Percy's Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]"Bad news, bad news,
Come to [G]me where [D]I sleep"
[G]Turn, [D]turn, turn [A]again
[D]"Say, one of your friends
Is in [G]trouble deep"
[Em]Turn, turn, [G]to the rain and
[A]the wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 2]
[Bm]
[D]"Tell me the trouble,
Tell me [G]once to my [D]ear"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
[D]"Joliet prison and [G]ninety-nine years"
years"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the [A]wind[Bm][A][Bm]

[Verse 3]
[D]"Oh, what's the charge
Of how [G]this came to [D]be?"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
[D]"Manslaughter in the [G]highest degree"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and the [A]wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 4]
[Bm]
I [D]sat down and wrote
The best [G]words I [D]could write
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
Ex[D]plaining to the judge
I'd be [G]there on Wednesday night
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and the
[A]wind[Bm][A][Bm]
[D]Without

[Verse 5]
a reply, I [G]left by [D]the moon
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
And was [D]in his chambers
By the [G]next afternoon
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and the
[A]wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]
"Would you [D]tell me the facts,"
I [G]said without [D]fear
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
"That a [D]friend of mine
Could get [G]ninety-nine years"
years"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the [A]wind[Bm][A][Bm]

[Verse 7]
"A [D]crash on the highway,
Flew the [G]car to [D]a field"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
"There was [D]four persons killed
And [G]he was at the wheel"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the [A]wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 8]
[Bm]
"But I [D]knew him as good
As I'm [G]knowing my[D]self"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
"And he [D]wouldn't harm a life
That be[G]longed to someone else"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the wind
[A][Bm]

[Verse 9]
[A][Bm]
The [D]judge he spoke
Out of [G]the side of [D]his mouth
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
Saying "The [D]witness who saw,
He [G]left without doubt"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
[A]the wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 10]
[Bm]
[D]"That may be true,
He's got a [G]sentence [D]to serve"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
"But [D]ninety-nine years
years
He [G]just don't deserve"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the [A]wind[Bm][A][Bm]

[Verse 11]
[D]"Too late, too late,
For his [G]case it is [D]sealed"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
"His sen[D]tence it is passed
And can[G]not be repealed"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
[A]the wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 12]
[Bm]
"But [D]he ain't no criminal
And his [G]crime it is [D]none"
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
"What [D]happened to him
Could [G]happen to anyone"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the [A]wind[Bm][A][Bm]

[Verse 13]
[D]At that the judge jumped forward
And his [G]face it did [D]freeze
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
Saying [D]"Could you kindly leave
My [G]office now please?"
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
[A]the wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 14]
[Bm]
His [D]eyes looked funny
And I [G]stood up so [D]slow
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
With [D]no other choice except [G]for to go
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
the [A]wind[Bm][A][Bm]
[D]I

[Verse 15]
walked down the hallway
And I [G]heard his door [D]slam
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
I [D]walked down the courthouse stairs
And [G]did not understand
[Em]Turn, turn, to the [G]rain and
[A]the wind
[Bm][A]

[Verse 16]
[Bm]
And I [D]played my guitar
Through the [G]night to [D]the day
[Em]Turn, turn, turn [A]again
And the [D]only tune my [G]guitar could play
Was [Em]"The Old Cruel [G]Rain And The Wind"

[Outro 1]
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