Anybody know "Early Morning Riser"?

[Jaybuzz]

"Early Morning Riser" Chords and Lyrics wanted..

I posted this request on the "All in Good Time" thread, but I think it deserves it's own.

Thanks in advance..
Jay in B'ham

[LIDog]

Comin' up

[LIDog]

Ok Early Morning Jay, here you go. In this format I'm hesitant to get too specific with the chords for fear of it looking confusing, but there are lots of Gs played with the D added on the 2nd string, and Cs with the D added on the 2nd and maybe the G on the 1st as well, all relatively simple chords when you're used to them, but very interesting and certainly very pretty. They add to the great mood of the song. And it sure is a great song.


Early Morning Riser

G_____ ___ C___ G______ ___ C___


G__________ D________ C___________ G____________ D__________ C_
Early Morning Riser I can still feel all your sunlight shine before the dawn
G___________________ D_________________ C____________
First light morning feelin's got me losin' so much sleep I just can't
G____________ D_________________ G________
say how much I miss you when you're gone cause I
C______________________ G__________________
get a feelin' somethin' like a summer wind when you
Em________________________ C____ G___________
love me like a sister then you're gone again but there's
D__________________________________ C___________________________
so much light shinin' in your eyes that you just can't help but keep a love alive

G______ ______ ______ ______


G_____________ D_______________ C____________ G____________ D_____ C_
Now I hear some other lovin' sunshine brother's left you cryin' and you're all alone
G_____________________ D__________________________ C________
So dry your eyes and try to say your goodbyes cause you're old enough to
G_____________ D__________ G_________
get back on your feet all on your own don't ya
C____________________________ G__________________
kind of get a feelin' somethin' like a summer wind cause he
Em________________________ C____ G___________
loved you like a brother now he's gone again but there's
D__________________________________ C___________________________
still a lotta love light in your eyes and you sure know how to keep a man alive


G_____________ Am7______________ Am7_____________ G_____________
G_____________ Am7______________ Am7_____________ G_______

____________ C_______________ G_____ D_______ Em_________
Well, you can stand right there and tell me somethin's wrong... it's so
C______________ G______ D________ G____________
hard to know your problems when you're gone............ so


G__________ D_____________ C____________ G__________ D____________ C_
Early Morning Riser there's not much more I can do to try and make things right
G______________ D_________________ C____________
If you need another sunshine brother I can be right there be-
G____________ D__________ G___________
side you by the early morning light and I'll for-
C________________ G______________
get that feelin' like a summer wind and I'll
Em________________________ C_____ G___________
probably start to think about you now and then but there's
D_________________________________ C___________________________
still a lotta light shinin' in your eyes and you still know how to keep a love alive


G_____________ Am7_____________ Am7_____________ G_____________


(now simply repeat, play guitar solo that sounds like Craig Fuller, start fading out, fade back in, fade back out...)

[jaybuzz]

Dog,

Thank you, thank you, bless you!!!

Jay (dashing to grab my guitar and work this up)

[rfa77]

I envy you guys who have the voice to sing these songs in their original key. I have to play this in D to get within my range.

[LIDog]

Of course, singing it in the original key and singing it well don't necessarily go hand in hand! Sometimes bringing a song down to your natural range is the way to go. Keep on singin' RFA!

While I'm here, and being reminded that Jay started this thread, I wanted to follow up on something... In another post we had gotten on the subject of "Harmony Song", but we never posted it! Well, better late than never...
Hope things are goin' good Jay!


Harmony Song

C______________________________ G________
You used to tell me that you knew me pretty well
____________________________________ D_____________
well that's all changed and I'm just not the same
Am___________________________________________ Em_____________
caught in the middle cause I'm rushed just a little and I don't know why
____________ G_______________________ D____________
there's gotta be just a little more than all this pain
Am_______________ Em___________ G_________________ D__________
this Ohio life is killin' me my strength is gone I got no more to spare
__________ C__ G____ D______ G____ D_____________
so you can take this for what it's worth I don't care singing

C____ D__ G_____ Em___ C_________ G________
Brand new harmony songs almost every day singing
C____ D__ G_____ Eb______ Cmaj7_________ G____________
Brand new harmony songs..... since you went away


C__________________________________ G________
I couldn't understand the situation we were living in
_________________________________ D_____________
it seemed like every day we spent was wrong
Am_______________________________________ Em___________________
all your feelin's and your night time dealin's and the way they brought me down
________ G___________________ D____________
I just don't see why we let it go so long
Am__________________________ Em_______________
You're so far away now that I won't see your face no more
______ G_______________ D__________
if you're ever lookin' back to stay
C___________ G_________ D____ G______ D_______________________
stand back and take a good look it just might take your breath away singing


C____ D__ G_____ Em___ C_________ G____________
Brand new harmony songs almost every day yeah singing
C____ D__ G_____ Eb______ Cmaj7_________ G____________
Brand new harmony songs..... since you went away


Em_____ A_________ D________________________ G_________
It was all wrong but we couldn't think about it cause it took too long
Em__ A_ Em________ A__ Em_______________ A_________ D__________
It's alright I'm up every night wonderin' what you're thinkin' about me


C_____ D_____ G_____ Em_____ C______ ______ G______ ______

C_____ D_____ G_____ Eb_____ _____ Cmaj7_____ C_____ G_____ _____


C_________________________ G____________
Sometimes I get to feelin' that I need you here
___________________________ D____________
it goes by so quickly it just don't pay
____________ Am_________________________________________ Em_____
cause with the new impressions these late night sessions scuze me I'll be fine
________ G____________ D______________
I just can't see it any other way
___________ C______ G__________ D_______ G__________ D_____________
you know I'm right here tellin' you the things we never took the time to say singin'


C____ D__ G_____ Em___ C_________ G___________
Brand new harmony songs almost every day yeah singin'
C____ D__ G_____ Eb______ Cmaj7_________ G________
Brand new harmony songs..... since you went away... singin'


C____ D__ G_____ Em___ C_________ G____________
Brand new harmony songs almost every day yeah singin'
C____ D__ G_____ Em___ C_________ G____________
Brand new harmony songs almost every day yeah singin'
C____ D__ G_____ Em___ C_________ G______
Brand new harmony songs almost every day...


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