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 rise 


[Refrão]
 
B     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 again 

Verse 
              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 Bm 


[Refrão]
 
      G 
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 again 

Verse 
        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 Bb 


[Refrão]

      G              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 

Outro 
D     Cm       Ab    D      F   Am   A  Am  Gm 
Forty days and forty nights