THIS SIDE OF THE MORNING        -       Del Amitri


Intro:     E - A - E - A - E - A - B      3x 


E         F#m         A           B                                        
    No -      body's     perfect 
            E                      F#m                                
and that's     something that I'm       sure
A            B                                                      
     she'll     know
       E                      F#m                                     
Cause     trying to tell her       lies
          A            B                                            
from the     truth at     times
         G#7                             A       A                      
is like       trying to divide ice from     snow 

E               F#m             A        B                                
    And when I      knew it was     over 
   E                 F#m                                              
I     jumped into a      taxi and said just
A                   B                                               
     guess were to    go
         E                    F#m                                    
And the     driver turned a -       bout and said,
      A                  B                                          
Fi -     nding what you    want 
         G#7                             A       A                     
is like       trying to divide ice from     snow 


Chorus:
     B         B                                                    
So     here I     sit
A                   A                                               
   rolling back to     bed
         B                                                       
Knowing     love is a hazard
G#m                C#m           A                                        
     That I never       guessed 
           E                 A                                      
But from     this   side of     morning
                  B       B/A -                                         
I couldn't care     less 
B/Ab        B/F#                E                                           
        I        couldn't care     less.
(E) - A - E - A - E - A - B      2x 


E        F#m          A            B                                       
   No -       body's     helpless 
               E            F#m                                       
Although I' -     ve never       felt this 
A                 B                                                 
   helpless be -     fore
     E                  F#m                                          
And     trying to per -       suade myself 
A                    B                                              
   not to think a -     bout her
         G#7                             A               A              
Is like       trying to tell the clouds     not to pour 

E            F#m            A         B                                    
   so I put       down the     bottle 
             E                      F#m                               
While in my     head time is col -       lapsing and the
A                B                                                  
   currents run     cold
    E                   F#m                                           
So     I can curse her       memory
     A             B                                                
But     don't try      telling me 
      G#7                                                          
that       she was not an emerald 
      A                                                          
in a     mountain of coal
                   G#7                                             
Or that there's a       crock of cures for cancer
       A                                                        
At the     end of the rainbow.


Chorus:
    B          B                                                    
So     here I     sit
A                   A                                               
   rolling back to     bed
         B                                                       
Knowing     love is a hazard
C#m               A           F#m                                         
    That I never     guessed 
           E                 A                                      
But from     this   side of     morning
                 B         B/A - B/Ab - B/F#                                        
I couldn't care     less 


Break:
     B                                                           
And     she's the kind of girl 
                  A                      E                          
who won't for -     give but will for -     get
    A                                                            
So     take my from this party, driver
B                                                               
   put me back to bed
   B                                                             
I     wanted to be loved 
              A                   E                                 
but just got     laughed at in -     stead
    A                       F#m         F#m                               
So     if this taxi is for        hire 
          A                                                     
I'll get    in the back
                  F#m                                              
Just to feel the       friction of the tarmac 
         B7                                                       
and the      tyres.
E - A - E - A - E - A - B      2x 


      E       F#m           A           B                                  
So       no -       body's     perfect 
            E                     F#m                                
and that's     something that I'm       sure
A           B                                                       
    she'll     know
      E                  F#m                                          
And     trying to per -       suade myself 
A                    B                                              
   not to think a -      bout her
         G#7                                     A                   
Is like       trying to tell the crockels not to     crow
         G#7                                                       
Or like       trying to tell the striker
        A                                                        
Not to      think about the goal


Outro:
    B          B                                                    
So     here I     sit
A                   A                                               
   rolling back to     bed
         B                                                       
Knowing     love is a hazard
B/F#                A          A/E                                         
      That I never     guessed 
           E                 A                                      
But from     this   side of     morning
            E                 A                                     
Yeah from     this   side of     morning
            E                 A                                     
Yeah from     this   side of     morning
  B - B/A - B/Ab              B/F#                                                  
I                   couldn't        care 
E        A      E      A                                                
   le -     e -     ss 
E - A - E //





E    022100
A    x02220
B    x24442
F#m  244222
G#7  464544
G#m  466444
C#m  x46654
B/A  x04442
B/Ab 4x4442
B/F# 2x4442
B7   x24242
A/E  002220