Mourning Glory Story Chords
Mourning Glory Story by Harry Nilsson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Dsus2, C#, C, B, Gm/Bb, A7, D#, G#m/B, Bb7, E, Am/C and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: /A /D D Dsus2 D Dsus2 (2X)
D /C# /C /B
She wakes up, she finds herself sleeping in a doorway
Gm/Bb A7 D
Wondering how she ever got this way,
D /C# /C /B
She fights her tears away then prays for no more sorrow
Gm/Bb A7 D
Will tomorrow be the same as yesterday,
D# /D /C# /C
She tasted from the tree of life which led to hunger
G#m/B Bb7 D#
Now she wonders how she'll ever carry on.
D# /D /C# /C
She thinks about the life she knew when she was younger
G#m/B Bb7 D#
Heaven help her now those days are long since gone.
E /D# /D /C#
She wakes up, she finds herself sleeping next to no one
Am/C B7 E
And it's no fun when there's no one there to see.
E /D# /D /C#
She looks down at her feet my God they sure look dirty
Am/C B7 E
Seven-thirty, time to be or not to be.
She cries out won't somebody listen to my story
Mourning Glories aren't supposed to have to beg.
She wakes up - she finds herself sleeping in a doorway
Wonderin' how she ever got that way,.
by: José Duarte
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