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Tuning: E A D G B E
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A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "The Concert for Bangladesh" (1971)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Differences to the studio version from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan":
Different key, different chord structure in the verse, the last lines are
left out in Verses 2 and 3.
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Oh, Dwhere have you been, my Gblue-eyed Dson?
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And where have you been, my darling young one?
I’ve Gstumbled on the side of Dtwelve misty mountains
I’ve Gwalked and I’ve crawled on Dsix crooked highways
GStepped in the middle of Dseven sad forests
I’ve Gbeen out in front of a Ddozen dead oceans
Been Gten thousand miles in the Dmouth of a graveyard
And it’s a Dhard, and it’s a Ahard, it’s a Dhard, it’s a Ghard
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It’s a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse 2]
Oh, Dwhat did you see, my Gblue-eyed Dson?
And Dwhat did you see, my darling young Aone?
I saw a Gnewborn baby with wild Dwolves all around it
I saw a Ghighway of diamonds with Dnobody on it
I Gsaw a black branch with Dblood that kept drippin’
I saw a Groom full of men with their Dhammers a-bleedin’
I Gsaw a white ladder all Dcovered with water
I saw Gten thousand talkers whose Dtongues were all broken
And it’s a Dhard, it’s a Ahard, it’s a Dhard, it’s a Ghard
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And it’s a hard rain's gonna fall
[Verse 3]
DWhat did you hear, my Gblue-eyed Dson?
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And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the Gsound of a thunder that Droared out a warnin’
Heard the Groar of a wave that could Ddrown the whole world
I heard Gone hundred drummers whose Dhands were a-blazin’
Heard Gten thousand whisperin’ and Dnobody listenin’
I heard Gone person starve, I heard Dmany people laughin’
Heard the Gsong of a poet who Ddied in the gutter
And it’s a Dhard, it’s a Ahard, and it’s aD hard, it’s aG hard
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It’s a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse 4]
DWho did you meet, my Gblue-eyed Dson?
DWho did you meet, my darling young Aone?
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I met a young child beside a dead pony
I Gmet a white man who Dwalked a black dog
I Gmet a young woman whose Dbody was burning
I Gmet a young girl, she Dgave me a rainbow
I Gmet one man who was Dwounded in love
I Gmet another man who was Dwounded in hatred
It’s a Dhard, it’s a Ahard, it’s a Dhard, it’s a Ghard
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It’s a hard rain gonna fall
[Verse 5]
And Dwhat’ll you do now, my Gblue-eyed Dson?
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And what’ll you do now, my darling young one?
I’m Ggoin’ back out ’fore the Drain starts a-fallin’
I’ll Gwalk to the depths of the Ddeepest dark forest
Where the Gpeople are many and their Dhands are all empty
Where the Gpellets of poison are Dflooding their waters
Where the Ghome in the valley meets the Ddamp dirty prison
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The executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where Ghunger is ugly, where Dsouls are forgotten
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Where black is the color and none is the number
And I’ll Gtell it and think it and Dspeak it and breathe it
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Reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll Gstand on the ocean unDtil I start sinkin’
But I Gknow my song well beDfore I start singin’
And Dit’s a hard, it’s a Ahard, it’s a Dhard, it’s a Ghard
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It’s a hard rain gonna fall
[Coda]
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It’s a hard rain gonna fall
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It’s a hard rain gonna fall