Early Morning Rain Lyrics

This is Paul Weller's cover of a Gordon Lightfoot song.
It could have ended in tears of the very wrong kind. But no. Weller makes a marvellous job of it.
Eight great verses. Standard tuning.
The most difficult part is to get a nice lilting rhythm on it, including the
little roll on and off the E major to Esus4 at the end of each alternate line.
In the early morning rain
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With a dollar in my hand
And aching in my heart
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And my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home
And Lord I miss my loved one so
In the early morning rain
With no place to go
Out on runway number nine
Seven o seven set to go
But I'm stuck here on the ground
-su-
Where the cold wind blows
Now the liquor tasted good
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And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
-s-
She'll be rolling now at last
Inst 1
Hear the mighty engines roar
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See the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound
Far above the clouds she'll fly
Where the morning rain don't fall
And the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home
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In about three hours' time
Inst 2
This old airport's got me down
It's no earthly good to me
Cos I'm stuck here on the ground
Cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane
-su-
Like you can a freight train
So I'd best be on my way
In the early morning rain
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com