Early Morning Rain Chords

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]
                     G#m
In the early morning rain
F#m                     E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    With a dollar in my hand
                 F#m
And aching in my heart
B7                        E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   And my pockets full of sand
 
[Verse 2]
                    G#m
I'm a long way from home
F#m                              E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    And Lord I miss my loved one so
                     F#m
In the early morning rain
B7                  E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   With no place to go
 
[Verse 3]
                     G#m
Out on runway number nine
F#m                      E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    Seven o seven set to go
                          F#m
But I'm stuck here on the ground
B7                     E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   Where the cold wind blows
 
[Verse 4]
                      G#m
Now the liquor tasted good
F#m                        E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    And the women all were fast
                  F#m
There she goes my friend
B7                          E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   She'll be rolling now at last
 
[Instrumental]
|G#m |F#m
|E Esus4 |E Esus4
|E Esus4 |E
 
[Verse 5]
                        G#m
Hear the mighty engines roar
F#m                        E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    See the silver bird on high
                        F#m
She's away and westward bound
B7                             E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   Far above the clouds she'll fly
 
[Verse 6]
                             G#m
Where the morning rain don't fall
F#m                    E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    And the sun always shines 
                         F#m
She'll be flying over my home
B7                       E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   In about three hours' time
 
[Instrumental]
|G#m |F#m
|E Esus4 |E Esus4
|E Esus4 |E
 
[Verse 7]
                          G#m
This old airport's got me down
F#m                         E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    It's no earthly good to me
                          F#m
Cos I'm stuck here on the ground
B7                         E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
   Cold and drunk as I can be
 
[Verse 8]
                     G#m
You can't jump a jet plane
F#m                        E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    Like you can a freight train
                     F#m
So I'd best be on my way
B7                       E
   In the early morning rain
|E
 
 
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I hope I've done it justice!
 
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2011
 
watfordkev@gmail.com
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