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Feb 22, 2024

Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens

Tab: in word document format Video: Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken (Official Lyric Video)

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Morning Has Broken
By:   Cat Stevens

{ 3/4 time }
{ key C major }

[intro:]  |D   |G   |A    |F#  |Bm   |G7   |C    |F    |C    {let ring} |
 
[verse: 1]
|            |C    |Dm   |G              |F    |C    |
 Morning has bro__ ken,  like the first  mor__ ning
|              |Em   |Am   |D7            |G    |G     |
 Blackbird has spo__ ken,  like the first  bird
|C              |F    |F    |C              |Am   |D
 Praise for the sin__ ging,  praise for the mor__ ning
|G               |C     |F     |G             |C     |
 Praise for them sprin__ ging  fresh from the word
 
[:]  |F   |G   |E   |Am  |G7   |C    |G7sus4    {let ring} |
 
[verse: 2]
|                 |C    |Dm   |G          |F    |C   |
 Sweet the rain's new__  fall, sunlit from hea__ ven
|C              |Em   |Am   |D7           |G     |G   |
 Like the first dew__ fall,  on the first grass__
|C              |F     |F     |C          |Am   |D    |
 Praise for the sweet__ ness   of the wet gar__ den
|G            |C      |F   |G              |C    |
 Sprung in complete__ ness  where his feet pass

                                          {modulates to D major }
[:]   |F   |G   |E   |Am  |F#   |Bm    |G   |D   |A7  |D   {let ring} |  
 
[verse: 3]
|            |D    |Em    |A           |G   |D     |
 Mine is the sun__ light,  mine is the mor__ ning
|D           |F#m  |Bm     |E        |A     |A     |
 Born of the one__  light,  Eden saw play__
|D           |G    |G    |D            |Bm   |E     |
 Praise with ela__ tion,  praise every mor__ ning
|A        |D    |G    |A          |D    |
 God's recrea__ tion   of the new day
 
                                {modulates to C major }
[:]   |G   |A   |F#   |Bm  |G7   |C    |F   |C   {let ring} |  
 
[verse: 4]
|            |C    |Dm   |G              |F    |C    |
 Morning has bro__ ken,  like the first  mor__ ning
|C             |Em   |Am   |D7            |G    |G     |
 Blackbird has spo__ ken,  like the first  bird
|C              |F    |F    |C              |Am   |D
 Praise for the sin__ ging,  praise for the mor__ ning
|G               |C     |F     |G             |C     |
 Praise for them sprin__ ging  fresh from the word
 
[coda:]
         |F   |G   |E   |Am  |F#   |Bm    |G   |D   |A7  |D   | 



chords:

A       002220  or 577655
A7
Am      002210  or 577555
Bm      224432  or 688666
C       032010  or 335553
D       000232  or 557775
D7      000212  or 557575
Dm      000231  or 557765
E       022100  or 779997
Em      022000  or 779987
F       133211
F#7     242322
F#m     244222
G       320003  or 355433
G7      320001  or 353433
G7sus4  xx0011  or 353533