Soon After Midnight

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I'm searching for phrases
D
To sing your praises.
A                   D
I need to tell someone.
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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,
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And the moon is in my eye

D
My heart is cheerful.
A
It's never fearful.
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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.