• Song:

    Book Faded Brown

  • Artist:

    The Band

  • Album:

    Original Artist Hit Lis...

(intro)
F5 D5 x 4

(verse)
F5               D5
Another autumn night it's getting chilly
F5               D5
Birds are gathering round getting ready
F5               D5
The Moon and the sun are both so heavy
G5
Barely off the ground
A5                              Bb5
He's turning the wheels of his daddy's plow
A5                              Bb5
Sowing the land that's been handed down
G5                    C5                 F5
Singing a song from a book that's faded brown

F5 D5
(verse)
F5               D5
Mary she's on the step she's waiting
F5               D5
Hair is like a light from heaven
F5               D5
The family comes together now
G5
Believe in what they found
A5                   Bb5
Grace is said at the table round
A5                   Bb5
A prayer before they settle down
G5                C5                 F5
Side by side in a book that's faded brown

(chorus)
Bb5       C5             D5
Have you ever wondered why?
Bb5       C5             D5
There's a rainbow in the sky?
Bb5   C5
It's all the tears
C5    D5
That God has been crying
       G5
And it leaves the world
And it leaves the world
       C5
With a rainbow for a crown

(verse)
F5                     D5
Those that said, said they're the outsiders
F5        D5               G5
Are only easy riders on a horse that's going lame 
A5                          Bb5
For the way of the world is upside down
A5                      Bb5                         
They can all hold hands When they walk through town
G5                  C5                 F5
Side by side with a book that's faded brown

[Garth accordion bridge]

(chorus)
Bb5       C5             D5
Have you ever wondered why?
Bb5       C5             D5
There's a rainbow in the sky?
Bb5   C5
It's all the tears
C5    D5
That God has been crying
       G5
And it leaves the world
And it leaves the world
       C5
With a rainbow for a crown
Whoa

(verse)
F5                     D5
By the way have I told you already
F5        D5                  G5
That his parents were buried by a tree that they loved
A5                      Bb5
The way of the world is upside down
A5                      Bb5
Even the flowers stood without a sound 
G5                    C5
Pressed together in a book that's faded
G5                    C5
Pressed together in a book that's faded
G5                    C5                 D5
Pressed together in a book that's faded brown
G5                    C5               F5
Bound together in a book that's faded brown
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