A
One of these cold lonesome mornings, you're gonna kill me

[Verse]
           E                       A
I'm gonna lay there and I'm gonna die
          D                            A
You will soon give me pain enough to fill me
             E                          A
'Cause I'm gone past doin' any good to cry
         D                          A
And the warm sunshine is like a stranger
                                    E
There's a cruel violation with the dawn
          A                         D
Lord, my pain can't stand illumination
             A                    E               A
And one of these cold lonesome mornings I'll be gone

[Chorus]
A      
One of these cold lonesome mornings, dark and early

[Verse]
           E                        A
Before a wild bird sings I'm gonna fly
             D                                    A
While it's still dark and I'm still reachin' for you
      E                   A
I'll wake up and I can't cry
        D                                 A
But I know my heart can't stand another tremor
                                   E
Now it's holding together I don't know
           A                            D
But just before the dawning's first glimmer
         A                     E              A
One of these cold lonesome mornings I'm gonna go

[Chorus]
 A
Yes one of these cold lonesome mornings, you're gonna kill me

[Verse]
           E                       A
I'm gonna lay there and I'm gonna die
          D                            A
You will soon give me pain enough to fill me
             E                          A
'Cause I'm gone past doin' any good to cry
         D                          A
And the warm sunshine is like a stranger
                                    E
There's a cruel violation with the dawn
          A                         D
Lord, my pain can't stand illumination
             A                    E               A
And one of these cold lonesome mornings I'll be gone