Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: C Difficulty: Novice Wind and Rain Traditional G C There were two sisters of county Clair F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C One was dark and the other was fair Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain
G C And they both had a love of the miller's son F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C But he was fond of the fairer one Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C So she pushed her into the river to drown F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C And watched her as she floated down Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C And she floated till she came to the miller's pond F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C Dead on the water like a golden swan Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C As she came to rest on the riverside F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C And her bones were washed by the rolling tide Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C And along the road came a fiddler fair F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C And found her bones just a lying there, cried Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C He a made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone, crying Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C He strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair, cried Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C And he made a fiddle, fiddle of her breast bone F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C He made a fiddle, fiddle of her breast bone, cried Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain G C But the only tune that the fiddle could play was F C G Oh, the wind and rain G C The only tune that the fiddle would play was Dm F G Oh, the dreadful wind and rain