Fire and Rain (Cover)

Fire and Rain (Cover) Lyrics & Chords

Cover of the original by James Taylor

This song goes out to the very talented Gibson Guitarist. Its a song very close to his heart and I did this based on his request….

Songfacts: (from songfacts.com)

James Taylor wrote this in 1968 at 3 different times. He started it in London, where he auditioned for The Beatles’ Apple Records. He later worked on it in a Manhattan Hospital, and finished it while in drug rehab at The Austin Riggs Center in Massachusetts.
This is about the high and low points of Taylor’s life. He was only 20 when he wrote this, but was battling depression and drug addiction.
This was Taylor’s second single and his first to chart. His first single was “Sweet Baby James.”
The stark lyrics about Taylor’s depression stand out on Sweet Baby James, which contains mostly lighter, uplifting songs.
The first verse is Taylor’s reaction to the death of a friend. The second verse is about arriving in America and struggling with depression, the third is about his stay at the rehab center.
The line “Flying machines in pieces on the ground” is a reference to a band Taylor was in called The Flying Machine, which broke up due to his drug problems.
This was one of the first big singer-songwriter hits of the early ’70s. Before this, most hits were either written by one person and performed by another, or written and performed by a group like The Beatles or Rolling Stones. Artists like Carly Simon, Billy Joel and Elton John followed the trend of writing and performing their own songs.
Taylor has never revealed the identity of Suzanne, the woman he sings about in this.
This is a deeply personal song. Taylor was surprised to find out so many people were interested in his life.

Lyrics:

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can’t remember who to send it to

I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you again

Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus
You’ve got to help me make a stand
You’ve just got to see me through another day
My body’s aching and my time is at hand
And I won’t make it any other way

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things
to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I’d see you one more time again
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

Comments

Miracle Man said

oh man! makes me emotional. speechless. thanks man. i dont know what else to say. i love ya!

Posted over 4 years ago

Shashank Gokhale said

If I would have option to invest money in STOCK or to finance George’s Album….I would have gone for your Music Album man….You just Rock……Do I need to say something more ?:D

Posted over 4 years ago

Deepak Nayak said

George, you have been raising the bar for excellent performances here on Muziboo… Dude, this is again an amazing show!! Too good!! You’ve got magic in your voice bro… Build on it, you ain’t too far from making it big… Cheers… \m/

DJ
“Its all bout music and it always will be!”

Posted over 4 years ago

Shashank Gokhale said

I didn’t listen to Original….When I was listening to this….and reading Description….I could connect to this song Perfectly….

You got an excellent skill of singing English song in Western Way….Have you ever tried giving an audition or tried sending your demo songs to some company….better you start doing this….

When you sing ’Lonely time when I could not Find Friend" It just pushes James Taylor in fromt of Eyes….(without face for me)….What an excellent Pronounciation skill….Notes were mostly Correct….

Posted over 4 years ago

Shashank Gokhale said

George….Its a Nice idea ot Paste Lyrics….as this could make my kind of guys easy to understand the words and Concentrate on real BEAUTY of rendition….

Thanks

- Shashank

Posted over 4 years ago

Sudeip Ghosh said

good stuff again man…5/5 !!

Posted over 4 years ago

Abhishek Narayan said

this is among u’r best george… effortless singing… i rate it 10/10. kudos!

Posted over 4 years ago

Abhishek Narayan said

have u seen this? http://muziboo.com/music/708-fire-and-rain

Posted over 4 years ago

Joseph Thomas said

Hey George, very nice listening to this one. Kudos!

Posted over 4 years ago

Jake Sloan said

Nice job George !!!!!!!!!

Posted over 4 years ago

Satish Murti said

Great Guitar……George you sound great too……this is my all time fav song….loved your version….
Melancholy + Music = Melody

Posted over 3 years ago

A.k.a Ali said

Awesome man,emotional.I am amazed to see how u r evolving & getting soo good.The feelings of this song are priceless…….

“Never Stop Playing & play for Eternal Happiness”
Regards Stay Happy
Ali

Posted over 3 years ago

Anirudh Ks said

seriously i was in tears after this song !!

god bless you have an amazing voice !!

“Music is a universal Language”
and I am proud to be a part of it :)

Cheers
Anirudh

Posted over 2 years ago

George Kuruvilla said

Thank you all! This is a special song… one of my early covers on muziboo (as you can tell from the quality of the recording)
-George
My latest posts: Viva La Vida , Keh Lene Do , Kahalikkum Pennin with Tara

Posted over 2 years ago