Rainmaker Chords by The Dillards
Tempo:
87.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
F
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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
C
D
F
Bb
G
C
D
[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] _ _ _
_ [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] _ _ _