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: D E|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 turnaround G 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-e C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 Dm/A x-0-0-2-3-1 E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| [Intro] | C | % | [Verse] C F C/G Bad news, bad news came to me where I sleep G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F Sayin’ one of your friends is in trouble deep Dm/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 ear G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F Joliet prison and ninety-nine years Dm/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 be G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F Manslaughter in the highest of degrees Dm/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 write G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F Explaining to the judge I’d be there on Wednesday night Dm/A F G G7 Turn, turn to the rain and the wind [Verse] C F C/G Without a reply I left by the moon G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F And was in his chambers by the next afternoon Dm/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 fear G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F That a friend of mine would get ninety-nine years Dm/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 field G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel Dm/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’ myself G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F And he wouldn’t harm a life that belonged to someone else Dm/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 mouth G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C 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 serve G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F But ninety-nine years he just don’t deserve Dm/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 sealed G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F His sentence is passed and it cannot be repealed Dm/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 none G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F What happened to him could happen to anyone Dm/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 freeze G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C 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 slow G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F With no other choice except but for to go Dm/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 slam G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F I walked down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand Dm/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 day G G7 Turn, turn, turn again C F And the only tune my guitar could play Dm/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