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Song title:       The Morning Of Our Lives
Original Album:	  Modern Lovers Live
Other Albums:     several compilations

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 1977 Earmark Records Limited
Published by Modern Love Records

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Guitar Figure 1 is the basis for the verses and is just repeated throughout.
If you listen to the song, you'll hear how it fits.

Guitar Figure 1

    A    F#m  C#   E  

|---5-5--2-2--4-4--0-0-0---|
|---5-5--2-2--6-6--0-0-0---|
|*--6-6--2-2--6-6--1-1-1--*|
|*--7-7--4-4--6-6--2-2-2--*|
|---7-7--4-4--4-4--2-2-2---|
|---5-5--2-2--x-x--0-0-0---|
|                          |
|--------------------------|
|*------------------------*|
|*------------4-4----4----*|
|---7-7--5-5-------7---7---|



INTRO:   [play Guitar Figure 1]   [x2]


VERSE:              
It hurts me to hear, to see you got no faith in yourself
It bothers me now to watch you, you got no faith in your own self
You listen more to your friends than to your own heart inside
Well, you listen to them, oh but you hide
You don't got nothin' to be afraid of
You're not as bad as you think
And you're always puttin' yourself down
But I'm just gonna tell you that I like you
Darling, you always put yourself down, but I like you
That's all I came to say
Then there's no need to think that other people can do things better than
you can do 'em
'Cause you got the same power in you. I got faith in you. 
Sometimes you don't have it in yourself, but I got faith in you.


CHORUS:
                      D                  E                  A
And our time is right now, now we can do anything we really want to.
            D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.


VERSE:
And it ain't just me who thinks so, dear, I asked my friends.
Now, Leroy and Asa and D Sharp, (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Tell her not to be afraid (Don't be afraid!)
Tell her it's okay (It's okay!)
Tell her it's all right (It's all right!)


CHORUS:
                D              E                    A
And our time is now, we can do anything we really believe in.
            D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.


VERSE:
Dear, I asked Leroy and Asa and D. Sharpe, and they said, (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Don't you love her too? (Yes, we do!)
Then tell her she's okay (You're okay!)
Tell her she's all right (You're all right!)
You're okay, dear. There's nothing to feel inferior about. You can do it.


CHORUS:
                D              E                     A
And our time is now, we can do anything you really believe in.
I know it.
            D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.
                  D               E                     A
Our time is right now, you can do anything you set your heart on.
            D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.


CODA:
We're young now. Right now's when we can enjoy it.
Now's the time for us to have faith in what we can do.
No need to fear, cause now's the time to have faith in what we can do.


CHORDS:
A    577655 or x02220
F#m  244222
C#   x46664
E    022100
D    x00232