G  2  3  4  
There's a quiet time in the early dawn 
  D7 
Before the mornin' paper, before the coffee's on 
           G                        G7       C 
When there ain't much movin' in the world outside 
Am                            D7 
Oh I'd love to take a mornin' ride 
   G 
My baby knows it's the time we share 
    D7 
She wakes me gently, brushes back her hair 
        G                  G7        C 
And she moves into my arms sweet and slow 
Am              D7         G 
I can't wait to get up and go 

Gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride 
                                       D 
When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 
         C           G 
'Bout an hour, maybe two 
      C                               D 
Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do 
             G 
Than see the green grass glist'nin' in the mornin' dew 

While the world's still damn spankin' new 
     C                      G         C 
Oh I know how beautiful the  day will be 
         Em              D7        G 
When she takes a mornin' ride with me 
         A 
And when we get back, it will feel so right 
   E7 
To just lay back and linger in the mornin' light 
            A                     A7          D 
Then she'll smile at me, thinkin' where we've been 
Bm            E7        A 
Wantin' me to take her again 

I'm gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride 
                                       E 
When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 
       D           A 
For an hour, maybe two 
      D                               E 
Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do 
             A 
Than see the green grass glist'nin' in the mornin' dew 

While the world's still damn spankin' new 
     D                      A         D 
Oh I know how beautiful the  day will be 
         F#m             E7        A 
When she takes a mornin' ride with me 
             B 
Oh I'm gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride 
                                       F# 
When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 
         E           B 
'Bout an hour, maybe two 
      E                               F# 
Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do 

...and fade