C                    Em    Dm     G7           C
In the early morning rain  with a dollar in my hand

                    Dm     G7                     C
And an aching in my heart  and my pockets full of sand

                     Dm    G7                        C
I'm a long ways from home  and I missed my loved one so

                     Em    Dm   G7          C
In the early morning rain  with no place to go


                     Em    Dm    G7       C
Out on runway number nine  big 707 set to go

                         Dm     G7                       C
Well I'm out here on the grass  where the pavement never grows

                        Dm    G7                     C
Where the liquor tasted good  and the women all were fast

                  Em      Dm    G7             C
There she goes my friend  she's rolling out at last


                        Em    Dm      G7             C
Hear the mighty engines roar  see the silver bird on high

                        Dm     G7                       C
She's away and westward bound  far above the clouds she flies

                             Dm    G7                 C
Where the morning rain don't fall  and the sun always shines

                         Em    Dm  G7               C
She'll be flying over my home  in about three hours time


                         Em    Dm      G7              C
This old airports got me down  it's no earthly good to me

                            Dm      G7                        C
Cause I'm stuck here on the ground  cold and drunk as I might be

                 Dm     G7                     C
Can't jump a jet plane  like you can a freight train

                   Em   Dm     G7            C
So I best be on my way  in the early morning rain


                   Dm   G7                   C
So I best be on my way  in the early morning rain

                   Dm   G7                   C
So I best be on my way  in the early morning rain