Paul Weller - Early morning rain
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Tuning: E A D G B E
This is Paul Weller's cover of a Gordon Lightfoot song.
It could have ended in tears of the very wrong kind. But no. Weller makes a marvellous job of it.
Eight great verses.
The trick is to get a nice lilting rhythm and nail the little roll on and off
the E to Esus4 at the end of each alternate line (with your pinkie).
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[Intro]
|E Esus4 |E Esus4
|E Esus4 |E |G#m |F#m
|E Esus4 |E Esus4
|E Esus4 |E
[Verse 1]
In the early morning G#mrain
F#m With a dollar in my EhaEsus4nd E Esus4 E Esus4 E
And aching in my F#mheart
B7 And my pockets full of EsaEsus4nd E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 2]
I'm a long way from G#mhome
F#m And Lord I miss my loved one EsoEsus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
In the early morning F#mrain
B7 With no place to EgoEsus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 3]
Out on runway number G#mnine
F#m Seven o seven set to EgoEsus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
But I'm stuck here on the F#mground
B7 Where the cold wind EblEsus4ows E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 4]
Now the liquor tasted G#mgood
F#m And the women all were EfaEsus4st E Esus4 E Esus4 E
There she goes my F#mfriend
B7 She'll be rolling now at ElaEsus4st E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Instrumental]
|G#m |F#m
|E Esus4 |E Esus4
|E Esus4 |E
[Verse 5]
Hear the mighty engines G#mroar
F#m See the silver bird on EhiEsus4gh E Esus4 E Esus4 E
She's away and westward F#mbound
B7 Far above the clouds she'll EflEsus4y E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 6]
Where the morning rain don't G#mfall
F#m And the sun always EshEsus4ines E Esus4 E Esus4 E
She'll be flying over my F#mhome
B7 In about three hours' EtiEsus4me E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Instrumental]
|G#m |F#m
|E Esus4 |E Esus4
|E Esus4 |E
[Verse 7]
This old airport's got me G#mdown
F#m It's no earthly good to EmeEsus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
Cos I'm stuck here on the F#mground
B7 Cold and drunk as I can EbeEsus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 8]
You can't jump a jet G#mplane
F#m Like you can a freight EtrEsus4ain E Esus4 E Esus4 E
So I'd best be on my F#mway
B7 In the early morning rEain
|E
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com