E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| Percy’s Song – Bob Dylan E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||Written by: Bob Dylan Outtake, recorded Oct 26, 1963 Released on: “Biograph” (1985) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 2nd fret Play: C Key: DE|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||Basic pattern 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +E|--------------0-|----------------| B|----1-----------|----1-----------| G|----------0-----|----------0-----| D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| A|3---------------| 3---------------| E|--------3-------|--------3-------|dominant turnaroundG G7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +E|----------------| B|----0-----------| G|----------0-----| D|----0h2-----0h3-| A|----------------| E|3-------3-------| E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-eC/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 Dm/A x-0-0-2-3-1E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||||[Intro]| C | % | [Verse]C F C/G Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleepG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F Sayin’ one of your friends is in trouble deepDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my earG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F Joliet prison and ninety-nine yearsDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G Oh what is the charge of how this came to beG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F Manslaughter in the highest of degreesDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G I sat down and wrote the best words that I could writeG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday nightDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind[Verse]C F C/G Without a reply I left by the moonG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F And was in his chambers by the next afternoonDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Solo] 2/4| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 | 2/4| C | F | Dm/A | F | G G7 | G | [Verse]C F C/G “Could ya tell me the facts?”, I said without fearG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine yearsDm/A F G G7 G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G A crash on the highway flew the car to a fieldG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F There was four persons killed and he was at the wheelDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G But I know him as good as I’m knowin’ myselfG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F And he wouldn’t harm a life that belonged to someone elseDm/A F G G7 G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G The judge spoke out of the side of his mouthG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F Sayin’, “The witness who saw, he left little doubt”Dm/A F G G7 G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G That may be true, he’s got a sentence to serveG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F But ninety-nine years he just don’t deserveDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G Too late, too late for his case it is sealedG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealedDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G But he ain’t no criminal and his crime it is noneG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F What happened to him could happen to anyoneDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Solo] 2/4| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 | 2/4| C | F | Dm/A | F | G G7 | G | % | [Verse]C F C/G And at that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freezeG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F Sayin’, “Could you kindly leave my office now, please”Dm/A F G G7 G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G The room was funny and I stood up so slowG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F With no other choice except but for to goDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse]C F C/G I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slamG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understandDm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Solo] 2/4| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 | 2/4| C | F | Dm/A | F | G G7 | G G7 | [Verse]C F C/G I played my guitar through the night to the dayG G7 Turn, turn, turn againC F And the only tune my guitar could playDm/A F G G7 Was, “Oh the Cruel Rain and the Wind” [Solo] 2/4| C | F | C/G | G | G | G7 | 2/4| C | F | Dm/A | F | G | G
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