"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) E F#
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|-----------------|
|-------6-------6-|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---|
(G#m) E F# A [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#m
The sound of your footsteps
F#
Telling me that you're near
A#m
Your soft gentle motion, babe
D#m C#
Brings out the need in me that no-body can hear, except
Chorus:
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
When I tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
When I say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you
Bridge:
E B F# C#
But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
E B F#
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#
I'm wasting my time
[repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2]
Verse 2:
G#m
Staggering through the daytime
F#
Your image on my mind
A#m
Passing so close beside you babe
D#m C#
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, but
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you
Horn break:
F# C# E B
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2x]
F#
/ / / / / / / /
E B F# C#
That's a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
E B F#
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#
I'm wasting my time
[first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only]
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I'm gonna say all the things that I want to
Coda [repeat to fade]
F# C#
Na na-na na na na na-na
E B
Na na-na na na na na-na