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Version 1
This song is recorded in the key of A.
Peter plays using 'G' fingerings with a capo on the second fret.
[Intro]
| G | G | G | G |
[Verse 1]
G Am
Tell me why you're crying my son,
D G
I know you're frightened like everyone.
Em Am
Is it the thunder in the distance you fear?
B C Am D
Will it help if I stay very near
G Gsus4 G
I am here.
[Chorus 1]
C G
And if you take my hand my son,
D G
All will be well when the day is done,
C G
And if you take my hand my son,
D G
All will be well when the day is done.
D G
Day is done, (oh when the day is done) Day is done, (When the day is done)
D G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
The day is done (when the day is done), The day is done.
[Verse 2]
Am
Do you ask why I'm sighing, my son?
D G
You shall inherit what mankind has done.
Em Am
In a world filled with sorrow and woe,
B C Am D
If you ask me why this is so...
G
I really don't know.
[Chorus 2]
C G
And if you take my hand my son,
D G
All will be well when the day is done,
C G
And if you take my hand my son,
D G
All will be well when the day is done.
D G
Day is done, (oh when the day is done) Day is done, (When the day is done)
D G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
The day is done (when the day is done), The day is done.
[Verse 3]
Am
Tell me why you're smiling, my son,
D G
Is there a secret you can tell everyone?
Em Am
Do you know more than those that are wise?
B C Am D
Can you see what we all must disguise
G Gsus4 G
Through your loving eyes?
[Chorus 3]
C G
And if you take my hand my son,
D G
All will be well when the day is done,
C G
And if you take my hand my son,
D G
All will be well when the day is done.
D G
Day is done, (oh when the day is done) Day is done, (When the day is done)
D G
The day is done (oh when the day is done), The day is done. (oh now you sing it)
(repeat chorus and fade)