Chords for Percy's Song

_ Bad news, bad [G] news, come to me where I sleep. _ _
Turn, _ turn, [A] turn _ again.
_ _ [G] Say one of your friends is in trouble _ deep.
_ Turn, _ _ turn to the rain and [A] the _ [Bm] wind.
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_ [D] _ Tell me the trouble, [G] tell me once to [D] my ear.
_ [Em]
Turn, _ turn, [A] turn again.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Surely at prison [G] I'm ninety-nine years.
[Em] _ Turn, _ turn to the rain and [A] the _ _ [Bm] wind.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] _ Oh, what's the _ charge of [G] how this came [D] to be?
_ [Em] _ Turn, _ _ turn, [A] turn _ again.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Manslaughter in [G] the highest _ degree. _
[Em] _ _ Turn, turn [G] to the rain and [A] the wind.
[Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] I sat down and wrote [G] the best words I could [D] write.
_ [Em] _ _ Turn, turn, [A] turn again. _ _ _
[D] _ Explaining to the judge [G] I'd be there on Wednesday night.
_ [Em] Turn, _ _ turn to [G] the rain and [A] the _ _ [Bm] wind.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Without a reply [G] I looked by [D] the moon.
_ [Em] _ _ Turn, turn, [A] turn _ again.
_ _ [D] I was in his chamber by [G] the next of the moon.
_ [Em] _ _ Turn, turn to the rain and [A] the _ [Bm] wind.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] Did you tell me the facts [G] I said without [D] _ fear?
[Em] _ Turn, _ turn, turn [A] _
again.
_ _ [D] That a friend of _ mine [G] would get ninety-nine _ [Em] years.
_ Turn, _ turn to the rain [A] and the _ _ [Bm]
wind.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] We'd crash on the highway, flew [G] the car to a [D] field.
_ [Em] _ Turn, _ turn, [A] turn _ again. _
There [D] was four persons killed [G] and he was at the wheel.
_ [Em]
Turn, _ _ turn [G] to the rain [A] and the _ _ [Bm] wind.
_ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] But I knew him as good [G] as I'm knowing _ [D]
myself.
_ [Em] _ Turn, _ turn, [A] turn _ again.
_ Any [D]
wooden heart _ _ [G] that belonged to someone else.
[Em] _ _ Turn, turn to the rain and [A] the _ _
[Bm] _ wind.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ The judge he spoke out of [G] the side of [D] his mouth.
_ [Em] _
Turn, _ turn, [A] turn again.
_ _ [D] Say the witness who saw, [G] he left little doubt. _
[Em] _ Turn, turn to the rain and the [A] _ wind.
[Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] That may be true, [G] he's got a sentence [D] to serve.
_ [Em] _ _ Turn, turn, [A] turn again.
_ _ _ [D] But ninety-nine years [G] he just don't deserve.
_ _ [Em] Turn, _ _ turn to [G] the rain and [A] the wind.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] Too late, too late, [G] for his case it [D] is _ [Em] sealed.
Turn, _ _ turn, [A] turn again.
_ _ _ [D] His sentence, it is passed and [G] cannot be repealed.
_ [Em] _ Turn, _ turn to [G] the rain and [A] the _ [Bm] wind. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] But he ain't no criminal [G] and his crime it is [D] known.
_ [Em] Turn, _ _ turn, [A] turn again. _ _
_ [D] What happens _ _ _ [G] could happen to _ anyone.
[Em] _ _
Turn, turn [G] to the rain and [A] the _ _ [Bm] wind.
_ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] At that the judge joked _ [G] forward and his face it did [D]
freeze.
_ [Em] Turn, _ _ turn, [A] turn _ _ again.
[D] Say, could you kindly leave [G] my office now, please?
[Em] _ Turn, _ turn [G] to the rain and [A] the _ _
[Bm] _ wind.
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
But if I is to look funny, [G] and I stood up [D] so slow.
[Em] _
Turn, _ turn, [A] turn again. _
_ _ [D] With no other choice [G] except for to go. _
[Em] _ Turn, _ turn to [G] the rain and [A] the _ _ [Bm] wind. _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ I walked down the hallway and [G] I heard a [D] door slam.
_ [Em] _ Turn, _ turn, turn [A] again. _ _ _
[D] I walked down the courthouse [G] stairs and did not _ understand.
_ [Em] _ Turn, _ turn [G] to the rain [A] and the wind.
[Bm] _ _ [A] And _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] I played my guitar through [G] the night to [D] the day. _
[Em] _ _ Turn, turn, [A] turn again.
_ _ _ [D] And the only tune [G] my guitar could play [Em] was the old cruel _ [G] rain and [A] the wind.
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