Fire and Rain — reimagined in C G D G B C

Originally by James Taylor (Standard, capo 3) Tuning used here C G D G B C (Michael Hedges' "Rickover's Dream" tuning) Key idea a 1970 confessional classic, refretted in a Hedges original

This isn't how Fire and Rain was originally played. James Taylor recorded it in Standard tuning with a capo at the 3rd fret — this page takes the real, widely-documented chord shapes and refrets them (without the capo) in Michael Hedges' own C G D G B C tuning.

The verse leans on a gentle A–G–D–A turn before an Em7 darkens the mood briefly, and the chorus opens up through an Asus2 that resolves back to A — a classic early-70s singer-songwriter move, letting one suspended chord do all the emotional work before landing home.

A→ G→ D→ A→ Em7→ D→ A→ Asus2→ A

This is the core intro-into-verse progression as commonly transcribed — open it below to hear each real shape in C G D G B C.

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Every chord verified against the app's own voicing engine in the real C G D G B C tuning.