Intro
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[Verse]
C F C/G
Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
Sayin’ one of your friends is in trouble deep
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
Oh what is the charge of how this came to be
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
Manslaughter in the highest of degrees
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
I sat down and wrote the best words that I could write
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday night
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
Without a reply I left by the moon
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
2/4
| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 |
2/4
| C | F | Dm/A | F | G G7 | G |
[Verse]
C F C/G
“Could ya tell me the facts?”, I said without fear
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years
Dm/A F G G7 G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
A crash on the highway flew the car to a field
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
But I know him as good as I’m knowin’ myself
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
And he wouldn’t harm a life that belonged to someone else
Dm/A F G G7 G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
The judge spoke out of the side of his mouth
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
Sayin’, “The witness who saw, he left little doubt”
Dm/A F G G7 G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
That may be true, he’s got a sentence to serve
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
But ninety-nine years he just don’t deserve
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
But he ain’t no criminal and his crime it is none
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
2/4
| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 |
2/4
| C | F | Dm/A | F | G G7 | G | % |
[Verse]
C F C/G
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
Sayin’, “Could you kindly leave my office now, please”
Dm/A F G G7 G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
The room was funny and I stood up so slow
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
With no other choice except but for to go
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
C F C/G
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand
Dm/A F G G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
2/4
| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 |
2/4
| C | F | Dm/A | F | G G7 | G G7 |
[Verse]
C F C/G
I played my guitar through the night to the day
G G7
Turn, turn, turn again
C F
And the only tune my guitar could play
Dm/A F G G7
Was, “Oh the Cruel Rain and the Wind”
[Solo]
2/4
| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 |
2/4
| C | F | Dm/A | F | G | G