Percys Song chords by Arlo Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

Percy's Song as recorded by Arlo Guthrie (Composed by Bob Dylan)

(## NOTE: This is the Arlo Guthrie version, the chords differ slightly from other versions. ##)


CAPO: 2nd Fret

G+G            C majorC        G+G
Sad News, sad news, has come to where I sleep
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
    G+G            C majorC      (walk down bass to A minorAm)
Saying one of my friends is in trouble deep
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain

G+G              C majorC     G+G
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
G+G               C majorC      (walk down bass to A minorAm)
Joliet Prison for ninety-nine years
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


 G+G              C majorC     G+G
A augmentedA crash on the highway threw a car into a field
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
      G+G           C majorC         (walk down bass to A minorAm)
There were four people killed and he was at the wheel
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


   G+G           C majorC      G+G
But I know him as well as I know my own self
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
    G+G              C majorC          (walk down bass to A minorAm)
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


   G+G          C majorC             G+G
"That may be so," said the judge from the side of his mouth
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
    G+G          C majorC          (walk down bass to A minorAm)
But the witness who saw it, he left little doubt
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain

  G+G         C majorC        G+G
He may, he may have a sentence for to serve
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
  G+G             C majorC        (walk down bass to A minorAm)
But ninety-nine years he just does not deserve
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


  G+G            C majorC     G+G
Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
   G+G              C majorC         (walk down bass to A minorAm)
His sentence it is passed and it cannot be repealed
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


  G+G               C majorC      G+G
But he ain't no criminal, and his crime it is none
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
     G+G             C majorC         (walk down bass to A minorAm)
And what happened to him could have happened to anyone
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


  G+G                   C majorC      G+G
At that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
    G+G             C majorC         (walk down bass to A minorAm)
Saying "Would you kindly leave my office now please"
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


 G+G          C majorC       G+G
I squinted my eyes and I stood up so slow,
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn turn again
   G+G         C majorC        (walk down bass to A minorAm)
With no other choice except for me to go
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


    G+G             C majorC        G+G
Well, I walked down the hall and I heard his door slam
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
 G+G               C majorC          (walk down bass to A minorAm)
I walked down the stairs, but I could not understand
A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


 G+G              C majorC           G+G
I played my guitar through the night and through the day
A minorAm        D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD
Turn, turn, turn again
    G+G       C majorC          (walk down bass to A minorAm)
But the only tune that my guitar would play
  A minorAm        C majorC      D MajorD  DsusDsus D MajorD