Wind And Rain chords by Gillian Welch

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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