Key: E
Introduction: D G/D D D
D G/D D
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
D A
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo ve walked and I&rsquo ve crawled on six crooked highways
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
D A D G
And it&rsquo s a hard, and it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, and it&rsquo s a hard
D A D
It&rsquo s a hard rai---n&rsquo s a-gonna fall
D G D
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
D A
And what did you see, my darling young one?
G/D A/D D
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
G/D A/D D
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
G/D A/D D
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
G/D A/D D
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
G/D A/D D
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
D A D G
And it&rsquo s a hard, and it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, and it&rsquo s a hard
D A D
And it&rsquo s a hard rai---n&rsquo s a-gonna fall
D G D
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
D A
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
G/D A/D D
I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
G/D A/D D
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I heard ten thousand whisperin&rsquo and nobody listenin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
G/D A/D D
I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
D A D G
And it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard
D A D
It&rsquo s a hard rai---n&rsquo s a-gonna fall
D A
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
G/D A/D D
I met a young child beside a dead pony
G/D A/D D
I met a white man who walked a black dog
G/D A/D D
I met a young woman whose body was burning
G/D A/D D
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
G/D A/D D
I met one man who was wounded in love
G/D A/D D
I met another man who was wounded in hatred
D A D G
And it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard
D A D
It&rsquo s a hard rai---n&rsquo s a-gonna fall
D G D G D
And, what&rsquo ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
D A
And, what&rsquo ll you do now, my darling young one?
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo m a-goin&rsquo back out &rsquo fore the rain starts a-fallin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
I&rsquo ll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
G/D A/D D
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
G/D A/D D
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
G/D A/D D
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
G/D A/D D
And the executioner&rsquo s face is always well hidden
G/D A/D D
Where hunger is ugly, where the souls are forgotten
G/D A/D D
Where black is the color, where none is the number
G/D A/D D
And I&rsquo ll tell it and speak it and think it and breathe it
G/D A/D D
And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it
G/D A/D D
Then I&rsquo ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin&rsquo
G/D A/D D
But I&rsquo ll know my song well before I start singin&rsquo
D A D G
And it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, it&rsquo s a hard, and it&rsquo s a hard
D A D
It&rsquo s a hard rai---n&rsquo s a-gonna fall
D G D
(timing becomes fuzzy here)