MELTING BRIDGE (Five Stages of Morning) WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter   These chords are played with no 3rd:   Aadd9   Amaj7add9   D9   Dmaj7add9   INTRO: Amadd9 - Amaj7add9 - Amadd9 - Amaj7add9 Amadd9 I. I wake up as she's leaving, Amaj7add9 gone for the Sunday news. Amadd9 she'll buy a pound of coffee. Amaj7add9 <-(one strum and pause) no, the coffee pot is gone. Dmadd9 for tea I boil the water Dmaj7add9 and throw it at the wall. D9 paper steams away Asus4add-9/D like a melting bridge, Amaj7add9 Aadd9 Amaj7add9 Aadd9 Amaj7add9 melting bridge. Amadd9 II. if I don't ask forever, Amaj7add9 maybe she'll come back. Amadd9 if she loves me sometime, Amaj7add9 I could live with that. Dmadd9 the radio is playing: Dmaj7add9 me and the sound of pain, D9 two objects in one space Asus4add-9/D water steaks my face Amaj7add9 Aadd9 Amaj7add9 Aadd9 Amaj7add9 font of grace. Asus4 CHORUS: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, Aadd9/F# E acceptance. Asus4 denial, anger, bargaining, depression, Aadd9/F# E acceptance, acceptance. INSTRUMENTAL: Amadd9 - Amaj7add9 - Fmaj7-5/A - Amaj7add9 Aadd9 - Amaj77add9 Amadd9 III. I've pushed every button Amaj7add9 to find another song. Amadd9 but still she doesn't love me Amaj7add9 and hasn't all along. Dmadd9 the die has never been cast Dmaj7add9 there's nothing left to smash. D9 what's past is past. Asus4add-9/D free of her at last, Amaj7add9 Aadd9 Amaj7add9 free at last. Dmadd9 IV. melting bridge is burning. firemen are returning. Dmaj7add9 they cannot hinder it. Dmadd9 now the bridge is leaning. water they are needing Dmaj7add9 has all flowed under it. INSTRUMENTAL: Asus4 - Aadd9/F# - E /// REPEAT CHORUS /// Amadd9 ENDING: melting bridge is falling, Amaj7add9 melting bridge is falling, Fmaj7-5/A Amaj7add9 melting bridge is falling, Aadd9 Amaj7add9 falling down. Amadd9 melting bridge is falling, Amaj7add9 melting bridge is falling, Fmaj7-5/A Amaj7add9 melting bridge is falling, Aadd9 Amaj7add9 falling down. Amadd9 melting bridge is falling, Amaj7add9 melting bridge is falling, Fmaj7-5/A Amaj7add9 melting bridge is falling, Aadd9 Amaj7add9 falling down, Aadd9 Amaj7add9 down. INSTRUMENTAL: Amadd9 - Amaj7add9 - Amadd9 © Copyright 1989 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.