A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Chords
A Hard Rain‘s A–Gonna Fall is a song written by Bob Dylan, and released in 1963 on the album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The song is a protest against the social and political conditions of the time and is widely considered to be one of Dylan’s greatest works. The song is written in a form of a modified ballad stanza, with each stanza consisting of eight lines.
The song is built around an apocalyptic theme, with each verse being a description of some kind of disaster. The song paints a bleak picture of the world, with each verse describing a different kind of disaster, from nuclear war to environmental destruction.
The song has become a symbol of the struggle against oppression and injustice and has been covered by numerous artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, and U2. It has also been used in numerous films, including The Big Lebowski, Forrest Gump, and The Departed.
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Chords
Capo on 2nd fret
[Verse] 1
Oh, [D]where have you been, my [G/D]blue-eyed [D]son?
Oh, [D]where have you been, my darling young [A]one?
I’ve [G/D]stumbled on the side of [A/D]twelve misty [D]mountains
I’ve [G/D]walked and I’ve crawled on [A/D]six crooked [D]highways
I’ve [G/D]stepped in the middle of [A/D]seven sad [D]forests
I’ve [G/D]been out in front of a [A/D]dozen dead [D]oceans
I’ve been [G/D]ten thousand miles in the [A/D]mouth of a [D]graveyard
And it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [G]hard
It’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]fall
[Verse] 2
Oh, [D]what did you see, my [G]blue-eyed [D]son?
And [D]what did you see, my darling young [A]one?
I saw a [G/D]newborn baby with wild [A/D]wolves all [D]around it
I saw a [G/D]highway of diamonds with [A/D]nobody [D]on it
I [G/D]saw a black branch with [A/D]blood that kept [D]drippin’
I saw a [G/D]room full of men with their [A/D]hammers [D]a-bleedin’
I [G/D]saw a white ladder all [A/D]covered with [D]water
I saw [G/D]ten thousand talkers whose [A/D]tongues were all [D]broken
I saw [G/D]guns and sharp swords in the [A/D]hands of young [D]children
And it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [G]hard
And it’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]fall
[Verse] 3
And [D]what did you hear, my [G]blue-eyed [D]son?
And [D]what did you hear, my darling young [A]one?
I heard the [G/D]sound of a thunder that [A/D]roared out a [D]warnin’
I heard the [G/D]roar of a wave that could [A/D]drown the whole [D]world
I heard [G/D]one hundred drummers whose [A/D]hands were [D]a-blazin’
I heard [G/D]ten thousand whisperin’ and [A/D]nobody [D]listenin’
I heard [G/D]one person starve, I heard [A/D]many people [D]laughin’
I heard the [G/D]song of a poet who [A/D]died in the [D]gutter
I heard the [G/D]sound of a clown who [A/D]cried in the [D]alley
And it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [G]hard
It’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]fall
[Verse] 4
Oh, [D]who did you meet, my [G]blue-eyed [D]son? [Dylanactuallysings”whatdidyoumeet”]
[D]Who did you meet, my darling young [A]one?
I [G/D]met a young child [A/D]beside a dead [D]pony
I [G/D]met a white man who [A/D]walked a black [D]dog
I [G/D]met a young woman whose [A/D]body was [D]burning
I [G/D]met a young girl, she [A/D]gave me a [D]rainbow
I [G/D]met one man who was [A/D]wounded in [D]love
I [G/D]met another man who was [A/D]wounded in [D]hatred
And it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [G]hard
It’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]
[Verse] 5
D G | D | G | D | % |
And, what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And, [D]what’ll you do now, my darling young [A]one?
I’m [G/D]a-goin’ back out ’fore the [A/D]rain starts [D]a-fallin’
I’ll [G/D]walk to the depths of the [A/D]deepest dark [D]forest
Where the [G/D]people are many and their [A/D]hands are all [D]empty
Where the [G/D]pellets of poison are [A/D]flooding their [D]waters
Where the [G/D]home in the valley meets the [A/D]damp dirty [D]prison
And the [G/D]executioner’s face is [A/D]always well [D]hidden
Where [G/D]hunger is ugly, where the [A/D]souls are [D]forgotten
Where [G/D]black is the color, where [A/D]none is the [D]number
And I’ll [G/D]tell it and speak it and [A/D]think it and [D]breathe it
And [G/D]reflect from the mountain so [A/D]all souls can [D]see it
Then I’ll [G/D]stand on the ocean [A/D]until I start [D]sinkin’
But I’ll [G/D]know my song well [A/D]before I start [D]singin’
And it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [G]hard
It’s a hard[D] rai—n’[A]s a-gonna fall[[D]]
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Chords
A Hard Rain‘s A–Gonna Fall is a song written by Bob Dylan, and released in 1963 on the album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The song is a protest against the social and political conditions of the time and is widely considered to be one of Dylan’s greatest works. The song is written in a form of a modified ballad stanza, with each stanza consisting of eight lines.
