Chords with lyrics
Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
Sayin' one of your friends is in trouble deep,
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Tell me, the trouble tell once to my ear,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Oh what's the charge of how this came to be,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
Manslaughter in the highest of degree.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I sat down and wrote the best words I could write,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
Explaining to the judge I'd be there on Wednesday night.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Without a reply I left by the moon,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Could ya tell me the facts? I said without fear,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA crash on the highway flew the car to a field,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But I knew him as good as I'm knowin' myself,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
The judge spoke out of the side of his mouth,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
Sayin' the witness who saw he left little doubt.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
That may be true he's got a sentence to serve,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
But ninety-nine years he just don't deserve.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Too late, too late for his case it is sealed
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
What happened to him could happen to anyone.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
Sayin' "Could you kindly leave my office now, please."
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Well his eyes looked funny and I stood up so slow,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
With no other choice except but for to go.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
I walked down the courthouse stairs and I could not understand.
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And I played my guitar through the night to the day,
G+G A augmentedA
Turn, turn, turn again,
D MajorD G+G
And the only tune my guitar could play
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA