G5  2  3  4  
There's a quiet time in the early dawn 
  D5 
Before the mornin' paper, before the coffee's on 
           G5                        G5       C5 
When there ain't much movin' in the world outside 
A5                            D5 
Oh I'd love to take a mornin' ride 
   G5 
My baby knows it's the time we share 
    D5 
She wakes me gently, brushes back her hair 
        G5                  G5        C5 
And she moves into my arms sweet and slow 
A5              D5         G5 
I can't wait to get up and go 

Gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride 
                                       D5 
When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 
         C5           G5 
'Bout an hour, maybe two 
      C5                               D5 
Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do 
             G5 
Than see the green grass glist'nin' in the mornin' dew 

While the world's still damn spankin' new 
     C5                      G5         C5 
Oh I know how beautiful the  day will be 
         E5              D5        G5 
When she takes a mornin' ride with me 
         A5 
And when we get back, it will feel so right 
   E5 
To just lay back and linger in the mornin' light 
            A5                     A5          D5 
Then she'll smile at me, thinkin' where we've been 
B5            E5        A5 
Wantin' me to take her again 

I'm gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride 
                                       E5 
When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 
       D5           A5 
For an hour, maybe two 
      D5                               E5 
Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do 
             A5 
Than see the green grass glist'nin' in the mornin' dew 

While the world's still damn spankin' new 
     D5                      A5         D5 
Oh I know how beautiful the  day will be 
         F#5             E5        A5 
When she takes a mornin' ride with me 
             B5 
Oh I'm gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride 
                                       F#5 
When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 
         E5           B5 
'Bout an hour, maybe two 
      E5                               F#5 
Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do 

...and fade