The song is played in the key of G in dropped D tuning (DADGBE),
but the guitar is tuned down two half-tones to CGCFAD and sung
in the key of F.
Note-> CGCFAD (dropped D, tuned down two half tones)
++++++G 550003 (standard G chord in dropped D)
D/F# 400002 (actually D6sus4/F#(?). Since the 5th string is not
played I just slide the 550003 G down to 440002)
G/B x2000x (part of a bass run)
RE 000232Dsus4 000032 (thumb emphasizes the high g bass string)
Em 222000 (the 5th string isn't played so I just finger 202000)
There are two 12-string guitars playing pretty much the same
thing in unison. Both guitars use the same basic picking pattern.
Generally everything is eighth notes, but occasionally they will
leave out the second note (1) or the last note (2), making the
preceding thumb note a quarter note.
1/8 ->
------------2-----------(2)---
----(1)-----------1-----------
------------------------------
---------T-----------T--------
------------------------------
--T------------T--------------
Note that this is the basic pattern. The actual strings that are
played vary depending on the chord being played. There is also a
slide guitar that sometimes steps on the 12-strings so that it's
hard to hear what they are playing.
12-string vs 6-string note:
You're not going to get the same sound with a 6-string as you
would with the 12-string, and more than just the lack of fullness.
If you play on a 6-string you will think that John is playing
notes on the 1st and 2nd strings that are in fact being played by
the thumb hitting the high-octave bass strings, particularly the
thumb striking the third string with its high-G as seen in the
Dsus4 in the intro.
OK, here's the general tab.
Intro/outro:
G stuff (finger 000087 and then add notes)
e-|---------7-----------10--------8----7------------------
B-|---------------8----------8--------------8-------------
G-|------0-----------0---------0----------0---------------
D-|--0---------0-----------0---------0--------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
C (finger 000988) G (finger 000087)
e-|-----------8-----------------------7-------------------
B-|-----8-----------8-----------8----------10-------------
G-|--------9-----------9-----------0------------0---------
D-|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
e-|----------2-----------2----------2-----2---------------
B-|----------------3-----------------------------0--------
G-|-------0-----------0----------0-----0------------------
D-|--0----------0-----------0-----------------0-----------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
G to verse
e-|-------------------------------------------------------
B-|----------0-----------3----------3-----------3---------
G-|----0-----------0----------0-----------0---------------
D-|-------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5----------5-----------5----------5------------------
So you
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0------
B-|----0-------0-------0-------0-------1-------1----------
G-|--------------------------------------0----------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0---------------2--------
A-|----------------------------------3-------3------------
D-|--5-------5-------4-------4----------------------------
speak to me of sadness, and the coming of the
SOL MIm SIm
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3-------3---------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------
A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----------------------------
winter Fear that is within you now that
e-|--------0-------0-------2------2-----------------------
B-|----1-------1-------3------3---------------------------
G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------
D-|--------------2--------------0-------------------------
A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------
D-|------------------0-------0----------------------------
seems to never end And the
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|---------3--------3-------2-------2--------0---------0-
B-|-----0--------0-------0-------0--------1---------1-----
G-|-----------------------------------------0-------------
D-|-------0--------0-------0-------0------------------2---
A-|-------------------------------------3---------3-------
D-|--5---------5-------4-------4--------------------------
dreams that have escaped you and the hope that you've
SOL MIm SOL
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5-----------
forgotten You tell me that you need me now, you
e-|--------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------
B-|----3-------3--------3-------3-------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0-------0--------0-------0-----------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0-------0---------------------------
want to be my friend And you
DO
e-|--------0-------0---------0-------0--------------------
B-|------------1---------1-------1------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------2-------2---------2-------2----------------------
A-|--3-------3---------3-------3--------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
wonder where we're going, where's the
SOL RE
e-|--------3---------3----------2-------2-----------------
B-|----0---------0----------3-------3---------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------0----------0-------0-------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5---------5-----------0-------0----------------------
rhyme and where's the reason And it's
e-|--------0---------0-------3-------3--------------------
B-|----0---------0-------0-------0------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------2---------2-------0-------0----------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--2---------2-------5-------5--------------------------
you who cannot accept -- it is
RE LAm
e-|--------2-------2-------2-------2---------0-------0----
B-|----3-------3-------3-------3---------1-------1--------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0---------2-------2------
