[Verse 1]
Oh, [G] where have you been, my [C] blue-eyed [G] son?
And [G] where have you been, my darling young [D] one?
I’ve [C] stumbled on the side of [D] twelve misty [G] mountains
I’ve [C] walked and I’ve crawled on [D] six crooked [G] highways
I’ve [C] stepped in the middle of [D] seven sad [G] forests
I’ve [C] been out in front of a [D] dozen dead [G] oceans
I’ve been [C] ten thousand miles in the [D] mouth of a [G] graveyard
And it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [D] hard, it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [C] hard
It’s a [G] ard rai-[D]--n’s a-gonna [G] fall
[Verse 2]
Oh, [G] what did you see, my [C] blue-eyed [G] son?
Tell me [G] what did you see, my darling young [D] one?
I saw a [C] newborn baby with wild [D] wolves all [G] around it
I saw a [C] highway of diamonds with [D] nobody [G] on it
I [C] saw a black branch with [D] blood that kept [G] drippin’
I saw a [C] room full of men with their [D] hammers a-[G]-bleedin’
I [C] saw a white ladder all [D] covered with [G] water
I saw [C] ten thousand talkers whose [D] tongues were all [G] broken
I saw [C] guns and sharp swords in the [D] hands of young [G] children
And it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [D] hard, it’s a [G] hard, and it’s a [C] hard
And it’s a [G] hard rai-[D]--n’s a-gonna [G] fall
[Verse 3]
And [G] what did you hear, my [C] blue-eyed [G] son?
Tell me [G] what did you hear, my darling young [D] one?
I heard the [C] sound of a thunder that [D] roared out a [G] warnin’
I heard the [C] roar of a wave that could [D] drown the whole [G] world
I heard [C] one hundred drummers whose [D] hands were a-[G]-blazin’
I heard [C] ten thousand whisperin’ and [D] nobody [G] listenin’
I heard [C] one person starve, I heard [D] many people [G] laughin’
I heard the [C] song of a poet who [D] died in the [G] gutter
I heard the [C] sound of a clown who [D] cried in the [D] alley
And it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [D] hard, it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [C] hard
It’s a [G] hard rai-[D]--n’s a-gonna [G] fall
[Verse 4]
Oh, [G] who did you meet, my [C] blue-eyed [G] son?
Tell me [G] who did you meet, my darling young [D] one?
I [C] met a young child [D] beside a dead [G] donkey
I [C] met a white man who [D] walked a black [G] dog
I [C] met a young woman, her [D] body was [G] burning
I [C] met a young girl, she [D] gave me a [G] rainbow
I [C] met one man who was [D] wounded in [G] love
I [C] met another man who was [D] wounded in [G] hatred
And it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [D] hard, it’s a [G] hard, it’s a [C] hard
It’s a [G] hard rai-[D]--n’s a-gonna [G] fall
[Verse 5]
So, [G] what’ll you do now, my [C] blue-eyed [G] son?
Tell me, [G] what’ll you do now, my darling young [D] one?
I’m a-[C]-goin’ back out ’fore the [D] rain starts a-[G]-fallin’
I’ll [C] walk to the depths of the [D] deepest dark [G] forest
Where the [C] people are many and their [D] stomachs are [G] empty
Where the [C] pellets of poison are [D] flooding their [G] waters
Where the [C] home in the valley meets the [D] damp dirty [G] prison
And the [C] executioner’s face is [D] always well [G] hidden
Where [C] hunger is ugly, where the [D] souls are [G] forgotten
Where [C] black is the color, where [D] none is the [G] number
And I’ll [C] tell it and speak it and think it and [G] breathe it
And [C] reflect from the mountain so [D] all souls can [G] see it
Then I’ll [C] stand on the ocean [D] until I start [G] sinkin’
But I’ll [C] know my song well [D] before I start [G] singin’
And it’s a [C] hard, it’s a [D] hard, it’s a [G] hard, and it’s a [C] hard
It’s a [C] hard rai-[D]--n’s a-gonna [G] fall
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