A Hard Rains Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry

A Hard Rains Gonna Fall

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Intro: Damp strings with palm
 
Ocultar tablatura
 
e|--------|----------|
B|--------|----------|
G|2-2-2-2-|Repeat ---|
D|0-0-0-0-|----------|
A|--------|----------|
E|--------|----------|
 
D
Where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
D A
Where have you been, my darling young one?
G D
Iâ??ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
G D
Iâ??ve walked and Iâ??ve crawled on six crooked highways
G D
stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
G D
been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
G D
Iâ??ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
D A
And itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a hard,
D G
itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a hard
D A G G/F# G/E D
And itâ??s a hard rainâ??s a-gonna fall
 
D
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
D A
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
G D
I heard the sound of a thunder, that roared out a warninâ??
G D
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
G D
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazinâ??
G D
Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listenin
G D
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughinâ??
G D
the song of a poet who died in the gutter
G D
the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
D A
And itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a hard,
D G
itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a hard, hard, hard hard
D A G G/F# G/E D
And itâ??s a hard rainâ??s a-gonna fall
 
D
Whatâ??ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
D A
whatâ??ll you do now, my darling young one?
G D
Iâ??m a-goinâ?? back out â??fore the rain starts a-falling
G D
Iâ??ll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
G D
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
G D
Where pellets of poison are flooding their waters
G D
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
G D
the executionerâ??s face is always well hidden
G D
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
G D
Where black is the color, where none is the number
G D
And Iâ??ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
G D
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
G D
Then Iâ??ll stand in the ocean until I start sinking
G D
But Iâ??ll know my song well before I start singing
D A
And itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a hard,
D G
itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a ha ha ha ha hard
D A G G/F# G/E D
And itâ??s a hard rainâ??s a-gonna fall
D A
And itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s a hard,
D G
itâ??s a hard, and itâ??s so ha so ha hard
D A G G/F# G/E D
And itâ??s a hard rainâ??s a-gonna fall

How to play A Hard Rains Gonna Fall

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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