Biography:
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger
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Other songs:
- I Can't Make It Anymore
- Ooh Child
- Paradise
- Alone Together
- Fire And Rain
- Follow
- Freedom
- Gay Cavalier
- God Bless The Child
- Going Back To My Roots
- Handsome Johnny
- Helplessly Hoping
- Here Comes The Sun
- High Flyin Bird
- I Cant Make It Anymore
- Just Like A Woman
- Nobody Left To Crown
- On The Road To Calvary
- One More Day
- Stardust And Passion
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- You'll Never Know
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Fire and Rain - Richie Havens
Tuning DADF#AD
Chords used...moving down frets...
D* 12 12 12 12 0 0
Cmaj6 10 10 10 10 0 0
Bm 9 9 9 8 9 9
A 7 7 7 7 7 7
G 5 5 5 5 5 5
Gmaj9 5 5 5 5 0 0
Gmaj7 5 5 5 5 5 4
Dmaj7 0 0 0 3 4 4
Fmaj6 3 3 3 3 0 0
E7 2 2 2 2 0 0
Gmaj6/D 0 0 0 1 2 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is similar to "Live At the Cellar Door", Track 9
(Intro)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Hmm-mm-mm-mm -mm-mm
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo-oo
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7
Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo-oo
Fmaj6 E7 Ebmaj7 D Gmaj6/D Dmaj7 (D)
Hmm-mm -m -mm -mm-mm
Fmaj6 E7 Ebmaj7 D
(Verse)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Gotta look down upon me Jesus gotta help me make my stand
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Suzanne the plans they made putand end to you
You've got to see me through another day
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
My body is aching and my time is at hand
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Now I just can't remember who to send it to
and I knowthat I won't make it any other way
(Chorus)
Bm A G A Dmaj7
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Bm A G A Dmaj7
I've seen sunny skies thatI thought would never end I've
Bm A G A Dmaj7
seen lonely times when I could not find my friends but
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7
I always knew that I would see you again
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7 D Gmaj6/D Dmaj7 (D)
always knew that I would see you again
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
(Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo)
(Last verse)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned to the sun
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
We waste hours of time speaking about things to come
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
While fine dreams and useful machines lay broken on the ground
(Chorus)
Bm A G A Dmaj7
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Bm A G A Dmaj7
I've seen sunny skies thatI thought would never end I've
Bm A G A Dmaj7
seen lonely times when I could not find my friends but
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7
I always knew that I would see you again
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7 D Gmaj6/D Dmaj7 (D)
always knew that I would see you again
(Outro)
Cmaj6 Gmaj9
always knew that I would
Fmaj6 E7
see you always
Ebmaj7 D
see you again
D
(End)
Tuning DADF#AD
Chords used...moving down frets...
D* 12 12 12 12 0 0
Cmaj6 10 10 10 10 0 0
Bm 9 9 9 8 9 9
A 7 7 7 7 7 7
G 5 5 5 5 5 5
Gmaj9 5 5 5 5 0 0
Gmaj7 5 5 5 5 5 4
Dmaj7 0 0 0 3 4 4
Fmaj6 3 3 3 3 0 0
E7 2 2 2 2 0 0
Gmaj6/D 0 0 0 1 2 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is similar to "Live At the Cellar Door", Track 9
(Intro)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Hmm-mm-mm-mm -mm-mm
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo-oo
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7
Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo-oo
Fmaj6 E7 Ebmaj7 D Gmaj6/D Dmaj7 (D)
Hmm-mm -m -mm -mm-mm
Fmaj6 E7 Ebmaj7 D
(Verse)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Gotta look down upon me Jesus gotta help me make my stand
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Suzanne the plans they made putand end to you
You've got to see me through another day
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
My body is aching and my time is at hand
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Now I just can't remember who to send it to
and I knowthat I won't make it any other way
(Chorus)
Bm A G A Dmaj7
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Bm A G A Dmaj7
I've seen sunny skies thatI thought would never end I've
Bm A G A Dmaj7
seen lonely times when I could not find my friends but
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7
I always knew that I would see you again
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7 D Gmaj6/D Dmaj7 (D)
always knew that I would see you again
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
(Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Doo-oo-oo-oo -oo)
(Last verse)
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned to the sun
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
D* Cmaj6 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 (D)
We waste hours of time speaking about things to come
Dmaj7 Cmaj6 Gmaj7 (D)
While fine dreams and useful machines lay broken on the ground
(Chorus)
Bm A G A Dmaj7
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Bm A G A Dmaj7
I've seen sunny skies thatI thought would never end I've
Bm A G A Dmaj7
seen lonely times when I could not find my friends but
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7
I always knew that I would see you again
Cmaj6 Gmaj9 Dmaj7 D Gmaj6/D Dmaj7 (D)
always knew that I would see you again
(Outro)
Cmaj6 Gmaj9
always knew that I would
Fmaj6 E7
see you always
Ebmaj7 D
see you again
D
(End)
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