Intro: Cm F Cm
Verse
Bb Cm Bb Gm
Wouldn't take long for the rivers 'round here to rise
Bb Cm Eb D
Wouldn't take long for the rivers 'round here to rise
Gm Bb Db
Wouldn't take long for the rivers to rise
Bb Cm Eb Cm
There wouldn't be nothing but the sea and the sky
Gm Bb D Gm D
Wouldn't take long for the rivers 'round here to rise
B G B G
Forty days and forty nights
Em C
Forty days and forty nights
Am G B G
Forty days and forty nights
Em D F#m D
Forty days and forty nights
B G B G B C
Forty days and nights of rain and we would start all over again
Verse
Ab Eb Am Gm D
In just forty days and forty nights of rain
Gm C Cm Gm Bb
The wind and rain will not knock upon your door
Gm Bb Cm D
The wind and rain will not knock upon your door
F Bb Gm Bb Cm
The wind and rain, they came before anybody knew what
Eb Cm Eb
a door was for
Gm Bb D Am G
The wind and rain will not knock upon the door
Instrumental
D Bm
G
Forty days and forty nights
Em C Am
Forty days and forty nights
G B Em
Forty days and forty nights
D B
Forty days and forty nights
Bm G B C
Forty days and nights of rain and we would start all over again
Verse
Em Cm Eb D C Gm
In just forty days and forty nights of rain
C G
Cities they are built and then they're broken
C G
Nothing lasts forever, so they say
C G
We all know how long it took to build this
E A G C D G C G Em D C G Em G D Bb
But how long would it take now just to wash it all away
Gm Cm Gm Bb Gm B
These fools believe that they can control the tide
Gm C Cm D
These fools believe that they can turn the tide
Gm Bb Gm Bb Cm Eb C Eb
No one turns the tide and everybody swims when the waters rise
G D Gm
These fools believe that they can turn the tide
Instrumental
Cm Bb
G Em
Forty days and forty nights
C Am G C
Forty days and forty nights
Am G Em
Forty days and forty nights
D
Forty days and forty nights
G Em B C
Forty days and nights of rain and we would start all over again
Cm Eb D C Gm
In just forty days and forty nights of rain
Outro
D Cm Ab D F Am A Am Gm
Forty days and forty nights