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G                C                        G 
Let the midnight special shine a light on me 
                 D7                                     G 
Let the midnight special shine her ever loving light on me 

Verse 
                         C 
Well, you wake up in the morning 
                      G 
And it's the same old thing 
         D7 
Dehumanization 
            G 
By the inhumane 
                            C 
The warden's dog is treated better 
                       G 
And I can't take it no more 
                             D7 
Think it's time to turn some pages 
                 G 
No more to study war 


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G                C                        G 
Let the midnight special shine a light on me 
                 D7                                     G 
Let the midnight special shine her ever loving light on me 

Verse 
                        C 
If you're gonna run for office 
             G 
Then it's TV time 
                           D7 
Before you bet your soul's service 
                 G 
Let's talk about crime 

                           C 
Say I'll sweep them in the prisons 
                         G 
Whether they're sixty or tens 
                    C 
Politicians throw a party 
                    G 
When they're put to death 


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G                C                        G 
Let the midnight special shine a light on me 
                 D7                                     G 
Let the midnight special shine her ever loving light on me 

Verse 
                      C 
It's a billion dollar business 
               G 
It's a booming field 
                  D7 
It's a good stock invest 
             G 
Such booming years 

                 C 
Positions in the corporations 
                      G 
Jobs down in old Steeltown 
                       D7 
Seems like everybody's happy 
                                 G 
'Cept those locked up and locked down 


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G                C                        G 
Let the midnight special shine a light on me 
                 D7                                     G 
Let the midnight special shine her ever loving light on me