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It Was Early One Morning chords by Lead Belly

  • D

  • G

  • Am

  • A

  • F

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Verse 1
(D major) It was early one mornin'
Blues came fallin' down
It was early (G major) one mornin'
Blues came fallin' down (D major)
I was all locked (A minor) up in jail, baby
An (D major) d I was jailhouse -bound
Oh, last night, baby,
I sat in my cell alone
Oh, last (G major) night, ooh,
I sat in my (D major) cell alone
I was thinkin' (A minor) of my baby
an (D major) d my happy home
Honey, you may never see my
smilin' face again
Honey, you may never (G major) see
(A minor) my smilin' (G major) face (D major) again
But you can always (A minor) remember, (A major)
(A minor) that your dad had been (D major) your friend
Sometime I wonder,
why don't you write to me?
Sometime I (G major) wonder,
why don't you write to me? (D major)
If I'd been (A minor) a bad fellow,
I didn't (G major) intend (D major) to be
Well, all right,
then (A minor) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (D major)
When they had my child, baby,
you could not be found
And my child, (G major) baby,
you (A major) could (D major) not be found
Now you're too late (A major) mistreating mama
Yes, I am jail (D major) house bound
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