Fire and Rain chords
by James Taylor
- Fire and Rain was written by James Taylor. The song was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in December 1969 and released in February 1970, from the album Sweet Baby James.
- Music: Original Key of C Major in 4/4 time at ~ 75 bpm (♩)
- Easier: A Major
- Chords in A Major: A, E, Em7, Em/A, D, D/C#, D/F#, G, Gmaj7, Bm7, Bm7/E
Chart Legend
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Capo on 3 if playing with the video
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
A Em7 D A A E Gmaj7
Intro: 4/4 | 1&2& 3&4& | 1&2 &3&4& | 1&2& 3&4& | 1&2&3&4& |
Timing Count
A Em7 D A
1. Just yes-ter-day morn-in' they let me know you were gone,
E Gmaj7
Su-san, the plans they made put an end to you.
A Em7 D A
I walked out this morn-in' and I wrote down this song,
E Gmaj7
I just can't re-mem-ber who to send it to.
D Bm7 Bm7/E A
Chorus: I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/E A
I seen sun-ny days that I thought would nev-er end,
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/E A
I seen lone-ly times when I could not find a friend,
G D/F# Em7 Em/A Em/A
But I al-ways thought that I'd see you a-gain.| | |
A Em7 D A
2. Won't you look down u-pon me, Je-sus, you got to help me make a stand,
E Gmaj7
You just got to see me through a-no-ther day.
A Em7 D A
My bo-dy's ach-in' and my time is at hand
E Gmaj7
An' I won't make it a-ny o - ther way.
D Bm7 Bm7/E A
Chorus: Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/E A
I seen sun-ny days that I thought would nev-er end,
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/E A
I seen lone-ly times when I could not find a friend,
G D/F# Em7 Em/A Em/A
But I al-ways thought that I'd see you a-gain.| | |
A Em7 D A
3. Been walk-in' my mind to an ea-sy time, my back turned to-wards the sun.
E Gmaj7
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head a-round.
A Em7 D A
Well, there's hours of time on the te-le-phone line, to talk a-bout things to come.
E Gmaj7
Sweet dreams and fly-ing machines in pie-ces on the ground.
D Bm7 Bm7/E A
Chorus: Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/E A
I seen sun-ny days that I thought would nev-er end,
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/E A
I seen lone-ly times when I could not find a friend,
G D/F# Em7
But I al-ways thought that I'd see you ba-by,
Em/A Em/A
One more time a-gain, now.| |...
Outro: Thought I'd see you one more time a-gain.
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now.
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now...Notes:
All chords with a forward slash, i.e., Em/A, D/C#, D/F#, and Bm7/E means you play the chord before the slash leading with a bass note after the slash.
- Em/A means you play an E chord leading with an 'A' bass note.
- D/C# means you play a D chord leading with a 'C#' bass note etc.
Please note that the Bm7 and Bm7/E look identical. The difference is that Bm7 doesn't include the E bass note whereas Bm7/E does include the E bass note.
If you can't play D/F# using your thumb (T) for the bass note, simply alter finger positions by playing the D chord with fingers 2,3, and 4 and use the first finger to play the F# bass note.
James Taylor
Born: James Vernon Taylor on March 12, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other Names: JT, Stringbean, Jams V. Taylor
Occupations: Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Active Years: 1966 – present
Music Styles: Folk rock, soft rock, rock, blues, country, pop
Associations: Carly Simon (his wife from 1972-1983), Peter Asher, Joni Mitchell, and Paul McCartney.
