Midnight on the Planet

from Humbug 23 by robb johnson

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I wrote this just after Christmas last year, before going off to be an old man in Paris for the New Year.

Where I met the work of Alice Neel. Who kept on working.

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MIDNIGHT ON THE PLANET

C Fdim/Fm??/

C G
IT’S MIDNIGHT ON THE PLANET, MIDWINTER EVERYWHERE
Am F
THE REVOLUTION’S BEING TELEVISED ON NETFLIX
Fm C
BUT UNDERNEATH THE WHITE NOISE, YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR
Dm F
THE TURNING OF THE YEAR

IT’S MIDNIGHT ON THE PLANET, GOOD KING HEROD’S ON HIS THRONE
GREAT CAESAR’S IN HIS PALACE, HIS EMPIRE LASTS FOREVER
BUT UNDERNEATH THE MAKE OVER THE CRACKS WON’T DISAPPEAR
AT THE TURNING OF THE YEAR

C G Am Fdim
IT’S MIDNIGHT ON THE PLANET MIDNIGHT ON THE PLANET x2

Am Em
YOU CAN PUT THE TRUTH IN PRISON YOU CAN BUILD A WALL OF LIES
Bm
BUT YOU CAN’T GUN DOWN THE RIVER
Em
& YOU CAN’T LOCK UP THE SKY
C
& WE KEEP ON LIGHTING CANDLES
G F Fdim
& THE MORNING STAR WILL SURELY RISE

C G Am Fdim
IT’S MIDNIGHT ON THE PLANET
C Fdim
AT THE TURNING OF THE YEAR

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from Humbug 23, released December 1, 2023

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