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Oh The Wind And Rain by Jody Stecher
Oh The Wind And Rain
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:3rd fret
Tuning: Standard (Or drop D if preferred)
Play between 75 to 85 Bpm
The Main Melody: Play it with a quick swing. Beats are subdivided by 6. Tab is
Chord|D C G |C D |G
e
B
G
D
A
E
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
timing-accurate.
|
---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
---|------------------------|-----------------------0|3--3-33--5--3--0--------|
---|2-22-24--4-20-----------|5----55--4--2--------0--|-----------------20--2-4|
---|---------------2--0-----|------------------------|------------------------|
---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Ther..sis...walk..stream.Oh..thWindanRain.........One...hind..other..cryin'
Chord|Am G C D |D |D C G
e ---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B ---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G ---|2----22--0--2--0--------|------------------------|2-22-24--4-20-----------|
D ---|-----------------20-----|------------------------|---------------2--0-----|
A ---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E ---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Oh.....dr...WindnRain.............................Johnny...
Chords: Played "old style" with a picked bassline of fifths. Tab accompanies the
Chord D C G |C D |G |
e ---|---2-----2-----0-----3--|---0-----------2-----2--|---3-----3-----3-----3--|
B ---|---3-----3-----1-----3--|---1-----------3-----3--|---3-----3-----3-----3--|
G ---|---2-----2-----0-----0--|---0-----------2-----2--|---0-----0-----0-----0--|
D ---|0--------------2-----0--|---2--2-----------0-----|------0-----------0-----|
A ---|------0-----3-----------|3----3---3--0-----------|------------------------|
E ---|------------------3-----|------------------------|3-----------3-----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
above melody.
Chord|Am G C D |D | *
e ---|---0-----3-----0-----2--|------------------------| *
B ---|---1-----3-----1-----3--|------------------------| *
G ---|---2-----0-----0-----2--|-----*improvise*--------| *
D ---|------------------0-----|--------*in D*----------| *
A ---|0-----2-----3-----------|------------------------| *
E ---|------------------------|------------------------| *
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
*Second ending* (sounds better in drop d)
|Am Em G D |
|---0-----0-----3-----2--|
|---1-----0-----3-----3--|
|---2-----0-----0-----2--|
|---------2-----0--0-----|
|0--------2-----2--------|
|------0-----3-----------|
1 2 3 4
The Violin Meldoy: Follows the main melody's rhythm but may include improvised
lines and harmonies.
I haven't taken the time to transcribe it yet.
Chords with Lyrics:
D C G
There were two sisters came-a walkin' down th' stream
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
One came behind an' pushed the other one in cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
Johnny gave the youngest one a gay gold ring
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
Didn't give the oldest one anything cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
They pushed her into the river to drown
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
An' watched her as she floated down cryin'
Am Em G D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
**Violin and Guitar duet 1**
D C G
She floated 'till she came to th' miller's pond
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
Cryin' Father oh father there swims a swan cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
The miller pulled her out with a fishing hook
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
An' he brought this maiden from the brook cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
He left her on the bank to dry
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
And a fiddlin' fool come passing by cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
Out of the woods came a fidder fair
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
A-way down tha' road came a fiddler fair cryin'
Am Em G D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
**Violin & Guitar duet number two**
D C G
Down tha road came a fiddler fair
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
'e Took thirty strands of her long yellow hair cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
And he made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
He made a fiddle bow of her long yellow hair cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
He made fiddle pegs of her long finger bones cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
An' he made a little fiddle of her little breast bone
C D
Oh the wind and rain
G
Whose sound could melt a heart of stone cryin'
Am G C D
Oh the dreadful wind and rain
D C G
And the only tune that the fiddle would play
C D
was Oh the wind and rain
G
The only tune that the fiddle would play
Am Em G D
Was oh the dreadful wind and rain
**Final violin & guitar duet**
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