Intro
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[Verse]
D G D/A
Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
Sayin’ one of your friends is in trouble deep
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
A A7
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D G
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
Oh what is the charge of how this came to be
A A7
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D G
Manslaughter in the highest of degrees
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
I sat down and wrote the best words that I could write
A A7
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D G
Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday night
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
Without a reply I left by the moon
A A7
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D G
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
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[Verse]
D G D/A
“Could ya tell me the facts?”, I said without fear
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years
Em/B G A A7 A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
B crash on the highway flew the car to a field
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
But I know him as good as I’m knowin’ myself
A A7
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D G
And he wouldn’t harm a life that belonged to someone else
Em/B G A A7 A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
The judge spoke out of the side of his mouth
A A7
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D G
Sayin’, “The witness who saw, he left little doubt”
Em/B G A A7 A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
That may be true, he’s got a sentence to serve
A A7
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D G
But ninety-nine years he just don’t deserve
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
A A7
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D G
His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
But he ain’t no criminal and his crime it is none
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
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[Verse]
D G D/A
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
Sayin’, “Could you kindly leave my office now, please”
Em/B G A A7 A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
The room was funny and I stood up so slow
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
With no other choice except but for to go
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
D G D/A
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
A A7
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D G
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand
Em/B G A A7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
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[Verse]
D G D/A
I played my guitar through the night to the day
A A7
Turn, turn, turn again
D G
And the only tune my guitar could play
Em/B G A A7
Was, “Oh the Cruel Rain and the Wind”
[Solo]
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