Percys Song chords by Arlo Guthrie

Percy's Song as recorded by Arlo Guthrie (Composed by Bob Dylan)

(## NOTE: This is the Arlo Guthrie version, the chords differ slightly from other versions. ##)


CAPO: 2nd Fret

G            C        G
Sad News, sad news, has come to where I sleep
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
    G            C      (walk down bass to Am)
Saying one of my friends is in trouble deep
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain

G              C     G
Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
G               C      (walk down bass to Am)
Joliet Prison for ninety-nine years
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


 G              C     G
A crash on the highway threw a car into a field
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
      G           C         (walk down bass to Am)
There were four people killed and he was at the wheel
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


   G           C      G
But I know him as well as I know my own self
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
    G              C          (walk down bass to Am)
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


   G          C             G
"That may be so," said the judge from the side of his mouth
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
    G          C          (walk down bass to Am)
But the witness who saw it, he left little doubt
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, to the wind and the rain


  G         C        G
He may, he may have a sentence for to serve
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
  G             C        (walk down bass to Am)
But ninety-nine years he just does not deserve
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


  G            C     G
Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
   G              C         (walk down bass to Am)
His sentence it is passed and it cannot be repealed
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


  G               C      G
But he ain't no criminal, and his crime it is none
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
     G             C         (walk down bass to Am)
And what happened to him could have happened to anyone
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


  G                   C      G
At that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
    G             C         (walk down bass to Am)
Saying "Would you kindly leave my office now please"
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


 G          C       G
I squinted my eyes and I stood up so slow,
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn turn again
   G         C        (walk down bass to Am)
With no other choice except for me to go
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


    G             C        G
Well, I walked down the hall and I heard his door slam
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
 G               C          (walk down bass to Am)
I walked down the stairs, but I could not understand
Am        C      D  Dsus D
Turn, turn to the wind and the rain


 G              C           G
I played my guitar through the night and through the day
Am        D  Dsus D
Turn, turn, turn again
    G       C          (walk down bass to Am)
But the only tune that my guitar would play
  Am        C      D  Dsus D