Song: Sunday Morning Coming Down

Performed By: Johnny Cash

Written By: Kris Kristofferson



Capo 1st fret- Key of G#


INTRO:  G


Verse 1:

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Well, I woke up Sunday morning

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With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

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And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad

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So I had one more for dessert.

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Then I fumbled in my closet, through my clothes
 	  	  	  	  	 
 	  	  	  	       
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And found my cleanest dirty shirt.

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Then I washed my face and combed my hair,

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And Stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.


Verse 2:

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I smoked my mind the night before

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With cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'.

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But I lit my first and watched a small kid playin' 

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With a can that he was kickin'.

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Then I walked across the street and

 	  	  	  	  	  	   
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Caught the Sunday smell of someone's fried chicken.

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And then Lord it took me back to somethin' 

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That I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way.



Chorus:

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On a Sunday morning sidewalk

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I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned.

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'Cause there's something in a Sunday

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That makes a body feel alone.

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And there ain't nothing short of dying

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Thats half as lonesome as the sound

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Of the sleeping city sidewalk 

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and Sunday morning coming down.  



Verse 3:

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In the park I saw a daddy 

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With a laughin' little girl that he was swingin'.

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And I stopped beside a Sunday school and listened 

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To the songs they were singin'.

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Then I headed down the streets

 	                                          
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And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'.

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And it echoed through the canyons

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Like the disappearin' dreams of yesterday.  


(Chorus)