Turn Turn Turn Chords by The Byrds

Turn Turn Turn chords by The Byrds

Guitar chords with lyrics

As far as I can remember the chords and lyrics are something like:-

Chorus
C              F     C     Dm
To everything, turn...
      Am   C       F     C     G
There is a season, ...
F     C        Em    Dm      G7    C
And a time for every ...


1)
C            G7              C  A time to be born...
          G7               C
A time to plant, a ...
          G7              C
A time to kill, a time ...
          F        G7      C
A time to laugh, a ...

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I think I originally got the chords from the Pete Seeger version so they
might not be quite right for The Byrds - especially the last line of the
verse. The timing for each verse has to be adjusted to fit the lyrics but
this should give you some idea - hopefully

Graeme Barrie, Musselburgh, Scotland via CIX, UK


TURN, TURN, TURN- The Byrds

Intro: C   Dm   F G    C   Dm   F G   C riff F G   C riff F G
CHORUS:
          C      F     C      G
To everything, turn, ...
             C      F     C     G
There is a season, turn...
       F   Em        Dm    G7      C     F  C
And a time to every ...


C            G7              C
A time to be born, a ...
          G7               C
A time to plant, a ...
          G7              C
A time to kill, a ...
          F  Em    Dm G7    C
A time to laugh, a ......CHORUS


G Dm riff F G   G Dm riff F G


riff (on A string): 0 2 3


NOTE:  A slight change from the previous posting- I changed a few chords
and changed some words to make it more in line with the Byrds version.
(from Turn! Turn! Turn!, 1966)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)

Last updated: August 5, 2025

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