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
GCG
Sad News, sad news, has come to where I sleep
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
Saying one of my friends is in trouble deep
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
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GCG
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
Joliet Prison for ninety-nine years
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCGA crash on the highway threw a car into a field
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
There were four people killed and he was at the wheel
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
But I know him as well as I know my own self
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
"That may be so," said the judge from the side of his mouth
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
But the witness who saw it, he left little doubt
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain
GCG
He may, he may have a sentence for to serve
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
But ninety-nine years he just does not deserve
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
His sentence it is passed and it cannot be repealed
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
But he ain't no criminal, and his crime it is none
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
And what happened to him could have happened to anyone
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
At that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
Saying "Would you kindly leave my office now please"
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
I squinted my eyes and I stood up so slow,
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
With no other choice except for me to go
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
Well, I walked down the hall and I heard his door slam
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
I walked down the stairs, but I could not understand
AmCDDsusD
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain
GCG
I played my guitar through the night and through the day
AmDDsusD
Turn, turn, turn again
GC (walk down bass to Am)
But the only tune that my guitar would play
AmCDDsusD
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