F# B F#
Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
Sayin' one of your friends is in trouble deep,
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
Tell me, the trouble tell once to my ear,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
Oh what's the charge of how this came to be,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
Manslaughter in the highest of degree.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
I sat down and wrote the best words I could write,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
Explaining to the judge I'd be there on Wednesday night.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
Without a reply I left by the moon,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
Could ya tell me the facts? I said without fear,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
C# crash on the highway flew the car to a field,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
But I knew him as good as I'm knowin' myself,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
The judge spoke out of the side of his mouth,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
Sayin' the witness who saw he left little doubt.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
That may be true he's got a sentence to serve,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
But ninety-nine years he just don't deserve.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
What happened to him could happen to anyone.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
Sayin' "Could you kindly leave my office now, please."
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
Well his eyes looked funny and I stood up so slow,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
With no other choice except but for to go.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I could not understand.
G#m B C#
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
F# B F#
And I played my guitar through the night to the day,
B C#
Turn, turn, turn again,
F# B
And the only tune my guitar could play
G#m B C#
Was "Old cruel rain and the wind."
- 1. Chord Gitar Fairport Convention - Percys Song Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Fairport Convention - Percys Song Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan