Walkin' After Midnight chords
by Patsy ClineOriginal Published Key: C Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 90 bpm
Guitar Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Skill Level: Beginner 🟢
Chords: C, C7, F, F7, G, G7
See charts—open voicing for F7
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Walkin' After Midnight
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C F7 G7 C F7 G7
Intro: 4/4 ♪♪♪ ‖ | - | | - ‖
(I go out)
C C7
1. I go out walk-in' af-ter mid-night
F7 C
Out in the moon-light, just like we used to do
C F7
I'm al-ways walk-in' af-ter mid-night
G7 C C G7
Search-in' for you | - |
C C7
2. I walk for miles a-long the high-way
F7 C
Well, that's just my way of say-in' I love you
C F7
I'm al-ways walk-in' af-ter mid-night
G7 C C C7
Search-in' for you | - |
F
Chorus: I stop to see a weep-in' wil-low
Cry-in' on his pil-low
C C7
May-be he's cry-in' for me
F
And as the skies turn gloom-y
Night winds whis-per to me
C G G7
I'm lone-some as I can | be - |
C C7
3. I go out walk-in' af-ter mid-night
F7 C
Out in the star-light, just hop-ing you may be
C F7
Some-where a-walk-in' af-ter mid-night
G7 C C G7
Search-in' for me | - |
C F7 G7 C C C7
Instr: | | - | | - |
F
Chorus: I stop to see a weep-in' wil-low
Cry-in' on his pil-low
C C7
May-be he's cry-in' for me
F
And as the skies turn gloom-y
Night winds whis-per to me
C G G7
I'm lone-some as I can | be - |
C C7
3. I go out walk-in' af-ter mid-night
F7 C
Out in the star-light, just hop-ing you may be
C F7
Some-where a-walk-in' af-ter mid-night
G7 C F C
Search-in' for | me - | |
Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: C Major - no sharps or flats
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately
- Metronome: ♩ = 90
- Voice Range: G3 - A4
- Chord Types in This Arrangement:
- Major: C, F, G
- Dominant 7th: C7, F7, G7
- Beginner's Tip:
F7 is usually played as a barre chord, but the open chord voicing is super easy.
Just pretend you are playing a D7 shape with fingers 2, 3, and 4 starting on the 4th fret, and adding your first finger to the 4th string—3rd fret.
If you're uncomfortable playing F7, you can replace it with F Major—it still sounds fine.
Song Details:
- Composer: Alan Block
- Lyricist: Don Hecht
- Lyrics Begin: I go out walkin' after midnight,
- Genre: Country, Nashville Sound
- Featured Artist: Patsy Cline
- Single:
Recorded: November 8, 1956
Released: February 11, 1957
B-side: A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold) - Album: Patsy Cline
Recorded: January 5, 1956 – May 23, 1957
Released: August 5, 1957
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