Chords for Rhymes and Reasons 6 String Instructional Video

[D#] _ _ _ _ Hi friends, this is George.
I'm going to do an instructional video using my 6 string.
It sounds quite a bit different than the 12 string.
_ _ _ I will show you the intro on the 6
string and then I'm going to show you a second verse, a change in the second verse that Johnny
and Judy played. _
[A#] _ _ _ My 6 string is tuned down a half step just like my 12 string on that
instructional video I did.
_ If you want to listen to the strings in tune [D#] up. _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ Okay, I'll
play that intro and then I'm going to play the second verse.
You'll need to forgive me
for my boys singing it down an octave, a normal pitch, since they can't sing it that high
with the guitar only tuned down a half step.
So this is how this goes.
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ So you speak to me [C#] of sadness [B] and the coming of [F#] the winter.
_ [D#m] The fear that is [A#m] within you
now, [B] it seems to [C#] never end.
_ [F#] And the dreams that have [C#] escaped you [B] and the hope that [F#] you've
forgotten.
_ _ [D#m] You tell me that you [F#] need me now, [C#] you want to be my friend _ and so on. _
[A#] And then on the second verse, that change is on the line where it goes.
They will comfort you [N] and
me in their innocence and trusting they will teach us to be free.
On the word trusting,
John throws in an A minor where he doesn't do that on the first verse.
I will [F#] show you that.
_ They [C#] will comfort you and me in [B] their innocence [G#m] and trusting _ [F#] they will teach us to [C#] be free. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Again, it's that A [F#] minor there. _
They [C#] will comfort you and me in [B] their innocence [G#m] and trusting _ [F#] they will teach us to be [C#] _ free.
_ _ _ For [F#] the children and [C#] the flowers are [B] my sisters and [F#] my brothers.
[D#m] Their laughter and [A#m] their
loveliness [B] will clear a [C#] cloudy day.
[F#] And the song that I [B] am singing is a [C#] prayer to non [F#]-believers.
_ _ [D#] Come [D#m] and stand [F#] beside us.
[C#] We can find a [B] better way.
_ And I'll play this slower.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] It's a sweet song.
But I [E] just want to let you know, you know, a lot of
John [D#] Denver's music, the way he plays the guitar, _ maybe some songs are quite simple, but the way he
accents the notes is just incredible.
And that's a prime example in the song.
You _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] know, you hear how
he accents those [C#] notes there.
[F#m] Right there. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Pretty neat.
[N] Anyway, happy picking.
I hope that helps.
_ And thanks for listening and watching.
Goodbye.