Paul Weller – Early Morning Rain (Guitar)

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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). Esus4 022200 [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 ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England February 2011 [email protected]