This Morning I Am Born Again
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[Intro ]
C
[Refrão]
C G C F
This morning I am born again, and light shines through the land
C G C F
I'd give myself, my heart, my soul, to lend a friend a hand
Dm Em F
And every deathly humming dove I love and understand
F G C G
And there is only emptiness against me
[Verso 1]
C G C F
Where once the dust I suffered from would find me in my sleep
C G C F
It pushed me and it pulled me, and it promised many things
Dm Em F
I moved too fast, I throttled back, ashamed at my relief
F G C G
I feared the gentleness of my ambition
[Refrão]
C G C F
This morning I am light, untying unwritten belief
C G C F
I ride the rising horselight as it drives across the creek
Dm Em F
And breezes lap the bracken back and slip between my teeth
F G C G
And all around is evidence of plenty
[Verso 2]
C G C F
I've seen pasture after pasture and their fragments in the air
C G C F
I've seen bodies flown and bodies thrown and bodies shown such care
Dm Em F
I've gathered up my own, and there were still so many there
G C G
Asking who is making up these questions
[Refrão]
C G C F
This morning I am born, and I am for the forms we are
C G C F
In our great eternal moment in the thrall of our own star
Dm Em F
In our bordered and our neighbored and our tortured little yards
F G C G
Fighting all this emptiness against us
[Verso 3]
C F C F
So we hip the sumac, lip the dew sap, rip the rabbit lines
C Dm C F
So we dash the sun-drenched tacked and tongueless "No Trespassing" signs
Dm Em F
Like raspberries and leaves and steam, we reach into our skies
F G C
And there is only emptiness against us
How to play This Morning I Am Born Again
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.