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Tears Of Rage

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Band: The Band
Song: Tears Of Rage
Album: Music From Big Pink (1968)
Chords Used:
    C   Am  F   D   Bb  E7  C7  Fmaj7
e|--------------1---1-----------0--------|
B|--1---1---1---3---3---3---1---1--------|
G|--0---2---2---2---3---1---3---2--------|
D|--2---2---3---0---3---0---2---3--------|
A|--3---0---3-----------2---3------------|
E|----------------------0----------------|
[Intro]
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
[Verse]
C  Fmaj7         C C/B    Am    Am/G
We carried you     in our arms
F                    Dm  Dm/C
on Independence Day
Bb                  F
And now you'd throw us all aside
  C               C7
and put us all away
C Fmaj7                 C     C/B      Am  Am/G
   Oh,   what dear daughter 'neath the sun
F                         Dm  Dm/C
could treat a father so?
Bb               F
To wait upon him hand and foot
 C                      C7
   and always tell him "No"
[Chorus]
E7             Am            Am/G
Tears of rage, tears of grief
F                 C
Why must I always be the thief?
E7                             Am  C7/G
Come to me now, you know we're so low
F  F/E  Dm        C7    Fmaj7 C  Fmaj7
    And life is brief
[Verse]
C  Fmaj7       C   C/B  Am
It was all very   painless
Am/G    F                   Dm  Dm/C
When you went out to receive
Bb                 F
   All that false instruction
         C                C7
Which we  never could believe
C   Fmaj7              C C/B      Am   Am/G
And now the heart is filled with gold
F                     Dm  Dm/C
  As if it was a purse
Bb                   F
  But, oh, what kind of love is this
    C                     C7
Which goes from bad to worse?
[Chorus]
E7             Am              Am/G
Tears of rage, tears of grief
F                 C
Why must I always be the thief?
E7                             Am  C7/G
Come to me now, you know we're so  low
F  F/E  Dm        C7 Fmaj7   C Fmaj7
   And life is brief
[Verse]
C  Fmaj7       C   C/B    Am Am/G
We pointed you the way to go
F                               Dm Dm/C
And scratched your name in sand
Bb                             F
Though you just thought it was nothing more
       C                  C7
Than a place for you to stand
C Fmaj7               C   C/B      Am
  I want you to know that while we watched
Am/G      F                        Dm  Dm/C
You discovered no one would be true
Bb                  F
And I myself was among
 F
the ones who thought
               C                 C7
It was just a childish thing to do
[Chorus]
E7             Am             Am/G
Tears of rage, tears of grief
F                 C
Why must I always be the thief?
E7                             Am  C7/G
Come to me now, you know we're so  low
F  F/E  Dm        C7    Fmaj7
   And life is brief

Tears Of Rage chords and lyrics

Free chords for Tears Of Rage by The Band. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Band: The Band
Song: Tears Of Rage
Album: Music From Big Pink (1968)
[Intro]
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]

Tears Of Rage Chords by The Band

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The chords for "Tears Of Rage" show the original chord names (including C, Am, F, D, Bb, E7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.