|----------1---1-----|
|------1-3---3----------3-|------1-3---3-----3-|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| H E S S S S E H Q S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------10-8----|--------------------|
|------------8-10------10-|--------------8-6---|
|-------------------------|------------------8-|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------1---1------|----------1---1-----|
|------1-3---3------3-|------1-3---3-----3-|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| H Q S E. H Q S S E
|---------------------|--------------6-4---|
|--------------6-6----|------------------6-|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
Gtr I
W W W E. S E E H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-3--3-3-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|------------1---1---|
|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E E +E E +E E +E E
|-4--4-4-------------|------------------------|
|-4--4-4-------------|------------------------|
|-2--2-2-------------|------------------------|
|-3--3-3-------------|-3----------------------|
|--------------------|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3--|
|-1------------------|-1----------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E E E +E E +E E +E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------1---1---|-3----------------------|
|--------1-3---3---3-|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3--|
|--------------------|-1----------------------|
Gtrs I, II
+E E +E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E +E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(3)-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-6-7-|-8---------------------|
|-----------------------|---5-(5)-6-(6)-7-(7)-8-|
Gtr II
+E E +E E +E E +E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------1---1---|
|--------------------------------|------1-3---3---3-|
|-(8)-10-(10)-11-(11)-12-(12)-13-|------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|
|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-4--4---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-2--2---------------|
|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|----------1---1---|-3--3-------1---1---|
|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
Q E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-4--4---------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-2--2---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------1---1---|-3--3-------1---1---|---------------1---1---|
|-----------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|-----------1-3---3---3-|
|-1---------------------|--------------------|-1---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E S S S S S S H W E S S S S S S E E Q
|-----4-6-8-6-4---------|--------------------|-----4-6-8-6-4---------|
|---6-------------------|--------------------|---6-----------6-------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
E. S E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|-4--4---------------|------------------|
|-2--2---------------|------------------|
|-3--3-------1---1---|----------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|-1----------------|
E. S E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|
|-4--4---------------|------------------|
|-2--2---------------|------------------|
|-3--3-------1---1---|----------1---1---|
|--------1-3---3---3-|------1-3---3---3-|
|--------------------|-1----------------|
Gtr I
E. S E E H E. S E E H
||--4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
||o-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
||--2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
||--3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||-------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
||o--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4---------------||
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2---------------||
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|-1------------------|-1--------------------||
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|------------1---1---|------------1---1-----||
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3--o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +E E
|-----5-(5)-------8-(8)---|-----10-(10)------13-(13)----|
|-1-----------4-----------|-6--------------9------------|
|-------------7-----------|-9-------------12---------13-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q.. S Q.. S Q.. S H
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------6------------|
|-2-----------5-----------|-7--------------6------------|
|-3-----------6-----------|-8--------------6------------|
|-3-----------6-----------|-8-----------4--4------------|
|-1---------4-4---------6-|-6---------------------------|
E E +E E E E +E S S H. Q
|--------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------13-(13)-------|-15------------|
|------14-(14)-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------13-----------13-15-|---------------|
|-15-----------15----------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------|
|
| Q.. S Q.. S W
|--------------------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------------------|--3------------|
|--2-----------------5-----------------|--3------------|
|--3-----------------6-----------------|--3------------|
|--3-----------------6-----------------|--5------------|
|--1--------------4--4---------------1-|--6------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H
||--4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
||o-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
||--2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
||--3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||-------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
||o--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H 4x
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4---------------||
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2---------------||
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|-1------------------|-1--------------------||
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E 4x
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|------------1---1---|------------1---1-----||
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3--o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
Gtr IV
E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-6-(6)-7-(7)-8-|
|-1---------------------|-------------------------|
E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-6-7-|
|-1---------------------|-----------------------|
E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-6-8-6-----|
|-1---------------------|-----------------8-6-|
E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-6-8-6-----|
|-1---------------------|-----------------8-6-|
Gtr I
E. S E E H E. S E E H
||--4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
||o-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|
||--2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|
||--3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--1------------------|-1------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||-------------1---1---|------------1---1---|
||o--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q Q H W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--1------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E H E. S E E H 9x
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4---------------||
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4--------------o||
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2---------------||
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3---------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|-1------------------|-1--------------------||
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E 9x
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|------------1---1---|------------1---1-----||
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3--o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|
| W W 9x
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
Begin Fade
E. S E E H E. S E E H E. S E E H E. S E E H
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4--------|-4--4-4--------*|
|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4-------------|-4--4-4--------|-4--4-4--------*|
|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2-------------|-2--2-2--------|-2--2-2--------*|
|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3-------------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|-1------------------|-1------------------|-1-------------|-1-------------*|
|
| Q E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E W W
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|------------1---1---|------------1---1---|---------------|---------------*|
|--------1-3---3---3-|--------1-3---3---3-|---------------|---------------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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