One too Many Mornings

bob dylan

This song is from Dylan's third album "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964). Four years later Burl Ives released an album with the same title, including this song as well as the title song and "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight". Ives' album was overall not well received, called "ludicrous". But this was the first time I *listened* to Dylan, and it introduced me to Jimmy Webb and John Hartford, too.

The original is fingerpicked in C major, and simpler in harmonies. As usual, I had to take it down ½ octave, and I've put in some chords you may disagree with. But this is *my* way. Here we go:

down the street the dogs are barking
and the day is getting dark
as the night comes in falling
the dogs will lose their bark
as the silent night will shatter
from the sounds inside my mind
for I'm one too many mornings
and a thousand miles behind

from the crossroad of my doorstep
my eyes they start to fade
as I turn my head back to the room
where my love and I have laid
and I gaze back to the street
the sidewalk and the sign
and I'm one too many mornings
and a thousand miles behind

it's a restless hungry feeling
that don't meen no one no good
when everything I am saying
you can say it just as good
you're right from your side
and I am right from mine
we're both just one too many mornings
and a thousand miles behind

For the following CHORD section, fullscreen/horizontal mobile is recommended.
Chords in brackets may be omitted.

G               Gmaj7         Em     ...Em7
down the street the dogs are barking
       D7sus2   D7          G
and the day     is getting dark
       Gmaj7           Bm
as the night comes in falling
A7                        D7
the dogs will lose their bark
G      Gmaj7               Em    ...Em7
as the silent night will shatter
         D7sus2   D7         G
from the sounds   inside my mind
            Gmaj7     E9     ...E7
for I'm one too many mornings
        Cmaj7   D6     G
and a thousand miles behind