A-|------------------------------------0-------0----------
D-|--0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------
here we must begin To seek the wisdom of the
LAm
e-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------
B-|----1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1----------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--------
A-|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
children... And the
e-|-------------------------------------------------------
B-|--------3--------3--------1--------0-------------------
G-|----0--------0--------0--------0-----------------------
D-|------0--------0--------2--------0---------------------
A-|--------------------3--------2-------------------------
D-|--5--------4-------------------------------------------
graceful way of flowers in the
RE REsus4
e-|--------2-------2-------2-------2----------------------
B-|----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------
G-|------2-------0-------0-------0------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0------0----------------------------
wind For the
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3--------3-------2-------2----------0-------0--
B-|----0--------0-------0-------0--------1---------1------
G-|----------------------------------------0--------------
D-|------0--------0-------0-------0------------------2----
A-|------------------------------------3---------3--------
D-|--5--------5-------4-------4---------------------------
children and the flowers are my sisters and my
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3------3----------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------
A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----------------------------
brothers their laughter and their loveliness would
DO RE
e-|--------0-------0-------2------2-----------------------
B-|----1-------1-------3------3---------------------------
G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------
D-|--------------2--------------0-------------------------
A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------
D-|------------------0-------0----------------------------
clear a cloudy day Like the
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3-------3-------2-------2--------0-------0-----
B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--------1-------1---------
G-|---------------------------------------0---------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0----------------2-------
A-|-----------------------------------3-------3-----------
D-|--5-------5-------4-------4----------------------------
music of the mountains and the colors of the
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5-----------
rainbow They're a promise of the future, and the
D G (the slide guitar covers the)
e-|--------2-------2--------------------------------------
B-|----3-------3------------0-------3-------0-------------
G-|---------------------0-------0-------0-------0---------
D-|------0-------0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------5-------5-------5-------5-----------
blessing for today
Am (12 strings but it's something like this...)
e-|-----------0---------------0---------------------------
B-|-------0h1-----1-------0h1-----------------------------
G-|-----2---------------2---------2-----------------------
D-|-------------2---------------2-------------------------
A-|--0------0--------0------0-----------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
e-|--------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------
B-|----3-------3--------3-------3-------------------------
G-|------0-------0--------2-------2-----------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0-------0---------------------------
Though the
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3-------3-------2-------2--------0-------0-----
B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--------1-------1---------
G-|---------------------------------------0---------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0----------------2-------
A-|-----------------------------------3-------3-----------
D-|--5-------5-------4-------4----------------------------
cities start to crumble and the towers fall
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3------3----------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------
A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----------------------------
around us The sun is slowly fading and it's
DO RE
e-|--------0-------0-------2-------2----------------------
B-|----1-------1-------3-------3--------------------------
G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------
D-|--------------2---------------0------------------------
A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------
D-|------------------0-------0----------------------------
colder than the sea It is
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3-------3--------2-------2--------0-------0----
B-|----0-------0--------0-------0--------1-------1--------
G-|----------------------------------------0--------------
D-|------0-------0--------0-------0----------------2------
A-|------------------------------------3-------3----------
D-|--5-------5--------4-------4---------------------------
written: From the desert to the mountains they shall
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5-----------
lead us By the hand and by the heart they will
RE
e-|--------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------
B-|----3-------3--------3-------3-------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0-------0--------0-------0-----------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0-------0---------------------------
comfort you and me In their
DO
e-|--------0-------0---------0-------0--------------------
B-|----1-------1---------1-------1------------------------
G-|------0-------0---------0-------0----------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
A-|--3-------3---------3-------3--------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------
innocence and trusting, they will
e-|--------3-------3---------2------2---------------------
B-|----0-------0---------3------3-------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0-------0---------0------0-----------------------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5-------5---------0-------0--------------------------
teach us to be free For the
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3--------3-------2-------2----------0-------0--
B-|----0--------0-------0-------0--------1---------1------
G-|----------------------------------------0--------------
D-|------0--------0-------0-------0------------------2----
A-|------------------------------------3---------3--------
D-|--5--------5-------4-------4---------------------------
children and the flowers are my sisters and my
SOL MIm SIm
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3------3----------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------
A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----------------------------
brothers their laughter and their loveliness would
e-|--------0-------0-------2------2-----------------------
B-|----1-------1-------3------3---------------------------
G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------
D-|--------------2--------------0-------------------------
A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------
D-|------------------0-------0----------------------------
clear a cloudy day And the
SOL DO RE
e-|--------3-------3--------0-------0-------2-------2-----
B-|----0-------0--------1-------1-------3-------3---------
G-|-----------------------0-------0-----------------------
D-|------0-------0------------------------0-------0-------
A-|-------------------3-------3---------------------------
D-|--5-------5------------------------0-------0-----------
song that I am singing is a prayer for non-
SOL MIm SOL
e-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----
B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------
A-|-------------------------------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5-----------
believers Come and stand beside us, we can
D C (to outro)
e-|--------2-------2-------0-------0--------0-------0-----
B-|----3-------3-------1-------1--------1-------1---------
G-|----------------------0--------------------------------
D-|------0-------0----------------2-------2--------2------
A-|------------------3-------3--------3-------3-----------
D-|--0-------0--------------------------------------------
find a better way
The outro is like the intro, but ends with a strummed 550003
Here it is again with just the chords:
Rhymes and Reasons
John Denver
(Intro SOL DO SOL REsus4 SOL)
So you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter,
MIm SIm DO REFear that is within you now that seems to never end,
SOL RE/FA#And the dreams that have escaped you
And the hope that you've forgotten
MIm SOL REYou tell me that you need me now -- you want to be my friend
DOAnd you wonder where we're going,
Where's the rhyme and where's the reason
And it's you who cannot accept -- it is here we must begin
LAmTo seek the wisdom of the children...
SOL RE/FA# DO SOL/SI RE REsus4And the graceful way of flowers in the wind.
SOL RE/FA# DO SOL
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
Their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
SOL RE/FA# DO SOLLike the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow
MIm SOLThey're a promise of the future
and the blessing for today.
SOL RE/FA# DO SOL
Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea
SOL RE/FA# DO SOLIt is written: From the desert to the mountains they shall lead us
MIm SOL REBy the hand and by the heart they will comfort you and me.
In their innocence and trusting, they will teach us to be free.
SOL RE/FA# DO SOLFor the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
MIm SIm DO RETheir laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
And the song that I am singing is a prayer for non-believers
MIm SOL RE DO (intro) SOLCome and stand beside us, we can find a better way
The song is played in the key of G
..in dropped D tuning (DADGBE),
but the guitar is tuned down two
..half-tones to CGCFAD and sung
in the key of F.
Note-> CGCFAD (dropped D, tuned
..down two half tones)
++++++G 550003 (standard G chord in
..dropped D)
D/F# 400002 (actually
..D6sus4/F#(?). Since the 5th
..string is not
played I just slide
..the 550003 G down to 440002)
G/B x2000x (part of a bass run)
RE 000232Dsus4 000032 (thumb emphasizes
..the high g bass string)
DO x32010Em 222000 (the 5th string
..isn't played so I just finger
..202000)
LAm x02210
There are two 12-string guitars
..playing pretty much the same
thing in unison. Both guitars use
..the same basic picking pattern.
Generally everything is eighth
..notes, but occasionally they
..will
leave out the second note (1) or
..the last note (2), making the
preceding thumb note a quarter
..note.
1/8 ->
------------2-----------(2)---
----(1)-----------1-----------
------------------------------
---------T-----------T--------
------------------------------
--T------------T--------------
Note that this is the basic
..pattern. The actual strings that
..are
played vary depending on the chord
..being played. There is also a
slide guitar that sometimes steps
..on the 12-strings so that it's
hard to hear what they are
..playing.
12-string vs 6-string note:
You're not going to get the same
..sound with a 6-string as you
would with the 12-string, and more
..than just the lack of fullness.
If you play on a 6-string you will
..think that John is playing
notes on the 1st and 2nd strings
..that are in fact being played by
the thumb hitting the high-octave
..bass strings, particularly the
thumb striking the third string
..with its high-G as seen in the
Dsus4 in the intro.
OK, here's the general tab.
