Rainmaker Chords by The Dillards

Tempo:
87.35 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

F

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Rainmaker The Dillards chords
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[G] [D] [Dm]
[C] [G] [D] [Dm]
[C] [G] First [D] day in August, [F]
last [C] rain in May.
[G] When the rain [D] maker came to [F] Kansas in the middle of a [C] dusty day.
[G] Talking [D] bout the Yarden [F] River, wild and [C] cool and clear.
[G] Whispering [D] quicksilver [F] words, never read [C] Thursday [G] air.
[C] Rain, [G] rain, the people pray, [Eb]
[Ab] don't [Bb] wait for another [C] day.
Rain, [G] rain, the people pray, [Eb]
don't [Bb] wait for another [C] day.
[G] The ground's gonna [D] die and the corn's gonna [F] die, there's never a [C] cloud in view.
[G]
Say [D] rainmaker, can you bring us [F] rain?
That's just [C] what I'll do.
[G] Then call [D] down the lightning, [F] old [C] John exclaimed.
[G] Then the rainmaker [D] smiled and the wind got [F] wild, [C] suddenly began to [G] rain.
[C]
Rain, [G] rain, the people [Bb] pray, [Eb] don't wait [Bb] for another [C]
[G] [Gm] [Eb] [Bb] [C] day.
[G] Rainmaker [D] passed his hat, [F] people were turned [C] away.
Then [G] the sky got black [D] when they turned their backs, [F] didn't [C] want to have to [G] pay.
Rain made from [D] all the chips a [F] wagon turned [C] away.
[G] Then the rain [D] came down and covered the [F] town with river [C] of [G] [C] stay.
Rain, [G] rain, go [Gm] away, [Eb] come [Bb] again another [C] day.
Rain, [G] rain, the people [Eb] pray, come [Bb] again another [C] day.
Rain, [G] rain, [Gm] go away, come [Bb] again another day.
[C] Rain, [G] rain, the people [Gm] pray, come [Bb] again another day.
[C] Rain, [G] rain, go [Gm] away, come again [Bb] another [C] day.
Rain, rain, [G] the people [Gm] pray, [Eb] come [Bb] again another [C] day.
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C] [G] [Eb]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To jam and learn The Dillards - Rainmaker chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: F, C, G, D, Eb, Bb, C, Gm and Bb. A strategic approach would be to train at 43 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 87. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: C Major.

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] First [D] day in August, [F]
last [C] rain in May.
[G] When the rain [D] maker came to [F] Kansas in the middle of a [C] dusty day.
[G] Talking [D] bout the Yarden [F] River, wild and [C] cool and clear.
[G] Whispering [D] quicksilver [F] words, never read [C] Thursday [G] air.
[C] Rain, [G] rain, the people pray, [Eb]
[Ab] don't [Bb] wait for another [C] day.
Rain, [G] rain, the people pray, [Eb]
don't [Bb] wait for another _ [C] day.
_ [G] The ground's gonna [D] die and the corn's gonna [F] die, there's never a [C] cloud in view.
[G]
Say [D] rainmaker, can you bring us [F] rain?
That's just [C] what I'll do.
[G] Then call [D] down the lightning, [F] old [C] John exclaimed.
[G] Then the rainmaker [D] smiled and the wind got [F] wild, [C] suddenly began to [G] rain.
[C]
Rain, [G] rain, the people [Bb] pray, [Eb] don't wait [Bb] for another _ [C] _
_ [G] _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] day.
_ _ [G] _ Rainmaker [D] passed his hat, [F] people were turned [C] away.
Then [G] the sky got black [D] when they turned their backs, [F] didn't [C] want to have to [G] pay.
Rain made from [D] all the chips a [F] wagon turned [C] away.
[G] Then the rain [D] came down and covered the [F] town with river [C] of [G] [C] stay.
Rain, [G] rain, go [Gm] away, [Eb] come [Bb] again another [C] day.
Rain, [G] rain, the people [Eb] pray, come [Bb] again another [C] day.
Rain, [G] rain, [Gm] go away, come [Bb] again another day.
[C] Rain, [G] rain, the people [Gm] pray, come [Bb] again another day.
[C] Rain, [G] rain, go [Gm] away, come again [Bb] another [C] day.
Rain, rain, [G] the people [Gm] pray, [Eb] come [Bb] again another [C] day.
_ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _

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