If I Don't Be There By Morning chords by Eric Clapton

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate



Verse: basic riff
 A augmentedA   D/AD/A    A augmentedA   D/AD/A
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
BB|2-------3-3---2-|--------3-3-----|
G+G|2-------2-2---2-|--------2-2-----|
D MajorD|2-------4-4---2-|--------4-4-----|
A augmentedA|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|

CHORDS

   E-A-D-G-B-e
D/AD/A x-0-4-2-3-x

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Intro:
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |


Verse:
A augmentedA    D/AD/A A augmentedA D/AD/A     | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
Blue sky    upon the horizon
A augmentedA     D/AD/A A augmentedA  D/AD/A  | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
Private eye    is on my trail
    D MajorD          | D MajorD | D7D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
       A augmentedA D/AD/A A augmentedA     D/AD/A        | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
You know that I    must have spent the night in jail


Verse:
     A augmentedA    D/AD/A A augmentedA   D/AD/A     | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
I've been running    from Memphis to L. A.
     A augmentedA    D/AD/A A augmentedA   D/AD/A     | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
Had an appointment    set sometime for today,
    D MajorD          | D MajorD | D7D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
       A augmentedA D/AD/A A augmentedA      D/AD/A      | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
You know that I     must have gone the other way


Middle 8:
C#m7C#m7          F# minorF#m
 Finding my way back to you girl
      A augmentedA          D MajorD
Lonely and blue and mistreated too
C#m7C#m7         F# minorF#m
 Sometimes I think of you girl
   B minorBm            | E MajorE | % |
Is it true that you think of me too?

Solo:
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| D MajorD | % | % | D7D7 |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |


Verse:
    A augmentedA   D/AD/A A augmentedA D/AD/A    | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
I got a woman     living in L. A.
    A augmentedA   D/AD/A A augmentedA D/AD/A      | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
I got a woman     waiting for my pay
    D MajorD          | D MajorD | D7D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
    A augmentedA   D/AD/A A augmentedA     D/AD/A        | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
Pack my clothes,   get down on your knees and pray


Middle 8:
C#m7C#m7          F# minorF#m
 Finding my way back to you girl
      A augmentedA          D MajorD
Lonely and blue and mistreated too
C#m7C#m7         F# minorF#m
 Sometimes I think of you girl
   B minorBm            | E MajorE | % |
Is it true that you think of me too?


Verse:
     A augmentedA   D/AD/A A augmentedA    D/AD/A     | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
I left my woman    with a twenty dollar bill
     A augmentedA    D/AD/A A augmentedA       D/AD/A      | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
I left her waiting,   I hope she's waiting for me still
    D MajorD          | D MajorD | D7D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
       A augmentedA D/AD/A A augmentedA D/AD/A   | A augmentedA D/AD/A | % |
You know that I,     I never will.


Outro:
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| D MajorD | % | % | D7D7 |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |

| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
| D MajorD | % | % | D7D7 |
| A augmentedA D/AD/A | % | % | % |
(fade out)