Chords for Joe Henry - "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (AmericanaFest 2014)
Tempo:
158.5 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C#m
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Bm] I'm going to [A] eat a can of steaks.
I'm going to eat a shot of sweet and sour.
I'm going to eat a snack.
[D] [Bm]
[C#] [A] This is so fun.
[B] [E]
[B] [F#]
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [B]
[E] [F#]
[B]
[F#] [B]
[G#] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#]
[B] And I fumbled in my closet, threw my [E] clothes and found [F#] my cleanest [B] dirty shirt.
[G#]
[B] [C#m] And I washed my [F#] face and combed my hair, [C#] stumbled [F#] down the stairs to meet the day.
[B] [F#]
[B] I'd smoked my mind the night before [E] with cigarettes [F#m] and [E] songs [B] I'd been picking.
[F#] [B]
But I lit my first and watched a small [G#] kid [B] cursing at a can he was kicking.
[F#]
[B] [F#] [B]
Then I headed down the street and caught the Sunday [E] smell [F#m] of
[B] someone's frying chicken.
[G#] [B]
[C#m] And it took me [F#] back to [B] something that [C#] I'd [B] lost somewhere, somehow along the way.
[F#m] On a [A] Sunday [E] morning sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, [C#] I was [F#] stoned.
[B] Cause there's [F#] something in a Sunday that makes a [B] body feel alone.
[F#m] And there's nothing [B]
short of [E] dying, half [B] as lonesome [C#m]
[B] as [F#] the sound
[G#] of a [G#m] sleeping [C#] city [C#m] sidewalk.
[F#]
And Sunday morning [B]
coming down, [F#] [B]
in the park I saw a daddy with a [E] laughing little [F#] girl.
He [B] was swinging.
[C#] [B]
And I stopped beside a Sunday school, [G#]
[B] listened to the songs [F#] they were singing.
[B] [F#] [B]
Then I headed back for home and somewhere [E] far away, [F#m] a [B] lonely bell was ringing.
[G#m]
[D#] [B] [C#m] And it echoed through [F#] the canyon like the [B]
disappearing dreams of yesterday.
[F#m] On a Sunday [B] morning [E] sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, [B] I was [F#] stoned.
Cause there's something in a Sunday that makes a body [B] feel alone.
[D#] And there's nothing [B] short of [E] dying, [D#m] half as [C#m] lonesome as [B] the [F#] sound of [G#m] [B] a sleeping [C#m] city sidewalk.
[B] [F#] And Sunday [B] morning [G#] coming [D#] down, [G#m]
[B] [E]
[B]
[F#] and Sunday [B] morning coming down.
[E]
[B]
I'm going to eat a shot of sweet and sour.
I'm going to eat a snack.
[D] [Bm]
[C#] [A] This is so fun.
[B] [E]
[B] [F#]
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [B]
[E] [F#]
[B]
[F#] [B]
[G#] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#]
[B] And I fumbled in my closet, threw my [E] clothes and found [F#] my cleanest [B] dirty shirt.
[G#]
[B] [C#m] And I washed my [F#] face and combed my hair, [C#] stumbled [F#] down the stairs to meet the day.
[B] [F#]
[B] I'd smoked my mind the night before [E] with cigarettes [F#m] and [E] songs [B] I'd been picking.
[F#] [B]
But I lit my first and watched a small [G#] kid [B] cursing at a can he was kicking.
[F#]
[B] [F#] [B]
Then I headed down the street and caught the Sunday [E] smell [F#m] of
[B] someone's frying chicken.
[G#] [B]
[C#m] And it took me [F#] back to [B] something that [C#] I'd [B] lost somewhere, somehow along the way.
[F#m] On a [A] Sunday [E] morning sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, [C#] I was [F#] stoned.
[B] Cause there's [F#] something in a Sunday that makes a [B] body feel alone.
[F#m] And there's nothing [B]
short of [E] dying, half [B] as lonesome [C#m]
[B] as [F#] the sound
[G#] of a [G#m] sleeping [C#] city [C#m] sidewalk.
[F#]
And Sunday morning [B]
coming down, [F#] [B]
in the park I saw a daddy with a [E] laughing little [F#] girl.
He [B] was swinging.
[C#] [B]
And I stopped beside a Sunday school, [G#]
[B] listened to the songs [F#] they were singing.
[B] [F#] [B]
Then I headed back for home and somewhere [E] far away, [F#m] a [B] lonely bell was ringing.
[G#m]
[D#] [B] [C#m] And it echoed through [F#] the canyon like the [B]
disappearing dreams of yesterday.
[F#m] On a Sunday [B] morning [E] sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, [B] I was [F#] stoned.
Cause there's something in a Sunday that makes a body [B] feel alone.
[D#] And there's nothing [B] short of [E] dying, [D#m] half as [C#m] lonesome as [B] the [F#] sound of [G#m] [B] a sleeping [C#m] city sidewalk.
[B] [F#] And Sunday [B] morning [G#] coming [D#] down, [G#m]
[B] [E]
[B]
[F#] and Sunday [B] morning coming down.
