From the album "Roll With It", released 1988 on Virgin Records.
Words and Music by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings.
Key of D-minor. Time signature 4/4.
Transcription by Hisao Chida
Intro: Dm - Dm7 - G/D - F/D - Dm - Am7 - Dm
Verse: (0:23-)
Dm Am7/D G/D Dm
You meet every kind of person moving toward the morning side
You see the good and the bad, the eyes are sad
Am7/D Dm Am7/D
You play every midnight gambler before you see the light
G/D Bb/D Em(b5) Dm
On the morning side, the morning side
(Intro)
[Verse] (1:33-)
You feel every heat and passion moving towards the morning side
To earn one more second chance, you learn the dance
When you finally climb the mountain, you see the other side
It's the morning side, the morning side
Chorus: (2:25-)
C7/E F C/G Dm/A Bb
Now my life has changed and now my eyes can see
F C/G G
Now I'm living on the morning side
F C/G Dm/A Bb
Now I'm letting all the sunlight into me
F C G
Now I'm free
Bridge: (2:54-)
C7 - G - Dm - Dm7 - G/D - F/D - Dm - Am7 - Dm - Fadd9 - Gadd9 - Dm - C7/E
(instrumental)
[Chorus] (3:36-)
And I know I'll never pass that way again,
That dark journey to the morning side
On the morning side I feel my life begin
Let's begin
Coda: (4:04-)
D7 G Dm Dm(add4)
oh On the morning side
Dm
On the morning side, on the morning side
Dm - Dm(add4) - Am/D - Dm - Dm(add4) - Dm - Dm(add4) - Dm
(instrumental)