D                          G7  
 Early in the morning and I can't get right  
D  
Had a little fight with my baby last night  
         G7                               D  
Now it's early in the morning, well, it's early in the morning  
         A7                    G7                              D  
Now it's early in the morning      I ain't got nothing but the blues  

Verse 2  
D                      G7  
Went to Dooky Chase to get something to eat  
D  
Waitress looked at me and said, "You sure look beat"  
           G7                    D  
I said, "It's early in the morning, early in the morning  
           A7                   G7                              D  
Well, it's early in the morning and I ain't got nothing but the blues  

Verse 3  
D                                  G7  
Went to her girlfriend's house but she was out  
D  
I knocked on her daddy's door and he began to shout and he said 
G7                    D  
It's Early in the morning, don't you know it's early in the morning  
A7                    G7                            D  
Early in the morning      ain't got nothing but the blues  

Verse 4 
D                            G7  
Went to all the places where we used to go  
D  
Went to our house but you don't live there no more  
         G7                               D  
Now it's early in the morning, well, it's early in the morning  
A7                    G7                              D  
Early in the morning      I ain't got nothing but the blues