"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:

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[5/4]
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Verse 1:

        
        The so

und of your fo

otsteps
        
        Tellin

g me that you'

re near
        
        Your s

oft gentle mot

ion, babe
           
        Brings

              
 out the need 

           
in me that no-

body can hear,

 except

Chorus:

            
        In my 

    
midnight confe

ssions
           
        When I

              
 tell all the 

 
world that I l

ove you
            
        In my 

    
midnight confe

ssions
           
        When I

              
 say all the t


hings that I w

ant to
        [N.C.]
        I love you

Bridge:

             
        But a 

             
little gold ri

              
ng you wear on

            
 your hand mak

       
es me understa

nd
             
        There'

             
s another befo

              
re me, you'll 

         
never be mine
              
        I'm wa

          
sting my time

[repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2]

Verse 2:
           
        Stagge

ring through t

he daytime
           
        Your i

mage on my min

d
           
        Passin

g so close bes

ide you babe
           
        Someti

              
mes the feelin

          
gs are so hard

 to hide, but

            
        In my 

       
midnight confe

ssions
           
        I can 

              
tell all the w

 
orld that I lo

ve you
            
        In my 

    
midnight confe

ssions
           
        I can 

              
say all the th


ings that I wa

nt to
        [N.C.]
        I love you

Horn break:

            
        / / / 

           
/  / / / /  / 

       
/ / /  / / / /

   [2x]

        
        / / / 

/  / / / /

             
        That's

              
 a little gold

             
 ring you wear

            
 on your hand 

          
makes me under

stand
             
        There'

             
s another befo

              
re me, you'll 

         
never be mine
              
        I'm wa

          
sting my time

[first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only]

            
        In my 

       
midnight confe

ssions
           
        I can 

              
tell all the w

 
orld that I lo

ve you
            
        In my 

    
midnight confe

ssions
           
        I'm go

              
nna say all th


e things that 

I want to

Coda [repeat to fade]
        
            
        Na na-

       
na     na na n

a na-na
             
        Na na-

       
na     na na n

a na-na