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AFTER MIDNIGHT
As recorded by J.J. Cale
(From the 1971 Album NATURALLY)
Words and Music by J.J. Cale
Transcribed by Slowhand
x x 0D 2 3 2 1 3 3F 2 1 1 3 5 5G 4 3 3 x 0 2A 2 2 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'J.J.Cale - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'J.J.Cale - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=96
D
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E S S E E E E. S E E S S E E E
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E S S E E E E. S E E S S E E E
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
DE. S E E S S E E E FE S S E E GE S S E E DE S S E E E S S E E
||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||o--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------|
||---------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
E S S E E E S S E E FE S S E E GE S S E E DE S S E E E S S E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------|
|---------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|
Chorus
$
D F G
E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------||-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
AE E E E E E E E DE. S E E S S E E E FE S S E E GE S S E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|--------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3--|
1. 2.
To Coda
DE S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E DE S S E E E S S E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0--||
|---------------------|----------------------o||--------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W H Q E +E
|---------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||--------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||-----------------7pb9r(7)-||
|---------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||--------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------||
Guitar Solo
DE. S E E S S E E E F E S S E E GE S S E E
|-2----2-2---2----2--2-2-2-2-|--1--1-----1--1--1-3---3---3-3----3-|
|-3----3-3---3----3--3-3-3-3-|--1--1-----1--1--1-3---3---3-3----3-|
|-2----2-2---2----2--2-2-2-2-|--2--2-----2--2--2-4---4---4-4----4-|
|-0----0-0---0----0--0-0-0-0-|--3--3-----3--3--3-5---5---5-5----5-|
|----------------------------|--3--3-----3--3--3-5---5---5-5----5-|
|----------------------------|--1--1-----1--1--1-3---3---3-3----3-|
|
| |--3--|
| E E S e S +Q E E +E E +E E E E E S E.
|----------------------------|---------------------5--------------|
|----------6---6-(6)---------|-----8pb10r==(8)-6-------6-----8----|
|----5---7---------------7-5-|-(5)---------------7----------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
DE S S E E E S S E E
|-2-2-2-2------2---2---2-2-2-2---|
|-3-3-3-3------3---3---3-3-3-3---|
|-2-2-2-2------2---2---2-2-2-2---|
|-0-0-0-0------0---0---0-0-0-0---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| E E s E S S S E E E
|--------------------------------|
|-6-8---6pb7---------------------|
|------------7---5---7-----------|
|----------------------------5s==|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
E. S E E S S E E E E S S E E E S S E E
|-2----2-2-2---2-2----2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2------2-2----2--2-2-2-|
|-3----3-3-3---3-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3------3-3----3--3-3-3-|
|-2----2-2-2---2-2----2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2------2-2----2--2-2-2-|
|-0----0-0-0---0-0----0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0------0-0----0--0-0-0-|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| E E e S S S S +E e e e E S S E S S +S S e e
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------6b7-(6)-----|-------6pb7-------8-(8)---8-8-|
|----5---7-5-7-----------7-5-|-7-7--------------------------|
|-7--------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
FE S S E E GE S S E E
|-1-1-1-1------1---3-3-3-3---3--------|
|-1-1-1-1------1---3-3-3-3---3--------|
|-2-2-2-2------2---4-4-4-4---4--------|
|-3-3-3-3------3---5-5-5-5---5--------|
|-3-3-3-3------3---5-5-5-5---5--------|
|-1-1-1-1------1---3-3-3-3---3--------|
|
| e e s E S Q S e S
|------------------------5------------|
|-6-8---6pb7---------------7---8b10---|
|------------7---7--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
D E S S E E E S S E E
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|
| +Q Q e e S e S
|---------------------------|
|-(8)---------8-6---8-6-----|
|-------------------------7-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E. S E E S S E E E DQ E S S +S S E E E
|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----||-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----||-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|
|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----||-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2--|
|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----||-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0--|
|----------------------------||-----------------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------------|
|
| S E. E E E E S E S W
|----------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------6--------------||-----------------------|
|----5----7-7-----7-5-7---7--||-----------------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------------|
Outro
FGtr I G D
E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-||------------------------|------------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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