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  • Turn! Turn! Turn!

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 01, 2011 12:39

    Download the Lyrics and Chords

    The songsheet is in the same key as the video! The timing is fluid, switching from 4/4 to 2/4 at times - ya just gotta listen to the recording, play along with it to learn, and then feel it!

    Turn! Turn! Turn!", sometimes known as "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s. The lyrics, except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines, are adapted word-for-word from the English version of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes. The song was originally released in 1962 as "To Everything There Is a Season" on folk group the Limeliters' RCA album Folk Matinee and then some months later on Seeger's own The Bitter and the Sweet.

    The song became an international hit in late 1965 when it was adapted by the American folk rock group The Byrds. The single entered the record chart at number 80 on October 23, 1965, before reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 4, 1965. In Canada, it reached number three on Nov. 29, 1965, and also peaking at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

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    A video for this song:

    Posted in: Individual Songs, Oct 2011 - Seasons, changes, Halloween,..., October 2012 - Seasonal, changes, Halloween, etc., May 2015 BUG jam, October 2018, October 2019 (0 Comments)

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