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[Intro]
A  Asus2 Asus4  Asus2 A  Asus2 Asus4  Asus2 A
A  Asus2 Asus4  Asus2 A  Asus2 Asus4  Asus2 A
[Verse] 
AI really wanted to chCange   DI just didn't know hAow
ATo make my life re-arCrange   Dusing all I knew nAow
AI put the hose on the fCire,   Dthe fire of my rAage
AI let the rain fall on the dCesert   Dto wash away my pAain
[Chorus]
And then I flew for fEorty days and forty nDightsDmaj7  D  
FEorty days and forty nDights, Dmaj7  D  
FEorty days and forty nDights        Dmaj7     DBefore I came dAownAsus2  A  
[Verse] 
AI gathered strenght and climbed a tCree   Dhighest one that I could fAind
AYou know from up there I could see eCverything   Devery one I left bAehind
AAll at once I started to fCly   DI made a mighty fAlapping sound
ASo many friends up in the sCky   DI never looked doAwn
[Chorus]
And then I flew for fEorty days and forty nDightsDmaj7  D  
FEorty days and forty nDights, Dmaj7  D  
FEorty days and forty nDights        Dmaj7     DBefore I came dAownAsus2  A  
[Bridge]
C#mAnd only later did I realize Bmwhy Bsus2  Bm  
C#mSo much later did I know my mBmissiBsus2onBm  
C#mAnd when I did I started to cBmry Bsus2  Bm  
DIt was you I was mEissing
[Instrumental] 
A   C   D   A     A   C   D   A     A   C   D   A     A   C   D   A
[Chorus]
And then I flew for fEorty days and forty nDightsDmaj7  D  
FEorty days and forty nDights, Dmaj7  D  
FEorty days and forty nDights        Dmaj7     DBefore I came dAownAsus2  A  
[Outro]
AI really wanted to chCange   DI just didn't know hAow

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40 Days And 40 Nights

by Elliott Murphy

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus2

Asus4

Dmaj7

C#m

Bsus2

[Intro]

A Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 A Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 A

[Verse]

A C D A

I really wanted to change I just didn't know how

A C D A

To make my life re-arrange using all I knew now

A C D A

I put the hose on the fire, the fire of my rage

A C D A

I let the rain fall on the desert to wash away my pain

[Chorus]

E D Dmaj7 D

And then I flew for forty days and forty nights

E D Dmaj7 D

Forty days and forty nights,

E D Dmaj7 D A Asus2 A

Forty days and forty nights Before I came down

[Verse]

A C D A

I gathered strenght and climbed a tree highest one that I could find

A C D A

You know from up there I could see everything every one I left behind

A C D A

All at once I started to fly I made a mighty flapping sound

A C D A

So many friends up in the sky I never looked down

[Chorus]

E D Dmaj7 D

And then I flew for forty days and forty nights

E D Dmaj7 D

Forty days and forty nights,

E D Dmaj7 D A Asus2 A

Forty days and forty nights Before I came down

[Bridge]

C#m Bm Bsus2 Bm

And only later did I realize why

C#m Bm Bsus2 Bm

So much later did I know my mission

C#m Bm Bsus2 Bm

And when I did I started to cry

D E

It was you I was missing

[Instrumental]

A C D A A C D A A C D A A C D A

[Chorus]

E D Dmaj7 D

And then I flew for forty days and forty nights

E D Dmaj7 D

Forty days and forty nights,

E D Dmaj7 D A Asus2 A

Forty days and forty nights Before I came down

[Outro]

A C D A

I really wanted to change I just didn't know how

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