The Devil Makes Three - Forty days

^GmWouldn't take long for the r^Cmivers 'round here to ^Gmrise ^GmWouldn't take long for the r^Cmivers 'round here to ^D7rise Wouldn't take ^Gmlong for the rivers to rise There wouldn't be ^Cmnothing but the sea and the sky ^GmWouldn't take long ^D7for the rivers 'round here to ^Gmrise ^D7

Forty ^Gdays and forty nights Forty ^Cdays and forty nights Forty ^Gdays and forty nights Forty ^D7days and forty nights Forty ^Gdays and nights of rain and we would s^B7tart all over ^C7again In just forty ^Cmdays and forty ^F#dim7nights of ra^Gmin ^D7

The ^Gmwind and rain will not^Cm knock upon your ^Gmdoor The ^Gmwind and rain will not^Cm knock upon your ^D7door The wind and ra^Gmin, they came before anybody ^Cmknew what a door was for The ^Gmwind and rain will not ^D7knock upon the door^{Gm D7}

Forty ^Gdays and forty nights Forty ^Cdays and forty nights Forty ^Gdays and forty nights Forty ^D7days and forty nights Forty ^Gdays and nights of rain and we would s^B7tart all over ^C7again In just forty ^Cmdays and forty ^F#dim7nights of ra^Gmin ^D7

^CCities they are built and then they're ^Gbroken ^CNothing lasts forever, so they ^Gsay ^CWe all know how long it took to ^Gbuild it Yeah we ^E7do but how long would it ^A7take now just to wash it all ^D7away

These ^Gmfools believe that ^Cmthey can control the ^Gmtide These f^Gmools believe that ^Cmthey can turn the ^D7tide ^GmNo one turns the tide and everybody ^Cmswims when the waters rise These ^Gmfools believe that ^D7they can turn the ^Gmtide

Forty ^Gdays and forty nights Forty ^Cdays and forty nights Forty ^Gdays and forty nights Forty ^D7days and forty nights Forty ^Gdays and nights of rain and we would s^B7tart all over ^C7again In just forty ^Cmdays and forty ^F#dim7nights of ra^Gmin In just forty ^Cmdays and forty ^F#dim7nights of ra^Gmin