Walking after midnight with 8strings Lapsteel Gold Top

[Jean Pierre]

ah ah...you may not know this one !

"Walkin' After Midnight" is a song written by Alan Block and Donn Hecht and recorded by country music singer Patsy Cline in 1956...

As my son-in-law Guillaume lent me his lap steel 8 strings Gold Tone for a while...I was looking on You Tube how to use it and I found this old song...

Lap steel is tuned in C6 tuning typically country G A C E G A C E, it is sympathetic has to play this tuning

instruments used
 Dobro ,in the first part
Lap steel 8 strings
12 strings in strumming
6-string finger picking guitar
tanbourin
Bass precision bass (Harley Benton)
The piano is played by a BIAB John Jarvis guy.
BIAB battery

the lyrics (because of my accent,...)

C                        C7
I go out walking after midnight
           F                              C
Out in the moonlight just like we used to do
                         F                  G7  C
I'm always walking after midnight searching for you

G7         C
I walk for miles along the highway
                 F                       C
Well that's just my way of saying I love you
                         F                  G7  C
I'm always walking after midnight searching for you
 
C7           F
I stopped to see a weeping willow
                     C          G7         C   C7
Crying on his pillow maybe he's crying for me
        F
And as the skies turn gloomy
                                    C                Am
Night blooms will whisper to me I'm lonesome as I can be
             
G7       C             C7                  F
I go out walking after midnight out in the starlight
                    C
Just hoping you may be you're somewhere walking
      F                      C
After midnight searching for me

C7           F
I stopped to see a weeping willow
                     C          G7         C   C7
Crying on his pillow maybe he's crying for me
    F
And as the skies turn gloomy
                                   C                Am
Night winds will whisper to me I'm lonesome as I can be

C                     C7
I go on walking after midnight
           F                              C
Out in the moonlight just like we used to do
                         F                 G7   C
I'm always walking after midnight searching for you

[IanR]

I do know this song.

It turns up in a lot of movies and TV shows.

I really like the vibe you achieved on this. The arrangement is super.

Ian

[Frank53]

Yes, a classic country tune. Very well arranged and played.
Nice work!

[kenny mac]

That sound on that lap steel is gorgeous jp.
My mum used to play this when i was a boy

The record of the song that is,not the lap steel lol.
Nice one JP.