[STYLE: Chicago Electric Blues, smoky urban atmosphere, slow swinging shuffle, gritty and soulful] [INTRO: 12 bars, slow Chicago shuffle, electric guitar riff, Hammond B3 chords, walking bass, brushed drums, harmonica enters gradually] [VERSE 1] Midnight on Maxwell Street, rain is falling slow Midnight on Maxwell Street, rain is falling slow Every face I see tonight is somewhere I don't know Neon on the pavement, whiskey in my hand Neon on the pavement, whiskey in my hand I'm looking for an answer in a city made of sand [PRE-CHORUS: Hammond rises, harmonica fills] The city keeps on talking But nobody says my name Every street keeps changing But my heart stays the same [CHORUS: Full Chicago blues band] I'm walking through the midnight With a heart full of blues I'm walking through the midnight With nothing left to lose Chicago keeps on calling But I don't know what to choose I'm walking through the midnight With these old Chicago blues [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 1: 16 bars, expressive harmonica solo, electric guitar answering phrases, Hammond B3 underneath] [VERSE 2] I saw your shadow dancing in the window of a bar I saw your shadow dancing in the window of a bar I walked across the avenue, but you were gone too far The bartender knows my story, he don't ask me why The bartender knows my story, he don't ask me why He just pours another whiskey while the blues begin to cry [PRE-CHORUS: Reduced drums, vocal forward] I told myself tomorrow I'd finally let you go But every night in Chicago The lonely people know [CHORUS: Full band] I'm walking through the midnight With a heart full of blues I'm walking through the midnight With nothing left to lose Chicago keeps on calling But I don't know what to choose I'm walking through the midnight With these old Chicago blues [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 2: 20 bars, harmonica feature, walking bass, Hammond B3 swells, guitar fills between harmonica phrases] [VERSE 3] There's a train beneath the city carrying strangers underground There's a train beneath the city carrying strangers underground Everybody's going somewhere while I'm standing still somehow I hear that steel wheel screaming underneath the street I hear that steel wheel screaming underneath the street Sounds just like my old heart trying to find another beat [BRIDGE: 8 bars, half-time feel, Hammond and bass prominent] Maybe love is like a train You don't know when it leaves Maybe all these empty nights Are something I must believe Maybe somewhere down the line I'll find another door But tonight the blues are waiting Like they always did before [BREAKDOWN: 8 bars, drums drop out, bass and Hammond only] [CALL AND RESPONSE: Vocal and harmonica] I say, "Chicago, can you hear me?" [Harmonica response] "Chicago, don't let me fall" [Harmonica response] "I've been walking these streets lonely" [Harmonica response] "Looking for somebody to call" [Long harmonica response] [CHORUS: Extended, stronger vocal] I'm walking through the midnight With a heart full of blues I'm walking through the midnight With nothing left to lose Chicago keeps on calling But I don't know what to choose I'm walking through the midnight With these old Chicago blues I'm walking through the midnight Underneath that silver moon I'm walking through the midnight And I'll find my way home soon Maybe love will find me Maybe I'll find something new But tonight I'm walking With these old Chicago blues
