Kris Kristofferson talking about his song Sunday morning coming down Chords
Tempo:
90.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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That was where I wrote Sunday Morning Coming Down, up in this place [B] up here.
And if [N] you can imagine this place on a Sunday, [B] when all the music stuff is not going on,
and the bars aren't even [N] open until 1, it's more of a family day than it is a singles day.
So Sunday Morning Coming Down, if you can [Eb] look around you can see how easy it would be [Bm] to write it.
You hear that bird?
[B] One of the biggest nights of my life was when John was going to sing Sunday Morning Coming Down on his show.
The producer wanted to take out a line in it which is,
Wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And John said, well, I'll think about it tonight.
John told me in the dressing room, he said, I don't give a damn what they say,
[Ab] he said, I'm going to say it the way Chris wrote it.
And he said, there's nothing wrong with saying the truth.
And that's the truth.
I was up here in the balcony looking down at him while he was singing the song,
and he looked up at me at that line and said, wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And I almost fell out of the balcony.
One of the greatest songwriters around these days is a friend of mine named Chris Christopherson.
And he'll be with us on the show in a couple of weeks, but before he comes I'd like to do one of his songs too.
One of my favorite songs of his.
On a Sunday [Db] morning sidewalk, I'm wishing Lord [Ab] that I was stoned.
Cause there's something [Eb] in a Sunday that makes a body [Ab] feel alone.
And Lord there's nothing [Db] short of dying that's half as wholesome [Ab] as the sound
of a sleeping [Eb] city sidewalk and Sunday morning [Ab] coming down.
He saved the song because they used that performance for the record and it was the song of the year.
It would not have been the same song without that line.
God bless him.
My father went ahead and did it because it was an artistic statement that Chris had made and that's what Chris wrote.
And that's the way he figured that it should be.
He also wasn't afraid to pronounce his faith
And if [N] you can imagine this place on a Sunday, [B] when all the music stuff is not going on,
and the bars aren't even [N] open until 1, it's more of a family day than it is a singles day.
So Sunday Morning Coming Down, if you can [Eb] look around you can see how easy it would be [Bm] to write it.
You hear that bird?
[B] One of the biggest nights of my life was when John was going to sing Sunday Morning Coming Down on his show.
The producer wanted to take out a line in it which is,
Wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And John said, well, I'll think about it tonight.
John told me in the dressing room, he said, I don't give a damn what they say,
[Ab] he said, I'm going to say it the way Chris wrote it.
And he said, there's nothing wrong with saying the truth.
And that's the truth.
I was up here in the balcony looking down at him while he was singing the song,
and he looked up at me at that line and said, wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And I almost fell out of the balcony.
One of the greatest songwriters around these days is a friend of mine named Chris Christopherson.
And he'll be with us on the show in a couple of weeks, but before he comes I'd like to do one of his songs too.
One of my favorite songs of his.
On a Sunday [Db] morning sidewalk, I'm wishing Lord [Ab] that I was stoned.
Cause there's something [Eb] in a Sunday that makes a body [Ab] feel alone.
And Lord there's nothing [Db] short of dying that's half as wholesome [Ab] as the sound
of a sleeping [Eb] city sidewalk and Sunday morning [Ab] coming down.
He saved the song because they used that performance for the record and it was the song of the year.
It would not have been the same song without that line.
God bless him.
My father went ahead and did it because it was an artistic statement that Chris had made and that's what Chris wrote.
And that's the way he figured that it should be.
He also wasn't afraid to pronounce his faith
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_ _ _ That was where I wrote Sunday Morning Coming Down, up in this place [B] up here.
And if _ _ [N] you can imagine this place on a Sunday, _ [B] when all the music stuff is not going on,
and the bars aren't even [N] open until 1, _ _ _ it's more of a family day than it is _ a singles day.
_ So Sunday Morning Coming Down, if you can [Eb] look around you can see how easy it would be [Bm] to write it.
_ You hear that bird?
[B] One of the biggest nights of my life was when John was going to sing Sunday Morning Coming Down on his show.
The producer wanted to take out a line in it which is,
Wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And John said, well, I'll think about it tonight.
_ John told me in the dressing room, he said, I don't give a damn what they say,
[Ab] he said, I'm going to say it the way Chris wrote it.
And he said, there's nothing wrong with saying the truth.
And that's the truth.
I was up here in the balcony looking down at him while he was singing the song,
and he looked up at me at that line and said, wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And I almost fell out of the balcony.
One of the greatest songwriters around these days is a friend of mine named Chris Christopherson.
And he'll be with us on the show in a couple of weeks, but before he comes I'd like to do one of his songs too.
One of my favorite songs of his.
On a Sunday [Db] morning sidewalk, _ _ I'm wishing Lord [Ab] that I was stoned.
_ _ Cause there's something [Eb] in a Sunday _ that makes a body [Ab] feel alone.
_ _ And Lord there's nothing [Db] short of dying _ that's half as wholesome [Ab] as the sound
_ of a sleeping [Eb] city sidewalk and Sunday morning [Ab] coming down.
_ _ _ He saved the song because they used that performance for the record and it was the song of the year.
It would not have been the same song without that line.
_ God bless him.
_ _ My father went ahead and did it because it was an artistic statement that Chris had made and that's what Chris wrote.
And that's the way he figured that it should be.
He also wasn't afraid to pronounce his faith
And if _ _ [N] you can imagine this place on a Sunday, _ [B] when all the music stuff is not going on,
and the bars aren't even [N] open until 1, _ _ _ it's more of a family day than it is _ a singles day.
_ So Sunday Morning Coming Down, if you can [Eb] look around you can see how easy it would be [Bm] to write it.
_ You hear that bird?
[B] One of the biggest nights of my life was when John was going to sing Sunday Morning Coming Down on his show.
The producer wanted to take out a line in it which is,
Wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And John said, well, I'll think about it tonight.
_ John told me in the dressing room, he said, I don't give a damn what they say,
[Ab] he said, I'm going to say it the way Chris wrote it.
And he said, there's nothing wrong with saying the truth.
And that's the truth.
I was up here in the balcony looking down at him while he was singing the song,
and he looked up at me at that line and said, wishing Lord that I was stoned.
And I almost fell out of the balcony.
One of the greatest songwriters around these days is a friend of mine named Chris Christopherson.
And he'll be with us on the show in a couple of weeks, but before he comes I'd like to do one of his songs too.
One of my favorite songs of his.
On a Sunday [Db] morning sidewalk, _ _ I'm wishing Lord [Ab] that I was stoned.
_ _ Cause there's something [Eb] in a Sunday _ that makes a body [Ab] feel alone.
_ _ And Lord there's nothing [Db] short of dying _ that's half as wholesome [Ab] as the sound
_ of a sleeping [Eb] city sidewalk and Sunday morning [Ab] coming down.
_ _ _ He saved the song because they used that performance for the record and it was the song of the year.
It would not have been the same song without that line.
_ God bless him.
_ _ My father went ahead and did it because it was an artistic statement that Chris had made and that's what Chris wrote.
And that's the way he figured that it should be.
He also wasn't afraid to pronounce his faith
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