[E]
[B]
Key:
B
F#
E
C#m
G#
B
F#
E
[A] _ _ [Bm] I'm going to [A] eat a can of steaks. _
_ _ I'm going to eat a shot of sweet and sour. _ _
_ I'm going to eat a snack. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ This is so fun.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ And I fumbled in my closet, threw my [E] clothes and found [F#] my _ cleanest [B] dirty _ _ _ shirt.
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] And I washed my [F#] face and combed my hair, [C#] _ stumbled [F#] down the stairs to meet the day. _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ I'd smoked my mind the night before [E] with cigarettes [F#m] and [E] songs _ [B] I'd been picking. _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
But I lit my first and watched a small [G#] kid [B] _ cursing at a can he was kicking.
[F#] _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ Then I headed down the street and caught the Sunday [E] smell [F#m] of _
_ [B] someone's frying chicken. _
_ _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] And it took me [F#] back to [B] something that [C#] I'd [B] lost somewhere, _ somehow along the way. _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ On a [A] Sunday [E] morning _ _ sidewalk, _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm wishing, Lord, _ [C#] I was _ [F#] stoned. _ _
_ _ _ [B] Cause there's [F#] something in a _ Sunday _ _ that _ _ makes a [B] body _ feel alone. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ And there's nothing _ [B]
short of [E] _ _ dying, _ _ _ half [B] as lonesome [C#m] _
[B] as [F#] the sound _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ of a [G#m] sleeping [C#] city _ [C#m] _ sidewalk.
_ _ [F#] _ _
_ And Sunday morning _ [B]
coming down, _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ in the park I saw a daddy _ with a [E] laughing little [F#] girl.
He [B] was swinging.
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I stopped beside a Sunday school, [G#] _ _
[B] listened to the songs [F#] they were singing.
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ Then I headed back for home and somewhere [E] far away, [F#m] a [B] lonely bell was ringing.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] And it _ echoed through [F#] the canyon _ like the [B] _
disappearing _ dreams of yesterday. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ On a Sunday _ [B] morning _ [E] sidewalk, _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm wishing, Lord, _ [B] I was _ _ [F#] stoned.
_ _ _ _ Cause there's something _ in a Sunday _ _ _ that _ makes a body _ [B] _ feel alone. _
_ _ _ [D#] _ And there's nothing _ [B] short of _ [E] _ dying, _ _ _ _ [D#m] half as [C#m] lonesome as [B] the [F#] sound _ of [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] a sleeping [C#m] city _ sidewalk. _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ And Sunday [B] morning _ [G#] coming [D#] down, _ [G#m] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ and Sunday [B] morning _ coming _ down. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm going to eat a shot of sweet and sour. _ _
_ I'm going to eat a snack. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ This is so fun.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ And I fumbled in my closet, threw my [E] clothes and found [F#] my _ cleanest [B] dirty _ _ _ shirt.
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] And I washed my [F#] face and combed my hair, [C#] _ stumbled [F#] down the stairs to meet the day. _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ I'd smoked my mind the night before [E] with cigarettes [F#m] and [E] songs _ [B] I'd been picking. _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
But I lit my first and watched a small [G#] kid [B] _ cursing at a can he was kicking.
[F#] _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ Then I headed down the street and caught the Sunday [E] smell [F#m] of _
_ [B] someone's frying chicken. _
_ _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] And it took me [F#] back to [B] something that [C#] I'd [B] lost somewhere, _ somehow along the way. _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ On a [A] Sunday [E] morning _ _ sidewalk, _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm wishing, Lord, _ [C#] I was _ [F#] stoned. _ _
_ _ _ [B] Cause there's [F#] something in a _ Sunday _ _ that _ _ makes a [B] body _ feel alone. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ And there's nothing _ [B]
short of [E] _ _ dying, _ _ _ half [B] as lonesome [C#m] _
[B] as [F#] the sound _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ of a [G#m] sleeping [C#] city _ [C#m] _ sidewalk.
_ _ [F#] _ _
_ And Sunday morning _ [B]
coming down, _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ in the park I saw a daddy _ with a [E] laughing little [F#] girl.
He [B] was swinging.
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I stopped beside a Sunday school, [G#] _ _
[B] listened to the songs [F#] they were singing.
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ Then I headed back for home and somewhere [E] far away, [F#m] a [B] lonely bell was ringing.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] And it _ echoed through [F#] the canyon _ like the [B] _
disappearing _ dreams of yesterday. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ On a Sunday _ [B] morning _ [E] sidewalk, _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm wishing, Lord, _ [B] I was _ _ [F#] stoned.
_ _ _ _ Cause there's something _ in a Sunday _ _ _ that _ makes a body _ [B] _ feel alone. _
_ _ _ [D#] _ And there's nothing _ [B] short of _ [E] _ dying, _ _ _ _ [D#m] half as [C#m] lonesome as [B] the [F#] sound _ of [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] a sleeping [C#m] city _ sidewalk. _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ And Sunday [B] morning _ [G#] coming [D#] down, _ [G#m] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ and Sunday [B] morning _ coming _ down. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _