| Author: | Leonard | Latest revision: | January 1, 2022 |
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| Author’s Notes: | Cat bought a small hymn book called Hymns Ancient and Modern in Foyles and, having penciled its guitar chords in, had taken an interest in hymn no. 42 due to it being non-denominational and which he had never heard of before. He worked out the piano bits together with Rick Wakeman for an hour or two in the afternoon. Acoustic guitar and piano were laid down as basic track before everything else, and the whole piece was mixed and finished by nine that night. Wakeman was left off the album credits at the time out of contractual concerns with Wakeman’s record label, which was later rectified. | ||
| Each guitar tab is the author’s own work and represents his or her own interpretation of the song. Visitors may use the guitar tabs offered here only for private study, scholarship, or research. |
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"Morning Has Broken"
Lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon
Music arranged by Cat Stevens
from the original album
TEASER AND THE FIRECAT (1971)
Standard tuning
(low to high) E-A-D-G-B-E
in 3/4 time
INTRO
D! G A! F#/C# Bm/F#
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
G7 C F/C C
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
VERSE 1
C Dm G F/C C
Morning has brok-en like the first morn-ing
Em Am D4 D G G7
Blackbird has spok-en like the first bird
C F/C C [C/B] Am D
Praise for the singing, praise for the morn-ing
G C F/C G C!
Praise for them spring-ing fresh from the world
BRIDGE 1
F/C G! E E7 Am
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
G C/G G7sus4
| / / / | / / / | / / / |
VERSE 2
C Dm G F/C C
Sweet the rain's new fall, sun-lit from heav-en
Em Am D4 D G G7
Like the first dew-fall on the first grass
C F/C C [C/B] Am D
Praise for the sweetness of the wet gar-den
G C F G C!
Sprung in com-plete-ness where his feet pass
BRIDGE 2
F/C G! E E7 Am F#/C#
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
Bm/F# G D A7sus4 D
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
VERSE 3
D Em A G D
Mine is the sun-light, mine is the morn-ing
F#m/C# Bm/F# E7 E A A7
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
D G D Bm/F# E
Praise with e-lation, praise every morn-ing
A D G A D!
God's recre-a-tion of the new day
BRIDGE 3
G A! F#/C# Bm/F#
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
G7 C F/C C
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
PLAY VERSE 1.
END ON BRIDGE 2.
CHORDS
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Note #1: Chords with an exclamation mark ("G!") allow for some
accelerated strumming in accordance with the rapid
single-note runs that the piano plays, and as Cat and
Alun had often performed so live in the 1970s.
Note #2: When shifting from F to C major play Fsus2 as passing chord:
F/C F2/C
x33211 x33011
-RLMII -RL-II
Note #3: Even though only indicated in the chords below, C major
is played with G in the bass (C/G) throughout on guitar.
Note #4: As indicated by the square brackets [C/B] is more of a
passing chord as seen in live performances.
D G A F#/C# Bm/F#
xx0232 3x0003 x02220 x44322 xx4432
---IRM R----L --IMR- -RLMII --RLMI
G7 C F/C Dm Em
3x0001 332010 x33211 xx0231 022000
R----I RLM-I- -RLMII ---MRI -MR---
[C/B] Am D4 E E7
x2x010 x02210 xx0233 022100 022130
-M--I- --MRI- ---IRL -MRI-- -MRIL-
C/G G7sus4 A7sus4 A7
332010 xxx011 x02030 x02020
RLM-I- ----II --I-R- --I-R-
Chord fingering: T = thumb
I = index finger
M = middle finger
R = ring finger
L = little finger
Playing Cat Stevens 