Chords for Nat "King" Cole - Morning Star - Pearl Bailey

[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Not too big to hide quick. _
_ _ I remember her saying once how much she wished we had a piano.
So there could be music in the house.
Oh, your mama was always wishing for a piano.
But your papa could never afford one. _
She sure loved music. _ _
Especially church music. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] As a child I asked my [Ab] mother, _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Is there a morning [C] _ star?
_ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] I was answered by [Eb] my _ mother, _ _ _
[C] _ _ Yes, there's a _ [Eb] morning _ star.
[Fm] _ _ _
Just before the dawn, she _ [Ab] _ whispered,
_ _ [G] A light will _ appear [C] _ above.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] And this light that greets [Ab] the _ [Abm] sunrise, _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ This [Fm] is the _
[Abm] star of [Eb] love. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] For this [Eb] is the morning [Ab] star _ _
_ That [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
shines _ [Eb] above. _ _ _
_ _ _ Yes, this is the morning [Ab] _ _ [C] _ star.
[Fm] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ This is the [Bb] star _ _ [Ab] of [Eb] love. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] And then I asked my [Ab] mother,
_ _ _ _ [G] Will I see the morning [F] star?
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bbm] I was answered by [Eb] my _ mother,
_ _ _ [C] You will see the _ [Eb] morning _ _ star.
[Fm] _ _ _ It gleams for just _ [Ab] one moment,
_ _ _ _ [G] One moment _ [Cm] in _ _ the sky.
_ _ _ [Eb] Then it shines forever [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] after, _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Deep in [Fm] a _ mother.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ And that's [Eb] when I learned [Ab] how _ _ wise
_ _ [F] _ _ All _ [Bb] mothers _ [Eb] _ _ _
are.
_ _ _ For there in my _ _ [Ab] mother's _ [C] _
[Fm] eyes,
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_ I saw the [Abm] _ _
morning,
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_ _ _ [Ab] The love [G] light in her [C] _ _ _ [Abm] eyes,
_ _ _ _ _ _ Shining [Eb] _ bright [Ab] _ [Gm] like a [Fm] _ _ morning.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ He remembered, Charles.
She always wanted a piano in the house. _
_ _ _ Even though she's gone, I _ kind of like to believe she knows [A] it's finally here.
Just think of it, Charles.
_ After all these years, he remembered her favorite hymn.
_ Maybe I love music so much because my [N] mother did. _ _