Chords for The Band - "Tears Of Rage", Woodstock 1969
Tempo:
59.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Dm
Am
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Bb] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[A] [C] [F] [Dm] Preparing [C] you [E]
[Am] in [Gm] awe [F] of our independence day.
[Dm]
[Bb] And now you [F] put up all the [C] signs.
She is getting weight.
[F] [C] [F] Oh, what [D] she's [C] got [Em] is [Am] a decent [Gm] [F] son, a tree and a [Dm] father.
[Bb] You wait [F] upon him hand and [C] foot, yet always tell no.
[Gm] [E] Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [Fm] [C] be the thief?
[E] Come to me now, you [Am] know [Gm] it's so [F] [Dm] easy, and [C] life is [F] real.
[C] It [F] [C] [F] worked [Dm] also [C] [Em] very [Am] [Gm] needless [F] when you were a [Dm] child.
[C] [Bb] All [F] that for instruction [G] [C] that you never could believe.
And [Dm] [C] [F] now [D] the [C] [Em] [Am] field was [Gm] [F] old as if it was, [Dm] [Bb] but oh what a [F] kind of love it [C] is when it grows from bad.
[D] [E] Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [C] always be the [E] thief?
Come to me now, you know [Am] [C] [Gm] [F] it's [C] so [Dm]
easy, [C] and life is [F] [Am] [C] real.
[F]
[C] [F] You've [Dm] [C] [Em] [Am] got to be the way to [Gm] go, [F] and stretch your knee and [Dm] say,
[Bb] though you just [F] thought it was nothing more [C] than it is to you.
[Dm] [C] [F] And I want you to [C] know [Em] [Am]
[Gm] [F] [Dm] that [Bb] I [F] myself was among the ones who thought [C] it was this childish thing.
[E] Tears of [Am] rain, [C] tears of [F] grief, why must I always [C]
be the thief?
[E] Come to me now, [Am]
[Gm] [F] [C] [Dm] and life [C] is [F] real.
[A] [C] [F] [Dm] Preparing [C] you [E]
[Am] in [Gm] awe [F] of our independence day.
[Dm]
[Bb] And now you [F] put up all the [C] signs.
She is getting weight.
[F] [C] [F] Oh, what [D] she's [C] got [Em] is [Am] a decent [Gm] [F] son, a tree and a [Dm] father.
[Bb] You wait [F] upon him hand and [C] foot, yet always tell no.
[Gm] [E] Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [Fm] [C] be the thief?
[E] Come to me now, you [Am] know [Gm] it's so [F] [Dm] easy, and [C] life is [F] real.
[C] It [F] [C] [F] worked [Dm] also [C] [Em] very [Am] [Gm] needless [F] when you were a [Dm] child.
[C] [Bb] All [F] that for instruction [G] [C] that you never could believe.
And [Dm] [C] [F] now [D] the [C] [Em] [Am] field was [Gm] [F] old as if it was, [Dm] [Bb] but oh what a [F] kind of love it [C] is when it grows from bad.
[D] [E] Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [C] always be the [E] thief?
Come to me now, you know [Am] [C] [Gm] [F] it's [C] so [Dm]
easy, [C] and life is [F] [Am] [C] real.
[F]
[C] [F] You've [Dm] [C] [Em] [Am] got to be the way to [Gm] go, [F] and stretch your knee and [Dm] say,
[Bb] though you just [F] thought it was nothing more [C] than it is to you.
[Dm] [C] [F] And I want you to [C] know [Em] [Am]
[Gm] [F] [Dm] that [Bb] I [F] myself was among the ones who thought [C] it was this childish thing.
[E] Tears of [Am] rain, [C] tears of [F] grief, why must I always [C]
be the thief?
[E] Come to me now, [Am]
[Gm] [F] [C] [Dm] and life [C] is [F] real.
Key:
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[F] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Dm] Preparing [C] you [E]
[Am] in [Gm] awe [F] of our independence day.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ And now you [F] put up all the [C] signs.
She is getting weight.
_ [F] _ [C] _ [F] Oh, what [D] she's [C] got [Em] is [Am] a decent [Gm] [F] son, a tree and a [Dm] father. _ _
_ [Bb] You wait [F] upon him hand and [C] foot, yet always tell no. _
[Gm] _ [E] _ Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [Fm] _ [C] _ be the thief?
[E] _ Come to me now, you [Am] know [Gm] it's so [F] _ [Dm] easy, and [C] life is [F] real.
_ [C] It [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] worked [Dm] also [C] [Em] very [Am] [Gm] needless [F] when you _ were a [Dm] child.
_ [C] _ [Bb] All _ [F] that for instruction [G] [C] that you never could believe.
And [Dm] _ [C] _ [F] now [D] the [C] _ [Em] [Am] field was [Gm] [F] old as if it was, [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] but oh what a [F] kind of love it [C] is when it grows from bad.
_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [C] always be the [E] thief?
Come to me now, you know [Am] _ [C] _ [Gm] [F] it's [C] so [Dm]
easy, [C] and life is [F] _ [Am] [C] real.
_ [F] _
[C] _ _ [F] You've [Dm] _ [C] _ [Em] [Am] got to be the way to [Gm] go, [F] and stretch your knee and [Dm] say, _ _
_ [Bb] _ though you just [F] thought it was nothing more [C] than it is to you. _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ [F] And I want you to [C] know [Em] _ [Am] _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ that _ [Bb] _ _ I [F] myself was among the ones who thought [C] it was this childish thing. _ _
_ [E] _ Tears of [Am] rain, _ [C] tears of [F] grief, why must I always [C] _
be the thief?
[E] Come to me now, [Am] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [Dm] and life [C] is [F] real.
[A] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Dm] Preparing [C] you [E]
[Am] in [Gm] awe [F] of our independence day.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ And now you [F] put up all the [C] signs.
She is getting weight.
_ [F] _ [C] _ [F] Oh, what [D] she's [C] got [Em] is [Am] a decent [Gm] [F] son, a tree and a [Dm] father. _ _
_ [Bb] You wait [F] upon him hand and [C] foot, yet always tell no. _
[Gm] _ [E] _ Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [Fm] _ [C] _ be the thief?
[E] _ Come to me now, you [Am] know [Gm] it's so [F] _ [Dm] easy, and [C] life is [F] real.
_ [C] It [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] worked [Dm] also [C] [Em] very [Am] [Gm] needless [F] when you _ were a [Dm] child.
_ [C] _ [Bb] All _ [F] that for instruction [G] [C] that you never could believe.
And [Dm] _ [C] _ [F] now [D] the [C] _ [Em] [Am] field was [Gm] [F] old as if it was, [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] but oh what a [F] kind of love it [C] is when it grows from bad.
_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ Tears of [Am] rain, tears [C] of [F] grief, why must I [C] always be the [E] thief?
Come to me now, you know [Am] _ [C] _ [Gm] [F] it's [C] so [Dm]
easy, [C] and life is [F] _ [Am] [C] real.
_ [F] _
[C] _ _ [F] You've [Dm] _ [C] _ [Em] [Am] got to be the way to [Gm] go, [F] and stretch your knee and [Dm] say, _ _
_ [Bb] _ though you just [F] thought it was nothing more [C] than it is to you. _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ [F] And I want you to [C] know [Em] _ [Am] _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ that _ [Bb] _ _ I [F] myself was among the ones who thought [C] it was this childish thing. _ _
_ [E] _ Tears of [Am] rain, _ [C] tears of [F] grief, why must I always [C] _
be the thief?
[E] Come to me now, [Am] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [Dm] and life [C] is [F] real.