Bob Dylan – A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall (v1)★
Difficulty: absolute beginner Capo: None Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard)
Transpose
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E
x231xx
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D
xxx132
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A riff during start of each verse:
(while strumming)
e|0--------------|
B|2--h3h2--------|
G|2--------------|
D|2--h4h2--------|
A|0--------------|
E|---------------|
[Verse]
A
Where have you been, my blue-eyed son
A E
Where have you been, my darling young one
D E A
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
D E A
Walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
D E A
Been in the middle of seven sad forests
D E A
Been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
D E A
Been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
Well, it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
Well, it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse]
A
What did you see, my blue-eyed son
A E
What did you see, my darling young one
D E A
Saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
D E A
Saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
D E A
Saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
D E A
Saw a room full of men with their hammers bleedin'
D E A
Saw a white ladder covered in water
D E A
Saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
D E A
Guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
Well, it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
Ooh, and it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse]
A
What did you hear, my blue-eyed son
A E
What did you hear, my darling young one
D E A
Heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'
D E A
Heard the roar of a wave could drown the whole world
D E A
One person starve, I heard many people laughin'
D E A
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
D E A
Heard the sound of a clown cryin' in the alley
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
And it's a hard
A
And it's a hard
D
Well, it's a hard
A E A
And it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse]
A
Who did you meet, my blue-eyed son
A E
Who did you meet, my darling young one
D E A
Met a young child beside a dead pony
D E A
Met a white man who walked a black dog
D E A
Met one woman whose body was burning
D E A
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
D E A
I met one man wounded in love
D E A
Met another man wounded in hatred
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
Well, it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
And it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Instrumental]
A (with riff, 8 bars)
[Verse]
A
What'll you do now, my blue-eyed son
A E
What'll you do now, my darling young one
D E A
I'm goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
D E A
Walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
D E A
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
D E A
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
D E A
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
D E A
Where the executioner's face is always well-hidden
D E A
Where the hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
D E A
Where black is the color, none is the number
D E A
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
D E A
Reflect from the mountain, so all souls can see it
D E A
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
D E A
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
And it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
It's a hard rain gonna fall
[Instrumental]
A (with riff, 4 bars)
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(while strumming)
e|0--------------|
B|2--h3h2--------|
G|2--------------|
D|2--h4h2--------|
A|0--------------|
E|---------------|
[Verse]
A
Where have you been, my blue-eyed son
A E
Where have you been, my darling young one
D E A
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
D E A
Walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
D E A
Been in the middle of seven sad forests
D E A
Been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
D E A
Been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
Well, it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
Well, it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse]
A
What did you see, my blue-eyed son
A E
What did you see, my darling young one
D E A
Saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
D E A
Saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
D E A
Saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
D E A
Saw a room full of men with their hammers bleedin'
D E A
Saw a white ladder covered in water
D E A
Saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
D E A
Guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
Well, it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
Ooh, and it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse]
A
What did you hear, my blue-eyed son
A E
What did you hear, my darling young one
D E A
Heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'
D E A
Heard the roar of a wave could drown the whole world
D E A
One person starve, I heard many people laughin'
D E A
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
D E A
Heard the sound of a clown cryin' in the alley
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
And it's a hard
A
And it's a hard
D
Well, it's a hard
A E A
And it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse]
A
Who did you meet, my blue-eyed son
A E
Who did you meet, my darling young one
D E A
Met a young child beside a dead pony
D E A
Met a white man who walked a black dog
D E A
Met one woman whose body was burning
D E A
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
D E A
I met one man wounded in love
D E A
Met another man wounded in hatred
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
Well, it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
And it's a hard rain gonna fall
[Instrumental]
A (with riff, 8 bars)
[Verse]
A
What'll you do now, my blue-eyed son
A E
What'll you do now, my darling young one
D E A
I'm goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
D E A
Walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
D E A
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
D E A
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
D E A
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
D E A
Where the executioner's face is always well-hidden
D E A
Where the hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
D E A
Where black is the color, none is the number
D E A
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
D E A
Reflect from the mountain, so all souls can see it
D E A
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
D E A
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
[Chorus]
A
And it's a hard
E
And it's a hard
A
Well, it's a hard
D
And it's a hard
A E A
It's a hard rain gonna fall
[Instrumental]
A (with riff, 4 bars)
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