Chords
Morning Has Broken

Morning Has Broken is a song made famous by Cat Stevens, featured on his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat. The lyrics were penned by Eleanor Farjeon, inspired by the beauty of the dawn. The melody is originally from a traditional Gaelic tune called Bunessan.

Key: C

Introduction:  D   G   A   F#   Bm   G7   C   F   C  

             C    Dm   G               F    C 
Morning has broken, like the first morning
 C              Em   Am   D7              G 
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
 C               F         C               Am   D 
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
 G                C      F    G               C 
Praise for them springing fresh from the word

                  C    Dm     G            F    C 
Sweet the rain' s new fall, sunlit from heaven
 C               Em   Am     D7            G 
Like the first dew fall, on the first grass
 C               F          C           Am   D 
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
 G          C        F     G               C 
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

             D    Em     A            G    D 
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
 D            F#m  Bm      E         A 
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
 D            G         D             Bm   E 
Praise with elation, praise every morning
 A           D  G     A           D 
God' s recrea-tion of the new day

             C    Dm   G               F    C 
Morning has broken, like the first morning
 C              Em   Am   D7              G 
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
 C               F         C               Am   D 
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
 G                C      F    G               C 
Praise for them springing fresh from the word