{"id":4262,"date":"2021-11-06T04:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T04:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=4262"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:33:48","slug":"in-the-early-morning-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/in-the-early-morning-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Early Morning Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[C] In the early morning [G] rain [F] with a dollar in my [C] hand.<\/span>\u00a0 With an aching in my [Dm] heart [F] and my pockets full of [C] sand<\/span>.\u00a0 I’m a long way from [Dm] home, [F] Lord, I miss my loved ones [C] so.<\/span>\u00a0 In the early morning [G] rain with no [F] place left to [C] go
\n[ F G\u00a0 ]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
[C] Out on runway number [G] nine [F] a big 707 set to [C] go.\u00a0 <\/span>And, I’m stuck here in the [Dm] grass [F] where the pavement never [C] grows<\/span>.\u00a0 Now, the liquor tasted [Dm] good and the [F] women all were [C] fast<\/span>.\u00a0 Well, there she goes, my [G] friend, she’ll be [F] rolling down at [C] last
\n[ F G ]<\/span>
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[C] Hear the mighty engines [G] roar, [F] see the silver wing on [C] high.<\/span>\u00a0 She’s away and westward [Dm] bound, far [F] above the clouds she’ll [C] fly.\u00a0 <\/span>There the morning rain don’t [Dm] fall and the [F] sun always [C] shines.<\/span>\u00a0 She’ll be flying over my [G] home in [F] about three hours [C] time
\n[ F G ]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
[C] This old airport’s got me [G] down, [F] it’s no earthly good to [C] me<\/span>
\nAnd I’m stuck here on the [Dm] ground as [F] cold and drunk as I can [C] be<\/span>
\nYou can’t jump a jet [Dm] plane like you [F] can a freight[C] train<\/span>
\nSo, I’d best be on my [G] way in the [F] early morning [C] rain
\n[ F G ]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
[C] You can’t jump a jet [Dm] plane like you [F] can a freight [C] train<\/span>
\nSo, I’d best be on my [G] way in the [F] early morning [C] rain [ F G ]\u00a0 [ C ]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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 {t: Early Morning Rain}  \r\n{key: D}  \r\n{artist:Gordon Lightfoot}    Capo 3\r\n{c: Thanks to ofossuk on Ultimate Guitar}\r\n\r\n[D]  [G]  [A]  [G]  [D]  [G]  [D]  \r\nIn the early morning [A] rain with a [G] dollar in my [D] hand  [G]  [D]  \r\nWith an aching in my [G] heart and my pockets full of [D] sand [G]  [D]  \r\nI'm a long way from [G] home [A] and I miss my loved ones [D] so  [G]  [D]  \r\nIn the early morning [A] rain [G] with no place to [D] go  [G]  [D]  \r\n\r\nOut on runway number [A] nine, big [G] seven-o-seven set to [D] go  [G]  [D]  \r\nBut I'm stuck here in the [G] grass with a pain that everg[D] rows  [G]  [D]  \r\nNow the liquor tasted [G] good [A] and the women all were [D] fast  [G]  [D]  \r\nWell now there she goes my [A] friend, [G] she's a-rolling down at [D] last  [G]  [D]  \r\n\r\nHear the mighty engines [A] roar, see the [G] silver wing on [D] high  [G]  [D]  \r\nShe's away and westward [G] bound, far above the clouds she'll [D] fly  [G]  [D]  \r\nWhere the morning rain don't [G] fall and the [A] sun always [D] shines  [G]  [D]  \r\nShe'll be flying over my [A] home in [G] about three hours [D] time  [G]  [D]  \r\n\r\nThis old airport's got me [A] down, it's no [G] earthly good to [D] me  [G]  [D]  \r\n'Cause I'm stuck here on the [G] ground, as cold and drunk as I can [D] be  [G]  [D]  \r\nYou can't jump a jet [G] plane like you [A] can a freight [D] train  [G]  [D]  \r\nSo I'd best be on my [A] way in the [G] early morning [D] rain  [G]  [D]<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[C] In the early morning [G] rain [F] with a dollar in my [C] hand.\u00a0 With an aching in my [Dm] heart [F] and my pockets full of [C] sand.\u00a0 I’m a long way from [Dm] home, [F] Lord, I miss my loved ones [C] so.\u00a0 In the early morning … CLICK TO VIEW SONGIn the Early Morning Rain<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,265,13,116,117,68,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-filter","category-best-songs","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-love-songs","category-rainy-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29749,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions\/29749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}