Topic: Not So Ordinary Day
My ex-girlfriend called me one day for the first time in over a year. She had found some of my shit and wanted an address to send it to. Turns out it was very important stuff that I thought I still had so it was a very generous gesture on her part, especially given the way we'd parted. The call sent me on a trip down memory lane and reminded me that no matter how much time goes by, it still doesn't take much to make me reminisce about the way it was with her. This song reflects those thoughts. Enjoy.
Not So Ordinary DayDennis Howe
4/4 time, 125 bpm
(throughout verse...on Em chord, hammer-on F# note on high E-string, and
on C chord, hammer-on either D note on B-string or G note on high E-string,
and on D chord, use sus-2 and sus-4 as desired)
(on D chord at end of verse and on C, Em chords in chorus, strum 2 measures instead of one)
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em]I opened my eyes this morning [C]to greet another ordinary [Em]day[C]
[Em]Never did I see a warning [C]I rolled out of bed in the usual [Em]way[C]
[Em]My hot mocha coffee and my morning [C]paper, well, they never uttered a [Em]word[C]
[Em]But I figured it out when I found your [C]letter and I knew today I'd en-[D]dure
[G]A not so [D]ordinary [C]day
[G]Your sleeping [D]memory is now a[C]wakened in my brain
[G]A not so [D]ordinary [Em]day
[G]Thought I was [D]over you, thought that [C]time erased my pain...but I was
[Em]wrong [C] [Em] [C]
[Em]Your letter reads you've mailed me a [C]few things, oh, you found that I left be[Em]hind [C]
[Em]The gesture sure is appreci-[C]ated but now nostalgia steals my [Em]mind [C]
[Em]Barefoot strolls along the [C]beach and reading books to each other in [Em]bed [C]
[Em]Lazy Sunday morning [C]loving, God I can't get it out of my [D]head
It's now become a....[G]A not so [D]ordinary [C]day
[G]Your sleeping [D]memory is now a-[C]wakened in my brain
[G]A not so [D]ordinary [Em]day
[G]Thought I was [D]over you, thought that [C]time erased my pain...but I was
[Em]wrong[C] [Em] [C]
[Em]I pull out my favorite [C]picture and I'm taken to a favorite [Em]time [C]
You're [Em]cooking in nothing but an itty-bitty, see-through [C]apron and holding a big glass of [Em]wine [C]
[Em]We once loved with unbridled [C]passion and now I'm wondering why'd I walk a-[Em]way [C]
[Em]Occasionally I manage to for-[C]get you but the inevitable price I [D]pay
[G]Is the not so [D]ordinary [C]days
[G]When your sleeping [D]memory is a[C]wakened in my brain
[G]A not so [D]ordinary [Em]day
[G]When I'm re[D]-minded time still [C]hasn't healed my pain....no, no, [Em]no
Em, C x 3
finish on Em
