Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse One:
G+G C majorC
There were two sisters of county Clair
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and rain
G+G C majorC
One was dark and the other was fair
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Two:
G+G C majorC
And they both had a love of the miller's son
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and rain
G+G C majorC
But he was fond of the fairer one
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Three:
G+G C majorC
So she pushed her into the river to drown
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and rain
G+G C majorC
And watched her as she floated down
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Four:
G+G C majorC
And she floated till she came to the millers pond
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
Dead on the water like a golden swan
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Five:
G+G C majorC
As she came to rest on the riverside
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
And her bones were washed by the rolling tide
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Six:
G+G C majorC
And along the road came a fiddler fair
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
And found her bones just a lying there, cried
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Seven:
G+G C majorC
So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
He a made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone, crying
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Eight:
G+G C majorC
And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yeller hair
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
He strung his fiddle bow with her long yeller hair, cried
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Nine:
G+G C majorC
And he made a fiddle fiddle of her breast bone
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
He made a fiddle fiddle of her breast bone, cried
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
Verse Ten:
G+G C majorC
But the only tune that the fiddle could play was
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, the wind and the rain
G+G C majorC
The only tune that the fiddle would play was
DmDm C/EC/E FF G+G
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain