Intro/outro: G stuff (finger 000087 and then add notes)e-|---------7-----------10--------8----7------------------B-|---------------8----------8--------------8-------------G-|------0-----------0---------0----------0---------------D-|--0---------0-----------0---------0--------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------
C (finger 000988) G (finger 000087)e-|-----------8-----------------------7-------------------B-|-----8-----------8-----------8----------10-------------G-|--------9-----------9-----------0------------0---------D-|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------
Dsus4e-|----------2-----------2----------2-----2---------------B-|----------------3-----------------------------0--------G-|-------0-----------0----------0-----0------------------D-|--0----------0-----------0-----------------0-----------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------
G to versee-|-------------------------------------------------------B-|----------0-----------3----------3-----------3---------G-|----0-----------0----------0-----------0---------------D-|-------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5----------5-----------5----------5------------------ So you
G D/F# Ce-|--------3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0------B-|----0-------0-------0-------0-------1-------1----------G-|--------------------------------------0----------------D-|------0-------0-------0-------0---------------2--------A-|----------------------------------3-------3------------D-|--5-------5-------4-------4---------------------------- speak to me of sadness, and the coming of the
G Em Bme-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3-------3---------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2---------------------------- winter Fear that is within you now that
C De-|--------0-------0-------2------2-----------------------B-|----1-------1-------3------3---------------------------G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------D-|--------------2--------------0-------------------------A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------D-|------------------0-------0---------------------------- seems to never end And the
G D/F# Ce-|---------3--------3-------2-------2--------0---------0-B-|-----0--------0-------0-------0--------1---------1-----G-|-----------------------------------------0-------------D-|-------0--------0-------0-------0------------------2---A-|-------------------------------------3---------3-------D-|--5---------5-------4-------4-------------------------- dreams that have escaped you and the hope that you've
G Em Ge-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5----------- forgotten You tell me that you need me now, you
De-|--------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------B-|----3-------3--------3-------3-------------------------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0-------0--------0-------0-----------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--0-------0--------0-------0--------------------------- want to be my friend And you
Ce-|--------0-------0---------0-------0--------------------B-|------------1---------1-------1------------------------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------2-------2---------2-------2----------------------A-|--3-------3---------3-------3--------------------------D-|------------------------------------------------------- wonder where we're going, where's the
G De-|--------3---------3----------2-------2-----------------B-|----0---------0----------3-------3---------------------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------0----------0-------0-------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5---------5-----------0-------0---------------------- rhyme and where's the reason And it's
Em Ge-|--------0---------0-------3-------3--------------------B-|----0---------0-------0-------0------------------------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------2---------2-------0-------0----------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--2---------2-------5-------5-------------------------- you who cannot accept -- it is
D Ame-|--------2-------2-------2-------2---------0-------0----B-|----3-------3-------3-------3---------1-------1--------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0-------0-------0-------0---------2-------2------A-|------------------------------------0-------0----------D-|--0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------- here we must begin To seek the wisdom of the
Ame-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------B-|----1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1----------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--------A-|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------D-|------------------------------------------------------- children... And the
G D/F# C G/Be-|-------------------------------------------------------B-|--------3--------3--------1--------0-------------------G-|----0--------0--------0--------0-----------------------D-|------0--------0--------2--------0---------------------A-|--------------------3--------2-------------------------D-|--5--------4------------------------------------------- graceful way of flowers in the
D Dsus4e-|--------2-------2-------2-------2----------------------B-|----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------G-|------2-------0-------0-------0------------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--0-------0--------0------0---------------------------- wind For the
G D/F# Ce-|--------3--------3-------2-------2----------0-------0--B-|----0--------0-------0-------0--------1---------1------G-|----------------------------------------0--------------D-|------0--------0-------0-------0------------------2----A-|------------------------------------3---------3--------D-|--5--------5-------4-------4--------------------------- children and the flowers are my sisters and my
G Em Bme-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3------3----------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2---------------------------- brothers their laughter and their loveliness would
C De-|--------0-------0-------2------2-----------------------B-|----1-------1-------3------3---------------------------G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------D-|--------------2--------------0-------------------------A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------D-|------------------0-------0---------------------------- clear a cloudy day Like the
G D/F# Ce-|--------3-------3-------2-------2--------0-------0-----B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--------1-------1---------G-|---------------------------------------0---------------D-|------0-------0-------0-------0----------------2-------A-|-----------------------------------3-------3-----------D-|--5-------5-------4-------4---------------------------- music of the mountains and the colors of the
G Em Ge-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5----------- rainbow They're a promise of the future, and the
D G (the slide guitar covers the)e-|--------2-------2--------------------------------------B-|----3-------3------------0-------3-------0-------------G-|---------------------0-------0-------0-------0---------D-|------0-------0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--0-------0--------5-------5-------5-------5----------- blessing for today
Am (12 strings but it's something like this...)e-|-----------0---------------0---------------------------B-|-------0h1-----1-------0h1-----------------------------G-|-----2---------------2---------2-----------------------D-|-------------2---------------2-------------------------A-|--0------0--------0------0-----------------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------
Dsus4 De-|--------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------B-|----3-------3--------3-------3-------------------------G-|------0-------0--------2-------2-----------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--0-------0--------0-------0--------------------------- Though the
G D/F# Ce-|--------3-------3-------2-------2--------0-------0-----B-|----0-------0-------0-------0--------1-------1---------G-|---------------------------------------0---------------D-|------0-------0-------0-------0----------------2-------A-|-----------------------------------3-------3-----------D-|--5-------5-------4-------4---------------------------- cities start to crumble and the towers fall
G Em Bme-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3------3----------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2---------------------------- around us The sun is slowly fading and it's
C De-|--------0-------0-------2-------2----------------------B-|----1-------1-------3-------3--------------------------G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------D-|--------------2---------------0------------------------A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------D-|------------------0-------0---------------------------- colder than the sea It is
G D/F# Ce-|--------3-------3--------2-------2--------0-------0----B-|----0-------0--------0-------0--------1-------1--------G-|----------------------------------------0--------------D-|------0-------0--------0-------0----------------2------A-|------------------------------------3-------3----------D-|--5-------5--------4-------4--------------------------- written: From the desert to the mountains they shall
G Em Ge-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5----------- lead us By the hand and by the heart they will
De-|--------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------B-|----3-------3--------3-------3-------------------------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0-------0--------0-------0-----------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--0-------0--------0-------0--------------------------- comfort you and me In their
Ce-|--------0-------0---------0-------0--------------------B-|----1-------1---------1-------1------------------------G-|------0-------0---------0-------0----------------------D-|-------------------------------------------------------A-|--3-------3---------3-------3--------------------------D-|------------------------------------------------------- innocence and trusting, they will
G De-|--------3-------3---------2------2---------------------B-|----0-------0---------3------3-------------------------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0-------0---------0------0-----------------------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5-------5---------0-------0-------------------------- teach us to be free For the
G D/F# Ce-|--------3--------3-------2-------2----------0-------0--B-|----0--------0-------0-------0--------1---------1------G-|----------------------------------------0--------------D-|------0--------0-------0-------0------------------2----A-|------------------------------------3---------3--------D-|--5--------5-------4-------4--------------------------- children and the flowers are my sisters and my
G Em Bme-|--------3---------------0-------0--------2-------2-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------3------3----------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------4-------4-------A-|-----------------------------------2-------2-----------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2---------------------------- brothers their laughter and their loveliness would
C De-|--------0-------0-------2------2-----------------------B-|----1-------1-------3------3---------------------------G-|------0---------------2--------------------------------D-|--------------2--------------0-------------------------A-|--3-------3--------------------------------------------D-|------------------0-------0---------------------------- clear a cloudy day And the
G C De-|--------3-------3--------0-------0-------2-------2-----B-|----0-------0--------1-------1-------3-------3---------G-|-----------------------0-------0-----------------------D-|------0-------0------------------------0-------0-------A-|-------------------3-------3---------------------------D-|--5-------5------------------------0-------0----------- song that I am singing is a prayer for non-
G Em Ge-|--------3---------------0-------0--------3-------3-----B-|----0---------------0-------0--------0-------0---------G-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|------0---------------2-------2--------0-------0-------A-|-------------------------------------------------------D-|--5--------5--4---2-------2--------5-------5----------- believers Come and stand beside us, we can
D C (to outro)e-|--------2-------2-------0-------0--------0-------0-----B-|----3-------3-------1-------1--------1-------1---------G-|----------------------0--------------------------------D-|------0-------0----------------2-------2--------2------A-|------------------3-------3--------3-------3-----------D-|--0-------0-------------------------------------------- find a better way
The outro is like the intro, but ends with a strummed 550003
Here it is again with just the chords:
Rhymes and Reasons
John Denver
(Intro: G C G Dsus4 G)
G D/F# C G
So you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter,
Em Bm C D
Fear that is within you now that seems to never end,
G D/F#
And the dreams that have escaped you
C G
And the hope that you've forgotten
Em G D
You tell me that you need me now -- you want to be my friend
C
And you wonder where we're going,
G D
Where's the rhyme and where's the reason
Em G D
And it's you who cannot accept -- it is here we must begin
Am
To seek the wisdom of the children...
G D/F# C G/B D Dsus4
And the graceful way of flowers in the wind.
G D/F# C G
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
Em Bm C D
Their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
G D/F# C G
Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow
Em G
They're a promise of the future
D G Am Dsus4 D
and the blessing for today.
G D/F# C G
Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us
Em Bm C D
The sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea
G D/F# C G
It is written: From the desert to the mountains they shall lead us
Em G D
By the hand and by the heart they will comfort you and me.
C G D
In their innocence and trusting, they will teach us to be free.
G D/F# C G
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
Em Bm C D
Their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
G C D G
And the song that I am singing is a prayer for non-believers
Em G D C (intro) G
Come and stand beside us, we can find a better way
