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Thread #64369   Message #1052061
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Nov-03 - 09:48 PM
Thread Name: Chords: Turning toward the Morning (Gordon Bok)
Subject: RE: Chords for Turning Toward the Morning
Well, this arrangement has the dreaded "F" chord (which I can't play), but maybe it will work for you. It's from the Gordon Bok songbook, Time and the Flying Snow. I think the songbook is out of print. You'll also find lyrics and chords for this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook.
-Joe Offer-


TURNING TOWARD THE MORNING
(Gordon Bok)


          C
When the deer has bedded down
         F
And the bear has gone to ground,
          C
And the northern goose has wandered off
    F (or Dm)       G7   
To warmer bay and sound,
         C
It's so easy in the cold to feel
    F
The darkness of the year
          C               G
And the heart is growing lonely
         F    C
For the morning

       G7
Oh, my Joanie, don't you know
          C
That the stars are swinging slow,
          C
And the seas are rolling easy
         F            G7
As they did so long ago?
      C
If I had a thing to give you,
         F
I would tell you one more time
          C               G
That the world is always turning
            F    C
Toward the morning.



Bok recommends a 12-string guitar in A with low E strings tuned down to D; recording sounds in G

Hmmm. Maybe you should try the chords in Rise Up Singing...

Actually, those chords are in C, too:

Assuming each verse is four lines, the slashes mark the end of each line. Dashes mean repeat the previous measure.

Verse:
C - F - / C - F G / C - F - / C G F C

Chorus:
G - C - / C - F G / C - F - / C G F C