Intro/outro:
G stuff (finger 000087 and
..then add notes)
e-|---------7-----------10-------
B-|---------------8----------8---
G-|------0-----------0---------0-
D-|--0---------0-----------0-----
A-|------------------------------
D-|------------------------------
...
-|-8----7------------------
-|-----------8-------------
-|---------0---------------
-|----0--------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
C (finger 000988) G
..(finger 000087)
e-|-----------8-------------------
B-|-----8-----------8-----------8-
G-|--------9-----------9----------
D-|--0-----------0-----------0----
A-|-------------------------------
D-|-------------------------------
...
-|----7-------------------
-|---------10-------------
-|-0------------0---------
-|-------0----------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
REsus4
e-|----------2-----------2--------
B-|----------------3--------------
G-|-------0-----------0----------0
D-|--0----------0-----------0-----
A-|-------------------------------
D-|-------------------------------
...
-|--2-----2---------------
-|---------------0--------
-|-----0------------------
-|------------0-----------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
G
.. to verse
e-|-------------------------------
B-|----------0-----------3--------
G-|----0-----------0----------0---
D-|-------0-----------0----------0
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5----------5-----------5-----
...
-|------------------------
-|--3-----------3---------
-|--------0---------------
-|-----------0------------
-|------------------------
-|-----5------------------
.. So you
e-|--------3-------3-------2------
B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5-------5-------4-------4----
...
-|-2-------0-------0------
-|-----1-------1----------
-|-------0----------------
-|---------------2--------
-|---3-------3------------
-|------------------------
speak to me of sadness, and
..the coming of the
SOL MIm SIm
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------2-------2-----
-|------3-------3---------
-|------------------------
-|--------4-------4-------
-|----2-------2-----------
-|------------------------
winter Fear that is
..within you now that
DO RE
e-|--------0-------0-------2-----
B-|----1-------1-------3------3--
G-|------0---------------2-------
D-|--------------2--------------0
A-|--3-------3-------------------
D-|------------------0-------0---
...
-|-2-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
seems to never end And
..the
SOL RE/FA#
e-|---------3--------3-------2----
B-|-----0--------0-------0-------0
G-|-------------------------------
D-|-------0--------0-------0------
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5---------5-------4-------4--
...
-|---2--------0---------0-
-|--------1---------1-----
-|----------0-------------
-|-0------------------2---
-|------3---------3-------
-|------------------------
dreams that have escaped you
..and the hope that you've
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------3-------3-----
-|------0-------0---------
-|------------------------
-|--------0-------0-------
-|------------------------
-|----5-------5-----------
forgotten You tell me that
..you need me now, you
RE
e-|--------2-------2--------2----
B-|----3-------3--------3-------3
G-|------------------------------
D-|------0-------0--------0------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0-------0--
...
-|---2---------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-0-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
want to be my friend
..And you
DO
e-|--------0-------0---------0----
B-|------------1---------1-------1
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------2-------2---------2------
A-|--3-------3---------3-------3--
D-|-------------------------------
...
-|---0--------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|-2----------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
wonder where we're going,
..where's the
SOL RE
e-|--------3---------3----------2-
B-|----0---------0----------3-----
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------0----------0---
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5---------5-----------0------
...
-|------2-----------------
-|--3---------------------
-|------------------------
-|----0-------------------
-|------------------------
-|-0----------------------
rhyme and where's the reason
.. And it's
MIm SOL
e-|--------0---------0-------3----
B-|----0---------0-------0-------0
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------2---------2-------0------
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--2---------2-------5-------5--
...
-|---3--------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|-0----------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
you who cannot accept --
..it is
RE LAm
e-|--------2-------2-------2------
B-|----3-------3-------3-------3--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--0-------0-------0-------0----
...
-|-2---------0-------0----
-|-------1-------1--------
-|------------------------
-|---------2-------2------
-|-----0-------0----------
-|------------------------
here we must begin To seek
..the wisdom of the
LAm
e-|--------0-------0-------0------
B-|----1-------1-------1-------1--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------2-------2-------2-------2
A-|--0-------0-------0-------0----
D-|-------------------------------
...
-|-0-------0-------0------
-|-----1-------1----------
-|------------------------
-|-------2-------2--------
-|---0-------0------------
-|------------------------
children...
