Intro
| F# | % |
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
Sayin’ one of your friends is in trouble deep
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
Oh what is the charge of how this came to be
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
Manslaughter in the highest of degrees
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
I sat down and wrote the best words that I could write
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday night
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
Without a reply I left by the moon
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
2/4
| F# | B | F#/C# | C# | C# | C#7 |
2/4
| F# | B | G#m/D# | B | C# C#7 | C# |
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
“Could ya tell me the facts?”, I said without fear
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years
G#m/D# B C# C#7 C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
D# crash on the highway flew the car to a field
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
But I know him as good as I’m knowin’ myself
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
And he wouldn’t harm a life that belonged to someone else
G#m/D# B C# C#7 C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
The judge spoke out of the side of his mouth
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
Sayin’, “The witness who saw, he left little doubt”
G#m/D# B C# C#7 C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
That may be true, he’s got a sentence to serve
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
But ninety-nine years he just don’t deserve
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
But he ain’t no criminal and his crime it is none
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
What happened to him could happen to anyone
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
2/4
| F# | B | F#/C# | C# | C# | C#7 |
2/4
| F# | B | G#m/D# | B | C# C#7 | C# | % |
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
Sayin’, “Could you kindly leave my office now, please”
G#m/D# B C# C#7 C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
The room was funny and I stood up so slow
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
With no other choice except but for to go
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind
[Solo]
2/4
| F# | B | F#/C# | C# | C# | C#7 |
2/4
| F# | B | G#m/D# | B | C# C#7 | C# C#7 |
[Verse]
F# B F#/C#
I played my guitar through the night to the day
C# C#7
Turn, turn, turn again
F# B
And the only tune my guitar could play
G#m/D# B C# C#7
Was, “Oh the Cruel Rain and the Wind”
[Solo]
2/4
| F# | B | F#/C# | C# | C# | C#7 |
2/4
| F# | B | G#m/D# | B | C# | G