Written by Pete Bernhard
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 riseVerse 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 BmB 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 againVerse 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 BbG 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 againOutro D Cm Ab D F Am A Am Gm Forty days and forty nightsG 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