Early In The Morning Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays443

Early In The Morning by Johnny Winter is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D                          G7  
 Early in the morning and I can't get right  
D  
Had a little fight with my baby last night  
         G7                               D  
Now it's early in the morning, well, it's early in the morning  
         A7                    G7                              D  
Now it's early in the morning      I ain't got nothing but the blues  

Verse 2  
D                      G7  
Went to Dooky Chase to get something to eat  
D  
Waitress looked at me and said, "You sure look beat"  
           G7                    D  
I said, "It's early in the morning, early in the morning  
           A7                   G7                              D  
Well, it's early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues  

Verse 3  
D                                  G7  
Went to her girlfriend's house but she was out  
D  
I knocked on her daddy's door and he began to shout and he said 
G7                    D  
It's Early in the morning, don't you know it's early in the morning  
A7                    G7                            D  
Early in the morning      ain't got nothing but the blues  

Verse 4 
D                            G7  
Went to all the places where we used to go  
D  
Went to our house but you don't live there no more  
         G7                               D  
Now it's early in the morning, well, it's early in the morning  
A7                    G7                              D  
Early in the morning      I ain't got nothing but the blues  

    	

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