Biography:
Cecil Gant (April 4, 1913 - February 4, 1951) was an American blues singer and pianist.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Gant worked local clubs through the mid 1930s up until the Second World War, when he enlisted in the United States Army. Though his piano was blues-based, vocally he was a crooner of considerable cross-over appeal. He sang at a War Bond rally in Los Angeles, California, signed with the Gilt Edge record label, and recorded the self-penned ballad "I Wonder" late in 1944, billed as "Pvt. Cecil Gant."
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CECIL GANT - Midnight On Central Avenue
I wrote down the chord structure by ear, I think it is quite correct.
This version which is tabbed here is in C major, though many of the recordings of
this song are in Eb major (you can use the tune up option on this site)
This song consists of a 12-bar blues instrumental in the beginning which is
alternated with an AABA 8-bar jazz-blues chorus for the singing.
The order goes as follows: 12-bar-blues, AABA, 12-bar-blues, 12-bar-blues, AABA
Part A:
| C | C7 | F | Fm |
| C | Dm7 G6 | C Am7 | Dm7 G6 |
Part B:
| C | F | F | C |
| C | Am7 | Dm7 | G6 |
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12-bar blues chorus
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
no one notices the time,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
just jive and get high, to ease their trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and jive till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.
12-bar blues chorus
12-bar blues chorus
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
no one notices the time,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
just jump and jive and get real high,to change your trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and swing till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 Cm Am D7 G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.
This version of the song was tabbed by natkingcole.
I wrote down the chord structure by ear, I think it is quite correct.
This version which is tabbed here is in C major, though many of the recordings of
this song are in Eb major (you can use the tune up option on this site)
This song consists of a 12-bar blues instrumental in the beginning which is
alternated with an AABA 8-bar jazz-blues chorus for the singing.
The order goes as follows: 12-bar-blues, AABA, 12-bar-blues, 12-bar-blues, AABA
Part A:
| C | C7 | F | Fm |
| C | Dm7 G6 | C Am7 | Dm7 G6 |
Part B:
| C | F | F | C |
| C | Am7 | Dm7 | G6 |
---------------------------------------------------------------------
12-bar blues chorus
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
no one notices the time,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
just jive and get high, to ease their trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and jive till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.
12-bar blues chorus
12-bar blues chorus
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
no one notices the time,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
just jump and jive and get real high,to change your trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and swing till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 Cm Am D7 G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.
This version of the song was tabbed by natkingcole.
