Smokie – Ill Meet You At Midnight (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
F#m                        Bm
   A summer evening on the Champs-Élysées

Bm                          F#m
   A secret rendezvous they planned for days

F#m                     Bm
    A sea of faces in a crowded cafe

Bm                              F#m
   The sound of laughter as the music plays

[Riff] (two guitars, left = lower line, right = higher)
                     F#m                                 Bm
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---2-1-2-3-2-1-2-|-----------------|---2-1-2-3-2-1-2-|-----------------|---------2-------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4~--------------|---4-3-4---4-3-2-|
D|-----------------|-4~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---4-3-4-5-4-3-4-|-----------------|---4-3-4-5-4-3-4-|-2~--------------|---2-1-2-4-2-1-0-|
E|-----------------|-2~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   Bm                                  F#m
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-4~--------------|---4-3-4---4-2-1-|-----------------|-----------------|   ~ = vibrato
D|-----------------|-----------------|-4~----------4-/-|-16~-------------|   / = slide up
A|-2~--------------|---2-1-2-4-2-0---|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-2~----------2-/-|-14~-------------|
[Verse 2]
       F#m                         Bm
Jeanne-Claude was a student at the Université

Bm                        F#m
  Louise-Marie was just a world away

F#m                                Bm
He recalled the night they met was warm with laughter

Bm                            F#m
  The words were music as she turned away
[Chorus]
E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

E               F#m
  Under the moonlight

E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

    F#m                              Bm
But Jeanne-Claude, Louise-Marie will never be

[Riff] (two guitars, left = lower line, right = higher)
   Bm                F#m
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-----------------|
G|---4-2-4---4-2-1-|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-4---------------|
A|---2-0-2-4-2-0---|-----------------|
E|---------------4-|-2---------------|
[Verse 3]
F#m                            Bm
   Each cigarette will light a thousand faces

Bm                                 F#m
   Each hour that pass seem like a thousand years

F#m                       Bm
Midnight was turning into empty spaces

Bm                      F#m
  The sound of laughter disappeared
[Chorus]
E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

E               F#m
  Under the moonlight

E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

        F#m                              Bm
Oh, but Jeanne-Claude, Louise-Marie will never be

[Riff] (two guitars, left = lower line, right = higher)
   Bm                F#m
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-----------------|
G|---4-2-4---4-2-1-|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-4---------------|
A|---2-0-2-4-2-0---|-----------------|
E|---------------4-|-2---------------|
[Verse 4]
F#m                        Bm
   A summer morning on the Champs-Élysées

Bm                        F#m
   The empty table in the street cafe

F#m                                Bm
   The sunlight melting through an open doorway

    Bm                              F#m
And Jeanne-Claude has left to face another day
[Chorus]
E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

E               F#m
  Under the moonlight

E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

E               F#m
  Under the moonlight

E                   F#m
  I'll meet you at midnight

        F#m                              Bm
Oh, but Jeanne-Claude, Louise-Marie will never be