Fire And Rain Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Fire and Rain guitar chords and strumming lesson by James Taylor. This is an amazing fingerpicking song but I’m going to simplify things a bit in this lesson and teach it to you strumming wise.
Let’s take a look at what chords we will be using for the song.
Now there is one barre chord that comes in on the Choruses, but I have included and easy version.
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Fire And Rain Guitar Chords:
Fire And Rain Strumming Patterns:
Easy Strumming Pattern: DDU for each chord on split measures
1 2 + 3 4 +
D DU D D U
Harder Strumming Pattern: DDDU for each chord on split measures
1 2 + a 3 4+ a
D DD U D DD U
Keep in mind that there are lots of fun spices that you can add to this song. Many times in the versus you will hear James play and Asus2 chord and hammer back down to the A chord.
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Fire And Rain Guitar Lesson:
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Fire And Rain Chord Chart:
Intro: A G |D - - A| A |A E| G
Verse:
|A Em| |D A|
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
|A E| G
Suzanne the plans they made put an end to you
|A Em| |D A|
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
|A E | G
I just can't remember who to send it to
Chorus:
|D Bm| A
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
|D Bm| A
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
|D Bm| A
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
|G Em| A A
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Verse:
|A Em|
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
|D A|
You've got to help me make a stand
|A E| G
You've just got to see me through another day
|A Em| |D A|
My body's aching and my time is at hand
| A E| G
And I won't make it any other way
Chorus:
|D Bm| A
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
|D Bm| A
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
|D Bm| A
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
|G Em| A A
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Verse:
|A Em| | D A |
Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun
|A E| G
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
|A Em| |D A |
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
|A E| G
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
Chorus:
|D Bm| A
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
|D Bm| A
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
|D Bm| A
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
|G Em| A A
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again
Outro:
G |Em A|
Thought I'd see you one more time again
G |Em A|
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
G |Em A| D (hold)
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now . . .
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