RASCALS - "a beautiful morning" Tablature

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 23:10:55 -0500
Subject: ./r/rascals/a_beautiful_morning.crd

"A Beautiful Morning"
(Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati)

Intro: [chimes and bells, sort of implying Ab/Bb]

Verse 1:

[guitar parts in octaves notated below chords]

Eb Gm7 Fm7
[Eb F G G Gb F]
It's a beautiful morning
Gm Fm Eb Cm Eb Gm7
[G F Eb F Eb]
I think I'll go outside for a while (and just smile)
Fm7 Gm Ab Bb
[F G Ab Bb]
Just diggin' some clean fresh air for
Cm7 Fm7
(Ain't no sense in stayin' inside)
Cm7 Fm7
If the weather's fine and you got the time
Gm7 Cm7 Fm7
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Fm7/Bb
(Either way)

Verse 2:

It's a beautiful morning, ahh
Each bird keeps singin' his own song (so long)
I've got to be on my way now
(Ain't no fun just hangin' around)
I've got to cover ground, you couldn't keep me down
It just ain't no good if the sun shines and you're still inside
(Shouldn't hide) still inside
Fm7/Bb
(Shouldn't hide) still inside (shouldn't hide) still inside, oh-oh-oh

[wordless vocal over verse chords]

Bridge:

Cm Cm(maj7) Cm7/F Cm6/F
There will be children with robins and flowers
Cm Cm(maj7) Cm7/F Cm6/F
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour
Gm7 Cm7 Fm7
Seems to me that people keep seein' more and more each day
(Know how to say) lead the way
Fm7/Bb
(It's OK) [next two lines unintelligible]

Coda:

[wordless vocal over chords to first four bars of verse;
repeat to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers