Ordinary Morning Chords
by Sheryl Crow
Ordinary Morning by Sheryl Crow is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G#m. It uses the chords B, G#m, G, C#, F#, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Sounds best if you play the Gs with barre chords, gives it more of a jazz feel.
The riff in the Chorus goes like this (over a B chord)
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Verse
G#m
I left a man
G
Asleep in the nude
G#m
name in my pocket
G
C#
Everything I ever wanted,
What a lovely pie you baked,
Is anybody listening
F# E
How the painted bird never flies away
Chorus
A B Riff
It's just an ordinary morning
A B Riff
It's just an ordinary day
A B Riff
And I'm just an ordinary woman
A E
Slipping away
Verse
G#m
The walls have been talking
G
About me again
G#m
I'm good for a joke, but when I awoke
G
The dream didn't end
C#
Now everytime I turn around
I'm always thinking, John, is anybody out there?
F# E
And the wounded birds still sing
Chorus X2
A B Riff
It's just an ordinary morning
A B Riff
It's just an ordinary day
A B Riff
And I'm just an ordinary woman
A E
Slipping away
Solo
(Chorus Chords)
Outro
A B
Don't you wanna slip away
A B
Don't you wanna slip away
etc...
Repeat and fade.