After Midnight

Lyrics: J J Cale
Music: J J Cale

Played by Jerry Garcia with a variety of bands in the 1970s and early 1980s (and by The Dead in 2004 and by Furthur in 2009). The lyrics below are from the version on "Don't Let Go":

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about (what it is all about)
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight, it's gonna be peaches and cream
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about (what it is all about)
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about (what it is all about)
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about (what it is all about)
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

Jerry sang a much-truncated version with Merle Saunders on "Fire Up".

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out
After midnight, we're gonna sing, jump and shout
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out

In the recordings I've heard, Jerry doesn't sing the variant:

We're gonna stimulate some action
We're gonna get some satisfaction

Jerry Garcia Recordings
	Date	Album	Recorded By
	1973	Fire Up	Merl Saunders/Jerry Garcia (note 1)
	5 Jul 1973	Garcia Live Volume 6	Garcia/Saunders
	13 Feb 1976	Garcia Live Volume 21	Jerry Garcia Band
	21 May 1976	Don't Let Go	Jerry Garcia Band
	7 Nov 1976	Garcia Live Volume 17	Jerry Garcia Band
	8 Nov 1976	Garcia Live Volume 7	Jerry Garcia Band
	28 Feb 1980	After Midnight	Jerry Garcia Band
	1 Jun 1981	Garcia Live Volume 20	Jerry Garcia Band

Notes
(1) subsequently re-released on Fire Up Plus. Also on the compilation Well Matched: The Best Of Jerry Garcia And Merl Saunders

Both the J J Cale and Eric Clapton versions are readily available on a number of CDs.

Further Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For sheet music, see:
Jerry Garcia Songbook (vocal line and chords)