Gladys Knight And The Pips
Midnight Train To Georgia Tab
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
As recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips
(From the 1973 Album IMAGINATION)
Words and Music by Jim Weatherly
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Mironov - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=88
Db Ab/C
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W Q E. S S S E S S E
|----------|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|----------|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|----------|-10--10--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|----------|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|----------|----------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Ab Db Ab/C
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
1st Verse
Gb/Bb Ab Db Fm Gb/Bb Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-||--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-||--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-||-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-||-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|---------------------||----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------||----------------------------|---------------------|
Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Eb7 Gb/Ab Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7--7--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Gb/Ab Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
Gb/Ab Ab Db Fm Gb/Ab Eb7
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
Gb/Ab Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-||--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-||--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-||-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-||-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|
Ebm Ab7 Db Fm Ebm Ab7
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Db Fm Gb/Bb Eb7 Gb/Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Ab Db Fm Ebm Ab7
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Bbm Eb9 Gb
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Ab7 Db Ab/C
Q E. S S S E S S E H H
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9-----8----|
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9-----9----|
|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10-----8----|
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-11----10----|
|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-------------|
2nd Verse
Gb/BbAb Db Fm Gb/Bb Ab
H H Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6----4----||--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7----4----||--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-6----5----||-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8----6----||-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-----------||----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------||----------------------------|---------------------|
Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Eb7 Gb/Ab Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7--7--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Ab Db Fm Gb/Bb Eb7
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
Gb/Ab Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-||---9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-||o--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-||--10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-||--11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|---------------------||o----------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|
Ebm Ab7 Db Fm Ebm Ab7
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Db Fm Gb/Bb Eb7 Gb/Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Ab Db Fm Ebm Ab7
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Bbm Eb9 Gb
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-7--7--x-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-6--6--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|-8--8--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-8--8--x-8-8-8-x-8-8-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Ab7 Db Ab/C Gb/BbAb
Q E. S S S E S S E H H H H
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9-----8----|-6----4-----||
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9-----9----|-7----4----o||
|-5--5--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10-----8----|-6----5-----||
|-4--4--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|-11----10----|-8----6-----||
|---------------------|-------------|-----------o||
|---------------------|-------------|------------||
Outro
Db Ab/C
Q E. S S S E S S E
||---9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
||o--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
||--10--10--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
||--11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
Gb/Bb Ab Db Fm
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|
|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
Ebm Ab Db Fm Ebm Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-|
|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|-10--10--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
Db Ab/C Gb/Bb Ab
Q E. S S S E S S E Q E. S S S E S S E
|--9---9--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-4-4-4-x-4-4--||
|--9---9--x--9--9--9-x--9--9-|-7--7--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-o||
|-10--10--x--8--8--8-x--8--8-|-6--6--x-5-5-5-x-5-5--||
|-11--11--x-10-10-10-x-10-10-|-8--8--x-6-6-6-x-6-6--||
|----------------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
