Biography:
The Grass Roots aka simply Grass Roots, were a hugely successful pop rock group that despite charting 29 Top 100 singles from 1967 to 1972 and being on the Billboard charts an astounding 307 straight weeks during that time, never quite had a number 1 single. Their music, largely a product of top production and songwriting talents of the era, remains a staple of 60's & 70's oldies radio stations, and many movie soundtracks.
The initial creation of writing and production team Steve Barri and P.
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- Baby Hold On
- Ballad Of A Thin Man
- Bella Linda
- Come On And Say It
- Heaven Knows
- Heres Where You Belong
- Id Wait A Million Years
- Is It Any Wonder
- Ive Got No More To Say
- Lets Live For Today
- Live For Today
- Lovin Things
- Midnight Confessions
- Only When Youre Lonely
- Sooner Or Later
- Temptation Eyes
- The River Is Wide
- Things I Should Have Said
- Tip Of My Tongue
- Two Divided By Love
- Wait A Million Years
- Wake Up Wake Up
- Walking Through The Country
- Where Were You
- Where Were You When I Needed You
- You Baby
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"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:
(G#m) E F#
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|-----------------|
|-------6-------6-|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---|
(G#m) E F# A [5/4]
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---------|-----------------|
(A)
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-6-4-------|
|-----------------|-----------7-6-4-|
|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---------------|
Verse 1:
G#m
The sound of your footsteps
F#
Telling me that you're near
A#m
Your soft gentle motion, babe
D#m C#
Brings out the need in me that no-body can hear, except
Chorus:
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
When I tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
When I say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you
Bridge:
E B F# C#
But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
E B F#
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#
I'm wasting my time
[repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2]
Verse 2:
G#m
Staggering through the daytime
F#
Your image on my mind
A#m
Passing so close beside you babe
D#m C#
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, but
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you
Horn break:
F# C# E B
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2x]
F#
/ / / / / / / /
E B F# C#
That's a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
E B F#
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#
I'm wasting my time
[first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only]
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I'm gonna say all the things that I want to
Coda [repeat to fade]
F# C#
Na na-na na na na na-na
E B
Na na-na na na na na-na
(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:
(G#m) E F#
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|-----------------|
|-------6-------6-|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---|
(G#m) E F# A [5/4]
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---------|-----------------|
(A)
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-6-4-------|
|-----------------|-----------7-6-4-|
|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---------------|
Verse 1:
G#m
The sound of your footsteps
F#
Telling me that you're near
A#m
Your soft gentle motion, babe
D#m C#
Brings out the need in me that no-body can hear, except
Chorus:
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
When I tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
When I say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you
Bridge:
E B F# C#
But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
E B F#
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#
I'm wasting my time
[repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2]
Verse 2:
G#m
Staggering through the daytime
F#
Your image on my mind
A#m
Passing so close beside you babe
D#m C#
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, but
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can say all the things that I want to
[N.C.]
I love you
Horn break:
F# C# E B
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2x]
F#
/ / / / / / / /
E B F# C#
That's a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
E B F#
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
D#
I'm wasting my time
[first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only]
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I can tell all the world that I love you
F# C#
In my midnight confessions
G#m C#
I'm gonna say all the things that I want to
Coda [repeat to fade]
F# C#
Na na-na na na na na-na
E B
Na na-na na na na na-na
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