{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":66219,"song":"Rhymes And Reasons","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543588-rhymes-and-reasons-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66219?type=chord","rating":4.80735,"votes":172,"content":"Tune down one full tone.\r\n\r\nD/F#: 2x023x\r\n[ch]C/E[/ch] : 032010\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  : x2443x\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] : 332010\r\nD7/G: 3x021x[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]C/E[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you speak to me in sadness and the coming of the winter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFear that is within you now that seems to never end[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]C/E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the dreams that have escaped you and the hopes that you've forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou tell me that you need me now and you want to be my friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd you wonder where we're going, where's the rhyme and where's the reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd if you cannot accept it is here we must begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo seek the wisdom of the children[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the graceful way of flowers in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]C/E[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir laughter and their loveliness could clear a cloudy day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]              [ch]C/E[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7/F#[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]D7/G[/ch]\r\nThey're a promise of the future and a blessing for today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]C/E[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough the city starts to crumble and the towers fall around us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]C/E[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is written: From the desert to the mountains they shall lead us[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the hand and by the heart, they will comfort you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nIn their innocence and trusting, they will teach us to be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]C/E[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]C/E[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the song that I am singing is a prayer for nonbelievers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7/F#[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]D7/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome and stand beside us, we can find a better way[/tab]","plain_text":"Tune down one full tone.\n\nD/F#: 2x023x\nC/E : 032010\nBm  : x2443x\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D/F","C/E","Bm","C/G","D7/G","G","D/F#","Em","C","D","Am","D7/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}