...TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING... by Diana Ross
-----------------------------..............

*from 'Touch Me in the Morning' (1973)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: C#)


Chorus 1:

Dm7              C (x32010@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)F (133211@1)Touch me in the mor-ning,
Dm7               C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Then just walk a-way.
Dm7              C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)F (133211@1)We don't have to-mor-row,
                  Bb (x1333x@1) GBut (320003@1)we had yester-day.

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)Hey...
          Cmaj7Wasn't (x32000@1)it me who said,
             FThat (133211@1)nothing good's,
               Dm7
Gonna last for-ever?
C (x32010@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)And wasn't it me who said,
              FLet's (133211@1)just be glad,
                Dm7
For the time to-gether?

Bridge 1:

G (320003@1)It must've been hard,
To tell me,
Bb (x1333x@1)That you've given,
All you had to give.
G (320003@1)I can understand,
                    BbYou're (x1333x@1)feeling that way,
Everybody's got,
Their life to live.

Break:

      F (133211@1)    GWell, (320003@1) I can say goodbye,
       Em (022000@1)         AmIn (x02210@1)the cold morning light.
F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)But I can't watch love die,
       Em (022000@1)          AmIn (x02210@1)the warmth of the night.

F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)If I've got to be strong,
Don't you know I need to,
F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)Have to-night,
            AmWhen (x02210@1)you're gone?
'Till you're gone,
       FI (133211@1)need to,
         Em7
Lie here,
And think about,
Dm7
 The last time,
That you'll;

Chorus 2:

G7 (320001@1)             C (x32010@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)F (133211@1)Touch me in the mor-ning,
Dm7                  C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Then just close the door.
Dm7              C (x32010@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Leave me as you found me,
F (133211@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)  G (320003@1)Empty like be-fore...

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)Hey...
          Cmaj7Wasn't (x32000@1)it yesterday,
           FWe (133211@1)used to laugh,
At the wind,
   Dm7
Be-hind us?
C (x32010@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Didn't we run away,
And hope that,
F (133211@1)Time wouldn't try,
   Dm7
To find us?

Bridge 1:

G (320003@1)Didn't we,
Take each other,
Bb (x1333x@1)To a place where,
No one's ever been?
G (320003@1)Yeah, I really need you,
Near me tonight,
Bb (x1333x@1)'Cos you'll never,
Take me there again.

Break:

F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)Let me watch you go,
         Em (022000@1)      AmWith (x02210@1)the sun in my eyes.
F (133211@1)We've seen how,
G (320003@1)Love can grow,
          Em (022000@1)       AmNow (x02210@1)we'll see how it dies.

F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)If I've got to be strong,
Don't you know I need to,
F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)Have to-night,
            AmWhen (x02210@1)you're gone?
'Till you're gone,
          FI (133211@1)need to hold you,
Em7
 Until the time,
     Dm7
Your hands reach out,
     G7And... (320001@1)
Chorus 3:

Dm7              C (x32010@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)F (133211@1)Touch me in the mor-ning,
Dm7               C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Then just walk a-way.
Dm7              C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)F (133211@1)We don't have to-mor-row,
                  Bb (x1333x@1) GBut (320003@1)we had yester-day.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Dm7     C (x32010@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0211  x32010  x32000  133211  x13331

   G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Em7     G7 (320001@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  022000  x02210  022030  323000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)