.. And the
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|------------------------------
B-|--------3--------3--------1---
G-|----0--------0--------0-------
D-|------0--------0--------2-----
A-|--------------------3--------2
D-|--5--------4------------------
...
-|-------------------------
-|-----0-------------------
-|-0-----------------------
-|---0---------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
graceful way of flowers in
..the
e-|--------2-------2-------2------
B-|----3-------3-------3-------3--
G-|------2-------0-------0-------0
D-|-------------------------------
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0------0----
...
-|-2----------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
wind For
..the
e-|--------3--------3-------2----
B-|----0--------0-------0-------0
G-|------------------------------
D-|------0--------0-------0------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--5--------5-------4-------4--
...
-|---2----------0-------0--
-|--------1---------1------
-|----------0--------------
-|-0------------------2----
-|------3---------3--------
-|-------------------------
children and the flowers are
..my sisters and my
SOL MIm SIm
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------2-------2-----
-|------3------3----------
-|------------------------
-|--------4-------4-------
-|----2-------2-----------
-|------------------------
brothers their laughter and
..their loveliness would
DO RE
e-|--------0-------0-------2-----
B-|----1-------1-------3------3--
G-|------0---------------2-------
D-|--------------2--------------0
A-|--3-------3-------------------
D-|------------------0-------0---
...
-|-2-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
clear a cloudy day Like
..the
SOL RE/FA#
e-|--------3-------3-------2------
B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5-------5-------4-------4----
...
-|-2--------0-------0-----
-|------1-------1---------
-|--------0---------------
-|----------------2-------
-|----3-------3-----------
-|------------------------
music of the mountains and
..the colors of the
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------3-------3-----
-|------0-------0---------
-|------------------------
-|--------0-------0-------
-|------------------------
-|----5-------5-----------
rainbow They're a promise of
..the future, and the
D G (the
..slide guitar covers the)
e-|--------2-------2-------------
B-|----3-------3------------0----
G-|---------------------0-------0
D-|------0-------0--------0------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------5-------5--
...
-|-------------------------
-|---3-------0-------------
-|-------0-------0---------
-|-0-------0-------0-------
-|-------------------------
-|-----5-------5-----------
blessing for today
Am (12 strings but it's
..something like this...)
e-|-----------0---------------0--
B-|-------0h1-----1-------0h1----
G-|-----2---------------2--------
D-|-------------2---------------2
A-|--0------0--------0------0----
D-|------------------------------
...
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-2-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
REsus4 RE
e-|--------2-------2--------2----
B-|----3-------3--------3-------3
G-|------0-------0--------2------
D-|------------------------------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0-------0--
...
-|---2---------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-2-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
Though
..the
SOL RE/FA#
e-|--------3-------3-------2------
B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0-------0-------0-------0
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5-------5-------4-------4----
...
-|-2--------0-------0-----
-|------1-------1---------
-|--------0---------------
-|----------------2-------
-|----3-------3-----------
-|------------------------
cities start to crumble and
..the towers fall
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------2-------2-----
-|------3------3----------
-|------------------------
-|--------4-------4-------
-|----2-------2-----------
-|------------------------
around us The sun is
..slowly fading and it's
DO RE
e-|--------0-------0-------2------
B-|----1-------1-------3-------3--
G-|------0---------------2--------
D-|--------------2---------------0
A-|--3-------3--------------------
D-|------------------0-------0----
...
-|-2----------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
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colder than the sea It
..is
SOL RE/FA# DO
e-|--------3-------3--------2----
B-|----0-------0--------0-------0
G-|------------------------------
D-|------0-------0--------0------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--5-------5--------4-------4--
...
-|---2--------0-------0----
-|--------1-------1--------
-|----------0--------------
-|-0----------------2------
-|------3-------3----------
-|-------------------------
written: From the desert to
..the mountains they shall
SOL MIm
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
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D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------3-------3-----
-|------0-------0---------
-|------------------------
-|--------0-------0-------
-|------------------------
-|----5-------5-----------
lead us By the hand and by
..the heart they will
e-|--------2-------2--------2----
B-|----3-------3--------3-------3
G-|------------------------------
D-|------0-------0--------0------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--0-------0--------0-------0--
...
