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

[Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
      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

[Chorus]
      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