The song is built around an apocalyptic theme, with each verse being a description of some kind of disaster. The song paints a bleak picture of the world, with each verse describing a different kind of disaster, from nuclear war to environmental destruction.
The song has become a symbol of the struggle against oppression and injustice and has been covered by numerous artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, and U2. It has also been used in numerous films, including The Big Lebowski, Forrest Gump, and The Departed.
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Chords
Capo on 2nd fret
[Verse] 1
Oh, [D]where have you been, my [G/D]blue-eyed [D]son?
Oh, [D]where have you been, my darling young [A]one?
I’ve [G/D]stumbled on the side of [A/D]twelve misty [D]mountains
I’ve [G/D]walked and I’ve crawled on [A/D]six crooked [D]highways
I’ve [G/D]stepped in the middle of [A/D]seven sad [D]forests
I’ve [G/D]been out in front of a [A/D]dozen dead [D]oceans
I’ve been [G/D]ten thousand miles in the [A/D]mouth of a [D]graveyard
And it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [G]hard
It’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]fall
[Verse] 2
Oh, [D]what did you see, my [G]blue-eyed [D]son?
And [D]what did you see, my darling young [A]one?
I saw a [G/D]newborn baby with wild [A/D]wolves all [D]around it
I saw a [G/D]highway of diamonds with [A/D]nobody [D]on it
I [G/D]saw a black branch with [A/D]blood that kept [D]drippin’
I saw a [G/D]room full of men with their [A/D]hammers [D]a-bleedin’
I [G/D]saw a white ladder all [A/D]covered with [D]water
I saw [G/D]ten thousand talkers whose [A/D]tongues were all [D]broken
I saw [G/D]guns and sharp swords in the [A/D]hands of young [D]children
And it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [G]hard
And it’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]fall
[Verse] 3
And [D]what did you hear, my [G]blue-eyed [D]son?
And [D]what did you hear, my darling young [A]one?
I heard the [G/D]sound of a thunder that [A/D]roared out a [D]warnin’
I heard the [G/D]roar of a wave that could [A/D]drown the whole [D]world
I heard [G/D]one hundred drummers whose [A/D]hands were [D]a-blazin’
I heard [G/D]ten thousand whisperin’ and [A/D]nobody [D]listenin’
I heard [G/D]one person starve, I heard [A/D]many people [D]laughin’
I heard the [G/D]song of a poet who [A/D]died in the [D]gutter
I heard the [G/D]sound of a clown who [A/D]cried in the [D]alley
And it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [G]hard
It’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]fall
[Verse] 4
Oh, [D]who did you meet, my [G]blue-eyed [D]son? [Dylanactuallysings”whatdidyoumeet”]
[D]Who did you meet, my darling young [A]one?
I [G/D]met a young child [A/D]beside a dead [D]pony
I [G/D]met a white man who [A/D]walked a black [D]dog
I [G/D]met a young woman whose [A/D]body was [D]burning
I [G/D]met a young girl, she [A/D]gave me a [D]rainbow
I [G/D]met one man who was [A/D]wounded in [D]love
I [G/D]met another man who was [A/D]wounded in [D]hatred
And it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [G]hard
It’s a [D]hard [A]rai-–n’s a-gonna [[D]]
[Verse] 5
D G | D | G | D | % |
And, what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And, [D]what’ll you do now, my darling young [A]one?
I’m [G/D]a-goin’ back out ’fore the [A/D]rain starts [D]a-fallin’
I’ll [G/D]walk to the depths of the [A/D]deepest dark [D]forest
Where the [G/D]people are many and their [A/D]hands are all [D]empty
Where the [G/D]pellets of poison are [A/D]flooding their [D]waters
Where the [G/D]home in the valley meets the [A/D]damp dirty [D]prison
And the [G/D]executioner’s face is [A/D]always well [D]hidden
Where [G/D]hunger is ugly, where the [A/D]souls are [D]forgotten
Where [G/D]black is the color, where [A/D]none is the [D]number
And I’ll [G/D]tell it and speak it and [A/D]think it and [D]breathe it
And [G/D]reflect from the mountain so [A/D]all souls can [D]see it
Then I’ll [G/D]stand on the ocean [A/D]until I start [D]sinkin’
But I’ll [G/D]know my song well [A/D]before I start [D]singin’
And it’s a [D]hard, it’s a [A]hard, it’s a [D]hard, and it’s a [G]hard
It’s a hard[D] rai—n’[A]s a-gonna fall[[D]]
