Chords: In the Middle of the Night by The Wind and The Wave
I cried when I first heard this song. When you lose someone, it’s the moments of pure emotional honesty that help chaperone you through grief; this song is so raw in its simplicity and cross-applicable truth that it surfaced all the feelings I was compartmentalising just to get through the day, and I was overcome. It was too much, and I had to turn it off. I couldn’t listen to it at work, ever.
It took me months to build the courage to face up to its measures, and figure out (a semblance of) the chords. I sat in my loft with the rain thrumming on the roof, had a good, solid cry, and said a few more little goodbyes as I excavated the music.
The song is beautiful. There’s literally no way I could do it justice. I tried anyway. Here are some chords.
My version is fairly simple, I’m sure not 100% rght, but really pretty to sing - once you can make it through without full-on crying. I still find that hard.
Here’s the Imperfection Project vid where I flub a lyric, and am photobombed by a childhood friend.
And here are the chords I’m playing:
In The Middle of the Night Chords.pdf
(BTW, no matter what Genius Lyrics say, it sounds more like she sings ‘But I move’ than ‘Gotta move’ on the actual record, so that’s what I went with. In a live performance, on YT, the opposite. Sing whatever feels right at the time.)
The album this is from is well worth your time, and has some absolute bangers (Neon Prayer Flags, anyone?) that I may attempt at some point soon. For now I’m emotionally spent, and in need of a hug.
I hope you enjoy playing the song, and I’m sure you’ll do a much better job than I did.
Love always,
Fay
xXx
P.S. I don’t own any rights to this song. The original is much better, and as the album is GREAT, I recommend you go buy that. Here’s the original song on YT: