Ray Stevens - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down guitar chord

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down--Ray Stevens

written by Kris Kristofferson

NOTE: Ray Stevens was the first person to record this song...he used a different

arrangement than everybody else. These chords vary a little bit

from other versions you might've seen. Any corrections are welcome.

INTRO: G7

C D7 G7

Well I woke up Sunday mornin' with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt

Em7 D7

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had 1 more for dessert

G7 C C7 G7 Em7

Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt

C7 Am7 C7 D7 G7

And I shaved my face, combed my hair, stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

Well I smoked my brain the night before on cigarettes and songs I'd been a-pickin

But I lit my first and watched a small kid cussin' at a can that he was kickin'

Then I crossed the empty street 'n caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken

And it took me back to somethin' that I lost somehow somewhere along the way

CHORUS:

C7 C G7

On the Sunday mornin' sidewalk wishin' Lord that I was stoned

D7 G7

'Cause there's somethin' in a Sunday, makes a body feel alone

C7 C G7

And there's nothin' short of dyin' half as lonesome as the sound

D7 G7

On a sleepy city sidewalk, Sunday mornin' comin' down

In the park I saw a daddy with a laughin' little girl that he was swingin'

And I stopped beside a Sunday school and listened to the song that they were singin'

Then I headed back for home and somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'

And it echoed through the canyon like the disappearin' dreams of yesterday

CHORUS

Mmmm.... (like lyrics of CHORUS)

CHORDS:

G7 320001

C x32010

C7 x32310

D7 xx0212

Em7 022030

Am7 x02010

NOTE 2: There's a chorus singing a hymn after Stevens sings "...song that they were singin'."

Thanks to randykall, I know that hymn to go: "Bringin' in the sheaves, bringin' in the sheaves."

NOTE 3 (yeah, too many notes): There are quite a few walk-downs in this song; in fact,

pretty much every chord in the verses is a walkdown. Just start with the bass note and

go down, and add any interesting little picking patterns you want.