x4
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
Everybody got to go
Did you hear about the midnight rambler
The one that shut the kitchen door?
He don't give a hoot of a warning,
-wrapped up in a black cat coat
He don't go in the light in the morning
He's split the time the cock'rel crows
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Talking about the midnight gambler,
The one you've never seen before
-talking about the midnight gambler
Did you see him jump the garden wall?
-sighing down the wind so sadly
-listen and you hear him moan
Well I'm talking about the midnight gambler
Everybody got to go
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x8
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
Well honey it's no rock'n'roll show
Well I'm a-talking about the midnight gambler
The one you've never seen before
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Don't you do that (repeat over the riff many times then slow)
A NC
Well you heard about the Boston...
A NC
It's not, one those...
A NC
Well I'm talking about the midnight...
The one who closed the bedroom door?
I'm called the hit and run, rape her in anger
The knife sharpened tippy toed
Or just the shoot him dead brain-belled jangler
You know the one you never seen before
So if you ever meet the midnight rambler
-crawling down your marble hall
Well he prowling like a proud black panther
You can say I, I told you so
Well won't you listen for the midnight rambler
Play it easy as you go
I'm gonna smash down your plate glass windows
Put a fist through your steel plate door
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Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall
-did you hear about the midnight gambler?
-did you see me make my midnight call?
And if you ever catch the midnight rambler
I'll steal your mistress from under your nose
Well go easy with your cold fandango
I'll stick my knife right down your throat, baby and it hurts