Rhymes and Reasons Chords by John Denver

[Start]

[Verse]
F Csus4 C F
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                      C               Bb            F     
So you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter
Dm                      Am     Bb             C  
Fear that is within you now it seems to never end
        F                C               Bb                   F        
And the dreams that have escaped you and the hope that you've forgotten
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You tell me that you need me now you want to be my friend
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And you wonder where we're going
            F                 C     
Where's the rhyme where's the reason
    Dm                  F     
And it's you who cannot accept
      C                                            Gm      
It is here we must begin to seek the wisdom of the children


[Chorus]
        F               Bb             C7  
And the graceful way of flowers in the wind
        F                C              Bb             F       
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers
Dm                       Am               Bb             C7 
Their laughter and their loveliness could clear a cloudy day
         F            C7                Bb            F      
Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow
          Dm             F            C            F     Gm
They're a promise of the future and a blessing for today ■ 


[Verse]
C C7            F               C               Bb          F        
■ ■  Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us
Dm                Am              Bb              C  
The sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea
      F                C             Bb                   F      
It is written From the desert to the mountains they shall lead us
       Dm              F               C                 
By the hand and by the heart they will comfort you and me


[Chorus]
   Bb                                     F              C7  
In their innocence and trusting they will teach us to be free
        F                C              Bb             F       
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers
Dm                       Am               Bb             C  
Their laughter and their loveliness could clear a cloudy day
        F              Bb           C         F           
And the song that I am singing is a prayer to nonbelievers
Dm             F                C             Bb 
Come and stand beside us we can find a better way


[Outro]
F Csus4 C Csus4 C F
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