Morning informs
C G Am
C
Gone, gone in the wink of an eye,
F
C Dm
G
swore
to be one till we should die.
C
F G
G7
Night has replaced the light
in your eye,
C F
G C
and morning informs on my
dreaming.
+ C - F - G - F - G - G7 - - -
C G Am C
1. If only I’d listened to your sad complaint,
F
C G G7
my voice
was loud, and yours was so faint.
C F G
G7
I thought on lines of new coat
of paint,
C
F G C - G
when
our love was needing repairing.
+ CHORUS + C - F
- G - F - G - G7 - - -
C G Am C
2. Jimmy, our son, he puts on a brave face,
F
C G
G7
but I
hear him crying for one more embrace.
C
F G
G7
Jane's been so quiet since you
left this place,
C F GC - G
afraid
she'd a part in your going.
+ CHORUS + C - F
- G - F - G - G7 - - -
C G Am C
3. I've learned my lesson, guilt falls like rain,
F
C G G7
storm
clouds will linger till you ease the pain.
C F
G G7
We need you so much, won't you
come home again ?
C
F GC - G
The door's been unlocked since
your going.
C G Am C
Gone, gone in the wink of an eye,
F
C Dm G
swore
to be one till we should die.
C F G G7
Night has replaced the light
in your eye,
C F G C
and morning informs on my
dreaming.
+ C - F - G
- F - G - G7 - - -
C G Am C
4. The night hears me praying, what more can I do?
F C Dm
G7
The pillow we shared is often
wet through.
C F G
G7
When lights cross the
curtains, I think: is that you ?
C F G C
But morning informs on my
dreaming.
+ CHORUS + G + CHORUS
C F G C
+ Morning informs on my dreaming.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Vin Garbutt)