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Early Morning Rain

(Gordon Lightfoot)


Copyright Warner Bros Music Corp.

Original by Gordon Lightfoot in 1964


RCA studio session - March 15-18, 1971 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville

March 15 - 6-9 pm, 10 pm-1:30 am

APA4 1257-sp
APA4 1257-na - Vibes overdub


Overdub session for RCA studio - March 18, 1971 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville

APA4 1257-sp - Splice of takes 10 and 12
January 1972 LP RCA LSP 4671 Elvis Now
Outtakes:
Take 11: August 1, 2007 CD FTD 88697 03631-2 I Sing All Kinds - The Nashville 1971 Sessions
Takes 1, 2, 9 and 11: April 1, 2010 CD FTD 506020-975010 CD Elvis Now






In the early mornin' rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my -pockets full of sand
I'm a long ways from home
And I missed my loved one so
In the early mornin' rain
With no place to go


Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go
Well I'm out here on the grass
Where the pavement never grows
Where the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
She's rolling out at last


Hear the mighty engines roar (Hear the mighty engines roar)
See the silver wing on high (See the silver wing on high)
She's away and westward bound
For above the clouds she flies
Where the mornin' rain don't fall
And the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home
In about three hours time


This ol' airport's got me down
It's no earthly good to me
'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground
Cold and drunk as I might be
Can't jump a jet plane (Can't jump a plane)
Like you can a freight train (Like a freight train)
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain



Standard tuning.
Intro: g,a,c,e,g,e,d,c,Dm,G,C
C                    G     Dm     G            C
In the early mornin' rain, With a dollar in my hand
C                   Dm     G                      C
And an aching in my heart, And my pockets full of sand
C                    Dm    G                         C
I'm a long ways from home, And I missed my loved one so
C                    G     Dm      G        C
In the early mornin' rain, With no place to go
C                    G     Dm    G        C
Out on runway number nine, Big 707 set to go
C                        Dm     G                        C
Well I’m out here on the grass, Where the pavement never grows
C                       Dm    G                      C
Where the liquor tasted good, And the women all were fast
C                 G       Dm    G              C
There she goes my friend, She's rolling out at last
C                       G      Dm      G              C
Hear the mighty engines roar , See the silver wing on high 
C                       Dm     G                        C
She's away and westward bound, For above the clouds she flies
C                            Dm    G                  C
Where the mornin' rain don't fall, And the sun always shines
C                        G     Dm G                 C
She'll be flying over my home, In about three hours time
C                         G     Dm      G               C
This ol' airport’s got me down, It's no earthly good to me
C                            Dm      G                         C
'Cause I’m stuck here on the ground, Cold and drunk as I might be
C                Dm      G                      C
Can't jump a jet plane , Like you can a freight train 
C                  G    Dm     G             C
So I best be on my way, In the early mornin' rain
C                  Dm   G                    C
So I best be on my way, In the early mornin' rain
g,a,c,e,g,e,d,c,   Dm   G                    C
So I best be on my way, In the early mornin' rain