Morning Yearning Chords
by Ben Harper
Morning Yearning by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Bb, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: EADGBE
Intro + whole song:
E|---0-----0----0----0-|---0-----0----0----0-|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|--------2----2----2--|--------2----2----2--|
D|-------2----2----2---|-------2----2----2---|
A|-0----0----0----0----|------0----0----0----|
E|---------------------|-3-------------------|
E|----1----1----1----1-|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|----1p0----0p1---1p0-----|
G|---2----2----2----2--|---2----2--2---2-----2-2-|
D|--3----3----3----3---|--2------2------2-----2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------------|
E|-1----1----1----1----|-3-----------------------|
Verse 1:
A finger's touch upon my lips
It's a morning yearning
Morning yearning
Pull the curtains shut, try to keep it dark
But the Sun is burning
The Sun is burning
(intro x 1)
Verse 2:
The world awakens on the run
And will soon be earning
Soon be earning
With hopes of better days to come
It's a morning yearning
Morning yearning
(intro x 1) Morning yearning
Verse 3:
Another day, another chance to get it right
Must I still be learning
Must I still be learning
Baby crying kept us up all night
With her morning yearning
Her morning yearning
(intro x 1) Morning yearning
Solo (viola + cello)
C Bb Am G
C Bb Am G
G G G G
(intro x 1)
Verse 4:
Like a summer rose, I'm a victim of the fall
But am soon returning
Soon returning
Your love's the warmest place the sun ever shines
My morning yearning
My morning yearning
(intro x 1) Morning yearning
(fade out)
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