Early Morning Rain

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Early Morning Rain - by Gordon Lightfoot/ cover version - Peter Paul and Mary
This version is like the Gordon Lightfoot version mixed with the Peter, Paul, and Mary version.
This sounds good picking or strumming. The progression in the key of D is also very sweet.
C Em Dm G7 C Cadd9C
Intro:
C Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
In the early morning rain, with a dollar in my hand
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
With an aching in my heart, and a pocket full of sand
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
I'm a long ways from home, and I miss my loved one so
Cadd9 Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
In the early morning rain, with no place to go
C Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
Out on runway number nine, big 707 set to go
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
And I’m stuck here in the grass, with a pain that ever grows.
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
Now the liquor tasted good, and the women all were fast
Cadd9 Em Dm G7 C
Well there she goes again my friend, yeah, she's rolling down at last
(C - F - G - F - to 4th string walk down to C)
C Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver bird on high
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
Where the morning rain don't fall, and the sun always shines
Cadd9 Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
She'll be flying over my home, in about three hour’s time
C Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
This old airport’s got me down, it's no earthly good to me
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
'Cause I’m stuck here on the ground, as cold and drunk as I can be
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
Cadd9 Em Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
So I best be on my way, in the early morning rain
Cadd9 Dm G7 C Cadd9 C
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
Cadd9 Em Dm G7 C C F G F C
( - - - - to 4th string walk down to )
So I best be on my way, in the early morning rain
(C - F - G - F - to 4th string walk down to C)

Early Morning Rain chords and lyrics

Free chords for Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Early Morning Rain - by Gordon Lightfoot/ cover version - Peter Paul and Mary
This version is like the Gordon Lightfoot version mixed with the Peter, Paul, and Mary version.
This sounds good picking or strumming. The progression in the key of D is also very sweet.
Intro:  C    Em   Dm    G7    C    Cadd9   C
(C - F - G - F - to 4th string walk down to C)
(C - F - G - F - to 4th string walk down to C)

Early Morning Rain Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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