Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

 It's 12 am

 And I am deprived of sleep

 Your eyes are all I can see

 Your lips are moving incoherently

Verse

It's 12 am

A new mother cries impatiently

For her new born to go to sleep

This life is dragging her along

Chorus

 It's 12 am once again

 It's 12 am once again

(x2)

Verse

A poet died at 12 am

He ran out of words to write

Death lives at 12 am

The printers are late agin

Chorus

(x2)

Verse

A shot rings out at 12 am

A drugged up pimp lies dead

Shot in the head for selling crack

At 12 am no one cares

Chorus

(x2)

Bridge

(x2)

Chorus

x2)