"Midnight Confessions" (Lou Josie) Originally done by the Evergreen Blues (Mercury 72756) earlier in 1968; the Grass Roots' arrangement is more-or-less a note-for-note copy of theirs. Intro (bass tab): v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |---------4-6-4---|-----------------| |-------6-------6-|-----------------| |-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---| [5/4 bar] v v v v v v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| |---------4-6-4---|-----------------|-----------------X---| X: snare |-------6-------6-|-----------------|---------------------| |-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2-2-5-----|---------------------| [] v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----7-6-4-------| |-----------------|-----------7-6-4-| |-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---------------| Verse 1: The sound of your footsteps Telling me that you're near Your soft gentle motion, baby Brings out the need in me that no-one can hear, except Chorus: In my midnight confessions When I tell all the world that I love you In my midnight confessions When I say all the things that I want to [spoken:] I love you Bridge: But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand There's another before me, you'll never be mine I'm wasting my time [repeat first four bars of intro, then 3/4 bar w/snare on 3] Verse 2: Staggering through the daytime Your image on my mind Passing so close beside you baby Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, except [repeat chorus] Horn break: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2x] / / / / / / / / [repeat bridge] [repeat chorus; first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only] Coda [repeat to fade] Na na-na na na na na-na Na na-na na na na na na -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers