Forty Days Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D#dim][F#dim][D#dim][F#dim][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Wouldn't take [G]long for
the [Am]rivers 'round here to [Em]rise[G][Em][B][Em]
Wouldn't take [G]long for the [Am]rivers
'round here [B]to rise
Wouldn't take [Em]long for
the [G]rivers [Em]to rise
There wouldn't be [Am]nothing but
the sea and the sky
[Em]Wouldn't take [G]long for the [B]rivers
'round here to rise
[Em][B]

[Verse 2]
Forty [E]days and forty nights
[C#m]Forty days a[A]nd forty nights
[F#m]Forty days a[E]nd forty nights
[C#m]Forty days a[B]nd forty nights
Forty [E]days and nights of [C#m]rain
and we would [G#]start all over again
[A]In just forty day[Am]s and forty
[D#dim]night s o[A]f rain

[Verse 3]
[Em]The [B]wind[G] and r[Em]ain [G]will not
[A]knock [Am]upon your [Em]door
The wind and [G]rain will not
[Am]knock upon [B]your door
The wind and [G]rain,
[Em]they [G]came be[Em]fore [G]anybody [Am]knew what
a door was for
[Em]The wind and rain will not k[B]nock
upon the door
[E][Em][B]

[Verse 4]
Forty [E]days and forty nights
[C#m]Forty days a[A]nd forty nights
[F#m]Forty days a[E]nd forty nights[B]
[C#m]Forty days a[B]nd forty nights
Forty [E]days and nights of rain and we
[C#m]would start [G#]all over again[A]
In just forty [Am]days and forty [F#dim]night s o[B]f[A][F#m]

[Interlude 1]
rain
[Em][B][Am][F#dim][Am][A][Em][B]

[Verse 5]
[A]Cities they are built and then
they're [E]broken
[F#]Nothing [A]lasts forever, so they [E]say
[A]We all know how long it took to [E]build this
[C#]But how long would it take[F#] now just
to wash it all away
[B][E]

[Verse 6]
[A]
[E]These [A]foo[B]ls [E]bel[G#m]ieve t[E]hat[B][G]
[Am]they can control the [Em]tide[G][B][Em][G]
[Em]These fools be[G]lieve that
[Am]they can turn the [B]tide
[Em]No one turns the tide and [G]everybody
[Am]swims when the [C]waters [Am]rise
These [Em]fools believe [B]that they
can turn the tide
[Em]

[Verse 7]
[B]
[G]Forty day[E]s and forty nig[B]hts
[C#m]Forty days a[A]nd forty nights
[A]Forty day[E]s and forty nights
[C#m]Forty days a[B]nd forty nights
Forty [E]days and nights of rain and we would
[G#]start all over [A]again[Am][F#dim]
[Am]In j[F#dim]ust forty [Am]days[Em][Am]
and forty [B]night[B]s of rain
[Em]