-|---2---------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-0-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
comfort you and me In
..their
e-|--------0-------0---------0----
B-|----1-------1---------1-------1
G-|------0-------0---------0------
D-|-------------------------------
A-|--3-------3---------3-------3--
D-|-------------------------------
...
-|---0--------------------
-|------------------------
-|-0----------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
-|------------------------
innocence and trusting, they
..will
e-|--------3-------3---------2---
B-|----0-------0---------3------3
G-|------------------------------
D-|------0-------0---------0-----
A-|------------------------------
D-|--5-------5---------0-------0-
...
-|---2---------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-0-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
teach us to be free For
..the
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D-|------0--------0-------0------
A-|------------------------------
D-|--5--------5-------4-------4--
...
-|---2----------0-------0--
-|--------1---------1------
-|----------0--------------
-|-0------------------2----
-|------3---------3--------
-|-------------------------
children and the flowers are
..my sisters and my
SOL MIm SIm
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------2-------2-----
-|------3------3----------
-|------------------------
-|--------4-------4-------
-|----2-------2-----------
-|------------------------
brothers their laughter and
..their loveliness would
DO RE
e-|--------0-------0-------2-----
B-|----1-------1-------3------3--
G-|------0---------------2-------
D-|--------------2--------------0
A-|--3-------3-------------------
D-|------------------0-------0---
...
-|-2-----------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
-|-------------------------
clear a cloudy day And
..the
SOL DO
e-|--------3-------3--------0----
B-|----0-------0--------1-------1
G-|-----------------------0------
D-|------0-------0---------------
A-|-------------------3-------3--
D-|--5-------5-------------------
...
-|---0-------2-------2-----
-|-------3-------3---------
-|-0-----------------------
-|---------0-------0-------
-|-------------------------
-|-----0-------0-----------
song that I am singing is a
.. prayer for non-
e-|--------3---------------0------
B-|----0---------------0-------0--
G-|-------------------------------
D-|------0---------------2-------2
A-|-------------------------------
D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2----
...
-|-0--------3-------3-----
-|------0-------0---------
-|------------------------
-|--------0-------0-------
-|------------------------
-|----5-------5-----------
believers Come and stand
..beside us, we can
D C
.. (to outro)
e-|--------2-------2-------0-----
B-|----3-------3-------1-------1-
G-|----------------------0-------
D-|------0-------0---------------
A-|------------------3-------3---
D-|--0-------0-------------------
...
-|--0--------0-------0-----
-|-------1-------1---------
-|-------------------------
-|-2-------2--------2------
-|-----3-------3-----------
-|-------------------------
find a better way
The outro is like the intro, but
..ends with a strummed 550003
Here it is again with just the
..chords:
Rhymes and Reasons
John Denver
(Intro SOL DO SOL REsus4 SOL) SOL RE/FA#
So you speak to me of sadness and
DO SOL..the coming of the winter,
Fear that is within you now that
DO RE..seems to never end,
SOL RE/FA#And the dreams that have escaped
..you
DO SOLAnd the hope that you've forgotten
You tell me that you need me now
RE..-- you want to be my friend
DOAnd you wonder where we're going,
Where's the rhyme and where's the
RE..reason
MIm SOL
And it's you who cannot accept --
RE..it is here we must begin
To seek the wisdom of the
..children...
And the graceful way of flowers in
SOL/SI RE REsus4.. the wind.
SOL RE/FA#
For the children and the flowers
DO SOL..are my sisters and my brothers,
Their laughter and their
SIm DO..loveliness would clear a cloudy
RE..day.
Like the music of the mountains
DO SOL..and the colors of the rainbow
MIm SOLThey're a promise of the future
and the blessing for today.
REsus4 RE
Though the cities start to crumble
DO SOL..and the towers fall around us
MIm SImThe sun is slowly fading and it's
..colder than the sea
SOL RE/FA#It is written: From the desert to
DO SOL..the mountains they shall lead us
By the hand and by the heart they
RE..will comfort you and me.
DOIn their innocence and trusting,
..they will teach us to be free.
SOL RE/FA#For the children and the flowers
DO SOL..are my sisters and my brothers,
Their laughter and their
SIm DO..loveliness would clear a cloudy
RE..day.
And the song that I am singing is
RE SOL..a prayer for non-believers
MIm SOLCome and stand beside us, we can
..find a better way
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