Percys Song chords

C   

    C                      F          C/G
Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
       C                         F
Sayin’ one of your friends is in trouble deep
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

     C                       F          C/G
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
G      G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
       C          F
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

    C                        F            C/G
Oh what is the charge of how this came to be
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
C                   F
Manslaughter in the highest of degrees
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

      C                       F             C/G
I sat down and wrote the best words that I could write
G      G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
  C                            F
Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday night
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

    C             F           C/G
Without a reply I left by the moon
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
        C                      F
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

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 C  F  C/G  G  G  G7 
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 C  F  Dm/A  F  G G7  G 

          C                      F            C/G
“Could ya tell me the facts?”, I said without fear
G                  G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
       C                        F
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years
Dm/A                F            G  G7  G G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

  C                             F        C/G
A crash on the highway flew the car to a field
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
          C                       F
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Dm/A                F            G    G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

      C                       F         C/G
But I know him as good as I’m knowin’ myself
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
       C                           F
And he wouldn’t harm a life that belonged to someone else
Dm/A                F            G  G7  G G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

    C                      F           C/G
The judge spoke out of the side of his mouth
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
             C                   F
Sayin’, “The witness who saw, he left little doubt”
Dm/A                F            G  G7  G G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

     C                       F           C/G
That may be true, he’s got a sentence to serve
G                  G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
    C                    F
But ninety-nine years he just don’t deserve
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

    C                      F          C/G
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
G            G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
    C                         F
His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

       C                         F           C/G
But he ain’t no criminal and his crime it is none
G            G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
     C                     F
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

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 C  F  C/G  G  G  G7 
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 C  F  Dm/A  F  G G7  G   

       C                                     F           C/G
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
         C                         F
Sayin’, “Could you kindly leave my office now, please”
Dm/A                F            G  G7  G G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

    C                    F          C/G
The room was funny and I stood up so slow
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
     C                 F
With no other choice except but for to go
Dm/A                F            G      G7
  Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

  C                             F              C/G
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
         C                                F
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand
Dm/A              F            G      G7
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

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 C  F  C/G  G  G  G7 
                2/4
 C  F  Dm/A  F  G G7  G G7 

  C                            F            C/G
I played my guitar through the night to the day
G                        G7
 Turn, turn, turn again
        C            F
And the only tune my guitar could play
      Dm/A         F            G      G7
Was, “Oh the Cruel Rain and the Wind”

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 C  F  C/G  G  G  G7 
                2/4
 C  F  Dm/A  F  G  G