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Soon After Midnight

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The liner notes say "Written by Bob Dylan", but it sounds awf'ly lot like Bobby Fuller's A New Shade of Blue - riff, chords, and partly the melody.
 

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A
 I'm searching for phrases
D
 To sing your praises.
A                   D
 I need to tell someone.
A                F#m
 It's soon after midnight,
D       E              A     E
 And my day has just begun
        
A gal named Honey
Took my money
She was passing by.
It's soon after midnight,
D       E              A       A7
 And the moon is in my eye
        
D
My heart is cheerful.
A
It's never fearful.
D                             A       A7
I've been down on the killing floors.
D
I'm in no great hurry,
A
I'm not afraid of your fury.
D           A                   E
 I've faced stronger walls than yours.
        
Charlotte's a harlot,
Dresses in scarlet.
Mary dresses in green.
It's soon after midnight,
And I've got a date with the fairy queen.
        
They chirp and they chatter,
What does it matter?
They're lying and dying in their blood.
Two-timing Slim,
Who's every heard of him?
I'll drag his corpse through the mud.
        
It's now or never
More than ever.
When I met you, I didn't think you would do
Its soon after midnight,
And I don't want nobody but you.
        

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