Wind And Rain - Gillian Welch

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[Verse One]
             
There were two

            
 sisters of co

unty Clair
            
Oh, the wind a

  
nd rain
             
One was dark a

       
nd the other w

as fair
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Two]
             
And they both 

              
had a love of 

    
the miller's s

on
            
Oh, the wind a

   
nd rain
             
But he was fon

         
d of the faire

r one
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Three]
             
So she pushed 

             
her into the r

iver to drown
            
Oh, the wind a

   
nd rain
             
And watched he

         
r as she float

ed down
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Four]
             
And she floate

              
d till she cam

         
e to the mille

rs pond
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
Dead on the wa

           
ter like a gol

den swan
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Five]
             
As she came to

             
 rest on the r

iverside
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
And her bones 

              
were washed by

     
 the rolling t

ide
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Six]
             
And along the 

            
road came a fi

ddler fair
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
And found her 

             
bones just a l

ying there, cr

ied
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Seven]
             
So he made a f

              
iddle peg of h

   
er long finger

 bone
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
He a made a fi

              
ddle peg of he

  
r long finger 

bone, crying
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Eight]
             
And he strung 

              
his fiddle bow

          
 with her long

 yeller hair
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
He strung his 

              
fiddle bow wit

      
h her long yel

ler hair, crie

d
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Nine]
             
And he made a 

              
fiddle fiddle 

   
of her breast 

bone
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
He made a fidd

             
le fiddle of h

er breast bone

, cried
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in
[Verse Ten]
             
But the only t

             
une that the f

iddle could pl

ay was
            
Oh, the wind a

       
nd the rain
             
The only tune 

         
that the fiddl

e would play w

as
         
Oh, the dreadf

           
ul wind and ra

in

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