• Song:

    Wake Up In The Morning

  • Artist:

    Ford Theatre

  • Album:

    Time Changes

INTRO: Based on D minor chord.  Strums something like:
       D - A - D/E D/E  D/E (hammer) D/F   D  A  D/E  A/D/E hammer F   (3x)

Through the verse, a Dm is played while walking the bass line down from open d 
string, to c note (on the A string), 
to the b note to open A string rapidly followed by the A7 chord.

VERSE 1:
      Dm              Dm/C    Dm/B      A / A7        Dm  
And I wake up in the morning, pour some coffee for my brain

Dm/C       Dm/B    A7

Dm          Dm/C        Dm/B   A                 C/G   Dm/F#  E (no third)  
Everyday is different,     but I always feel the same.

CHORUS
Bm                 G     F#7            Bm      A/Bm  G 
Everybody tells me   the world is in my head (hand?), yeah!
    F#7               Bm (run:  B-  - A - G - F# - E Em        A           C
But that don*t mean a thing to me            cause I*ll never be a man,
                B   (run: B C# E F# E D ) A G F                  Em  Em7 
if I don*t have yooou                          if I don*t have you.

Em  Em7 Em  Em7 

VERSE 2:
And I read the morning papers, just like other people do
Every day it*s different, but there*s nothing really new.

CHORUS
Sunshine through my window, and it brightens up my day, yeah!
But that don?t mean a thing to me, cause I*ll never find my way,
if I don*t have you                     if I don*t have you 

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:
Dm   Em   F; F Em ( G ), Dm   Em   F; F Em ( G ), 
Dm   Em   F; F Em  Dm G (hold)         A (hold)

[Note (G) is a quick hit of only the open D and G strings]

CHORUS  
Bm                           G        F#7             Bm     /A    G 
Sunshine through my window,    and it brightens up my da-a-a-ay,   yeah!

    F#7               Bm (run:  B-  - A - G - F# - E Em          A             C
But that don*t mean a thing to me?.          *cause I*ll never find my way,

                B   (run: B C# E F# E D )  A G F (hold)          
if I don*t have yo-ou   
                      
                Em // Em7 Em // Em7 Em //  C (hold)violins: C D E G A B C E
if I don*t have you.                         (End)
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