Percy's Song chords by Fairport Convention
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Verse 1
(D major) "Bad news, bad news,
Come to (G major) me where (D major) I sleep"
(G major) Turn, turn, (D major) turn again (A major)
(D major) "Say, one of your friends
Is in (G major) trouble deep"
(E minor) Turn, turn, (G major) to the rain and
(A major) the wind
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 2
(B minor)
(D major) "Tell me the trouble,
Tell me (G major) once to my (D major) ear"
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
(D major) "Joliet prison and (G major) ninety-nine years"
years"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the (A major) wind (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
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Verse 3
(D major) "Oh, what's the charge
Of how (G major) this came to (D major) be?"
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
(D major) "Manslaughter in the (G major) highest degree"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and the (A major) wind
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 4
(B minor)
I (D major) sat down and wrote
The best (G major) words I could write (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
Ex (D major) plaining to the judge
I'd be (G major) there on Wednesday night
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and the
(A major) wind (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
(D major) Without
Verse 5
a reply, I (G major) left by the moon (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
And was (D major) in his chambers
By the (G major) next afternoon
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and the
(A major) wind
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 6
(B minor)
"Would you (D major) tell me the facts,"
I (G major) said without (D major) fear
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
"That a (D major) friend of mine
Could get (G major) ninety-nine years"
years"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the (A major) wind (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
Verse 7
"A (D major) crash on the highway,
Flew the (G major) car to a field" (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
"There was (D major) four persons killed
And (G major) he was at the wheel"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the (A major) wind
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 8
(B minor)
"But I (D major) knew him as good
As I'm (G major) knowing myself" (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
"And he (D major) wouldn't harm a life
That be (G major) longed to someone else"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the wind
(A major) (B minor)
Verse 9
(A major) (B minor)
The (D major) judge he spoke
Out of the side (G major) of his mouth (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
Saying "The (D major) witness who saw,
He (G major) left without doubt"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the wind (A major)
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 10
(B minor)
(D major) "That may be true,
He's got a (G major) sentence to serve" (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
"But (D major) ninety-nine years
years
He (G major) just don't deserve"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the (A major) wind (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
Verse 11
(D major) "Too late, too late,
For his (G major) case it is sealed" (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
"His sen (D major) tence it is passed
And can (G major) not be repealed"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
(A major) the wind
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 12
(B minor)
"But (D major) he ain't no criminal
And his (G major) crime it is none" (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
"What (D major) happened to him
Could (G major) happen to anyone"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the (A major) wind (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
Verse 13
At that (D major) the judge jumped forward
And his (G major) face it did freeze (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
Saying (D major) "Could you kindly leave
My (G major) office now please?"
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the wind (A major)
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 14
(B minor)
His (D major) eyes looked funny
And I (G major) stood up so slow (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
With (D major) no other choice except (G major) for to go
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the (A major) wind (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
(D major) I
Verse 15
walked down the hallway
And I (G major) heard his door slam (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
I (D major) walked down the courthouse stairs
And (G major) did not understand
(E minor) Turn, turn, to the (G major) rain and
the wind (A major)
(B minor) (A major)
Verse 16
(B minor)
And I (D major) played my guitar
Through the (G major) night to the day (D major)
(E minor) Turn, turn, turn (A major) again
And the (D major) only tune my (G major) guitar could play
Was (E minor) "The Old Cruel (G major) Rain And The Wind"
Outro 1
(A major) (B minor)
(A major) (B minor) (A major) (B minor) (A major) (B minor) (A major) (B minor) (A major) (B minor)
(A major) (B minor) (A major)
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