Rhymes And Reasons chords Guitar Chords By John Denver

(F) (C/E) (A#/D) (F)
So you speak to me in sadness and the coming of the winter,
Though the city starts to crumble and the towers fail around us

(Dm) (Am) A# C
fear that is within’ you know that seems to never end,
the sun is slowly fading and it’s colder than the sea

(F) (C/E) (A#/D) (F)
and the dreams that have escaped you and the hope that you’ve forgotten
it is written: (F)rom the desert to the mountains they shall lead us

(Dm) (F) C
and you tell me that you need me now and you want to be my friend
by the hand and by the heart and they will comfort you and me.

A# (F) (C/E)
and you wonder where we’re going, where’s the rhyme and where’s the reason
In their innocence and trusting, they will teach us to be free.

(Dm) (F) (C/E)
and it’s you cannot accept it is here we must begin

[Instrumental]

Gm
to seek the wisdom of the children

(F) A# C
and the graceful way of flowers in the wind.

[Instrumental]

(F) (C/E) (A#/D) (F)
(F)or the children and the flowers for my sisters and my brothers,
(F)or the children and the flowers for my sisters and my brothers,

(Dm) (Am) A# C
their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.

(F) (C/E) (A#/D) (F)
Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow
And the song that I am singing is a prayer for nonbelievers

(Dm) (F) C7/E (F) C/(F) C7/(F)
they’re a promise of the future and the blessing for today.
(Dm) (F) C7/E A#/(F) (F) A#/(F) C7/(F) (F)
come and stand beside us we can find a better way.