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I emailed John for this song and he said it was "a romp with A and E, but it is a little out of tune on ZM".

On the quick changes from E to A to E again you only need to strum the A a couple times rapidly

intro: A E
E                                      A E
the morning comes to a stuttering halt
E                                              
the cool breeze that blows is somebody's fault
           A
the summer heat tries to burn through
    E                                       B         D(bar @5th fret) A E
and i look over to warn you but something's happening


the morning glories climb the wall
and you speak in a slow drawl
i'm trying to piece together what you're saying
but the birds are screeching, the hounds are baying
i don't remember there being any hounds around here

E                                     
we lean back and we clink our glasses
A E
raise the drinks to our thirsty mouths,
                      A
and thick as molasses ice cold vodka eases in as
    E 
the low pressure system brings the breezes in
         B 
and they sashay and pirouette above you
    D(@5th fret)                 A
the only thing i know is that i love you 
                E  
and i'm holding on,
yeah 

This sounds a little more correct to me. I can't decide if he plays the C/F at the 3rd/1st or the 8th/8th frets.

C F C F

C                                     F
 the morning comes to a stuttering halt
C
 the cool breeze that blows is somebody's fault
    F
the summer heat tries to burn through,
    C                             Dsus2                  Bb  (D#)
and i look over to warn you but something's happening

C F C F

C                                F
 the morning glories climb the wall
   C
and you speak in a slow drawl
         F
i'm trying to piece together what you're saying
        C
but the birds are screeching, the hounds are baying
  Dsus2                Bb                 C
i don't remember there being any hounds around here
F C F

C                                      F
we lean back and we clink our glasses, raise the
C
drinks to our thirsty mouths, thick as molasses,
F
ice cold vodka eases in, as the
C                           
low pressure system brings the breezes in,
Dsus2
and they sashay and pirouette above you
      Bb
the only thing i know is that i love you,
                C      F C
and i'm holding on,
F
yeah
C F C F C F C F C