Chords for NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND - "Buy For Me The Rain" (1967)
Tempo:
93.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Gm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C]
Buy for me the rain, [C] my darling, buy for me the rain.
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall [G] upon the plain.
[F] And I'll buy for you a rainbow [G] and a million pots of gold.
[C] Buy it [Bb] for me now, [C] babe, for I [Bb] am too old.
[C] [G] Buy
[C] for [Gm] me the sun, my [C] darling, buy for [G] me the sun.
[C] Buy for me the light that falls when the day has [G] just begun.
[F] And I'll buy for you a shadow [G] to protect you from the day.
[C] Buy it for [Gm] me now, [F] babe, before I [Gm] go away.
[C] [G]
[C] Buy for [G] me the rabbit, [C] darling, buy [G] for me the rabbit.
[C] Buy for [G] me a sparrow, [C] the wolf, any [G] flying thing.
[F] And I'll buy for you a dream, my [G] love, where robins nest and grow.
[C] Buy it for [Bb] me now, [F] babe, the years on [Bb] the wrist of a hero.
[C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you gifts.
I cannot [G] buy you [C] happiness in place of [G] all the tears.
But [F] I can buy for you a gravestone [G] to lay behind your head.
[C] Gravestones [Gm] cheer the living [F] dead, they're no use [Bb] to the dead.
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[G]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
Buy for me the rain, [C] my darling, buy for me the rain.
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall [G] upon the plain.
[F] And I'll buy for you a rainbow [G] and a million pots of gold.
[C] Buy it [Bb] for me now, [C] babe, for I [Bb] am too old.
[C] [G] Buy
[C] for [Gm] me the sun, my [C] darling, buy for [G] me the sun.
[C] Buy for me the light that falls when the day has [G] just begun.
[F] And I'll buy for you a shadow [G] to protect you from the day.
[C] Buy it for [Gm] me now, [F] babe, before I [Gm] go away.
[C] [G]
[C] Buy for [G] me the rabbit, [C] darling, buy [G] for me the rabbit.
[C] Buy for [G] me a sparrow, [C] the wolf, any [G] flying thing.
[F] And I'll buy for you a dream, my [G] love, where robins nest and grow.
[C] Buy it for [Bb] me now, [F] babe, the years on [Bb] the wrist of a hero.
[C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you gifts.
I cannot [G] buy you [C] happiness in place of [G] all the tears.
But [F] I can buy for you a gravestone [G] to lay behind your head.
[C] Gravestones [Gm] cheer the living [F] dead, they're no use [Bb] to the dead.
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[G]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[G]
Key:
C
G
F
Gm
Bb
C
G
F
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
Buy for me the rain, [C] my darling, buy for me the rain.
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall [G] upon the plain.
[F] And I'll buy for you a rainbow [G] and a million pots of gold.
[C] Buy it [Bb] for me now, [C] babe, for I [Bb] am too old.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Buy _ _
_ _ [C] for [Gm] me the sun, my [C] darling, buy for [G] me the sun.
[C] Buy for me the light that falls when the day has [G] just begun.
[F] And I'll buy for you a shadow [G] to protect you from the day.
[C] Buy it for [Gm] me now, [F] babe, before I [Gm] go away.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Buy for [G] me the rabbit, [C] darling, buy [G] for me the rabbit.
[C] Buy for [G] me a sparrow, [C] the wolf, any [G] flying thing.
[F] And I'll buy for you a dream, my [G] love, where robins nest and grow.
[C] Buy it for [Bb] me now, [F] babe, the years on [Bb] the wrist of a hero.
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you gifts.
I cannot [G] buy you [C] happiness in place of [G] all the tears.
But [F] I can buy for you a gravestone [G] to lay behind your head.
[C] Gravestones [Gm] cheer the living [F] dead, they're no use [Bb] to the dead. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
Buy for me the rain, [C] my darling, buy for me the rain.
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall [G] upon the plain.
[F] And I'll buy for you a rainbow [G] and a million pots of gold.
[C] Buy it [Bb] for me now, [C] babe, for I [Bb] am too old.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Buy _ _
_ _ [C] for [Gm] me the sun, my [C] darling, buy for [G] me the sun.
[C] Buy for me the light that falls when the day has [G] just begun.
[F] And I'll buy for you a shadow [G] to protect you from the day.
[C] Buy it for [Gm] me now, [F] babe, before I [Gm] go away.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Buy for [G] me the rabbit, [C] darling, buy [G] for me the rabbit.
[C] Buy for [G] me a sparrow, [C] the wolf, any [G] flying thing.
[F] And I'll buy for you a dream, my [G] love, where robins nest and grow.
[C] Buy it for [Bb] me now, [F] babe, the years on [Bb] the wrist of a hero.
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you gifts.
I cannot [G] buy you [C] happiness in place of [G] all the tears.
But [F] I can buy for you a gravestone [G] to lay behind your head.
[C] Gravestones [Gm] cheer the living [F] dead, they're no use [Bb] to the dead. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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