Rhymes And Reasons Chords by John Denver

[F] _ _ _ _ This [N] is one I wrote in the shower.
_ _ _ _ It's true.
_ _ _ Title of the very first album that I recorded for RCA some 22 albums ago.
It's called Rhymes and Reasons.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ So you speak to me [C] of sadness, _
[Bb] The coming of [F] the winter, _ _
_ [Dm] Fear that [Am] is within you now [Bb] and seems to [C] nubber in, _
[F] And the dreams that have [C] escaped you, _
[Bb] And the hope that you've [F] forgotten. _ _
[Dm] You tell me that you [F] need me now, _
[C] You want to be my friend,
_ And [Bb] you wonder where we're going,
Where's [F] the rhyme, where's the [C] reason? _
[Dm] And it's you cannot [F] accept,
_ It is [C] here we must begin to seek the [Gm] wisdom of the children, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the [F] _ [C] graceful way [Bb] of [F] flowers in [C] the _ wind.
_ _ For [F] the children [C] and the flowers are [Bb] my sisters and [F] my brothers, _
[Dm] Their laughter and their [Am] _ [C] loveliness [Bb] would clear a [C] cloudy day,
Like [F] the music [C] of the mountains _ [Bb] and the colors of the [F] _ rainbows,
[Dm] Their promise of [F] the future _ [C] and a blessing for [F] today. _ _
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_ _ _ Though [Fm] the cities [C] start to crumble _ [Bb] and the towers [F] fall around us,
_ [Dm] The sun is slowly fading [Am] _ [Bb] and it's colder [C] than the sea,
_ [F] It is written _ [C] from the desert to [Bb] the mountains they [F] shall lead us,
By [Dm] the hand and by [F] the heart [Em] they will [C] comfort you and me,
In [Bb] their innocence _ and trusting they will [F] teach us to be [C] free.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] For the children and the [C] flowers are my [Bb] sisters and [F] my brothers,
_ [Dm] Their laughter and [Am] their [C] loveliness [Bb] would clear a cloudy [C] day,
[F] And the song that I [C] am [Bb] singing _ is a [C] prayer to non [F]-believers, _ _
[Dm] Come and stand [F] beside us, we [C] can find _ [Bb] better _ _ ways.
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