Chords for tom waits more than rain
Tempo:
126.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bbm
Fm
G
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Um, this is, uh, this is about all [Db] the bad days [Bb] of the world.
[Fm] I used to have some little bad days, [G] [Bbm] and I kept them in a little box.
[A]
And one [Gbm] day, [C] I threw them out into the yard.
[Eb] [Fm] Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad [G] days.
[E] Well, [Db] we had [Fm] a big rain.
[F] [Bbm] I don't know what it was growing in,
[C] but I think [Gbm] we used to [C] put eggshells out there in coffee grounds, too.
[B] [F]
[Fm] Anyway, don't plant your bad days.
They [A] grow into [B] weeks.
The weeks grow into months.
[F]
[Ab] Before you know it, you [Bbm] got yourself a bad year.
[Eb]
[Bbm] [G] Take it from me.
Choke those little bad days.
[C] Choke them down to nothing.
They're your days.
Choke them.
[G]
You [Fm]
[Bbm] choke my [A] days, I'll choke [G] yours.
[C]
[G] [G] It's more [Fm] than rain [C] [F] [Db] that [Ab] [Bbm] falls on our parade tonight.
[Ab] It's more than [C] thunder.
[Dbm] It's [Cm] more than thunder.
[Fm]
And it's more than a bad dream.
[A] No, [Bbm] I'm sober.
[C] Nothing but sad times.
Nothing [Fm] but sad times.
[F]
[Bbm] None of our pockets are [C] lined with gold.
[Eb]
[Bbm] [Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet.
Nobody even caught the bouquet.
[Eb] [Bbm] We're on the darkest stretch [C] of the road.
[Bb] I'm [Db] driving, prayers on the [C] [Fm] [Bbm] [Fm] home.
[C]
[B] And it's [Fm] more than trouble that I've [Bbm] got myself into.
[Db] [C] It's more than woolly cotton, gray [Db] skies now.
[Fm]
[Ab]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [C] [G]
[Db] [G] [Db] [F] [Cm]
[Db] [Ab]
[D] [Bbm]
[F] [C] [G] [E]
[Ab] [F] [Fm]
[Dm] None [Bbm] of our pockets are lined [Cm] with gold.
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet.
[Ebm] Nobody even caught [Ab] the bouquet.
[A] [Ab] We're on the [Bbm] darkest stretch [Gb]
[G] of [F] the [Cm] road.
[C]
[Bb] I'm driving, [Fm] prayers on the [E]
[Ab] home.
[Bbm] [B] Prayers on the [C] home.
And it's more than [Fm] goodbye.
[G]
[F] I [Fm] have to say [Bbm] to you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, gray [Fm] skies now.
[G] It's more than [C] goodbye.
[D]
I [Bbm] have [Dm] to [Db] say to [Bbm] you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, [E]
[G] gray [C] skies
[Fm] now.
[G]
[Fm] I used to have some little bad days, [G] [Bbm] and I kept them in a little box.
[A]
And one [Gbm] day, [C] I threw them out into the yard.
[Eb] [Fm] Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad [G] days.
[E] Well, [Db] we had [Fm] a big rain.
[F] [Bbm] I don't know what it was growing in,
[C] but I think [Gbm] we used to [C] put eggshells out there in coffee grounds, too.
[B] [F]
[Fm] Anyway, don't plant your bad days.
They [A] grow into [B] weeks.
The weeks grow into months.
[F]
[Ab] Before you know it, you [Bbm] got yourself a bad year.
[Eb]
[Bbm] [G] Take it from me.
Choke those little bad days.
[C] Choke them down to nothing.
They're your days.
Choke them.
[G]
You [Fm]
[Bbm] choke my [A] days, I'll choke [G] yours.
[C]
[G] [G] It's more [Fm] than rain [C] [F] [Db] that [Ab] [Bbm] falls on our parade tonight.
[Ab] It's more than [C] thunder.
[Dbm] It's [Cm] more than thunder.
[Fm]
And it's more than a bad dream.
[A] No, [Bbm] I'm sober.
[C] Nothing but sad times.
Nothing [Fm] but sad times.
[F]
[Bbm] None of our pockets are [C] lined with gold.
[Eb]
[Bbm] [Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet.
Nobody even caught the bouquet.
[Eb] [Bbm] We're on the darkest stretch [C] of the road.
[Bb] I'm [Db] driving, prayers on the [C] [Fm] [Bbm] [Fm] home.
[C]
[B] And it's [Fm] more than trouble that I've [Bbm] got myself into.
[Db] [C] It's more than woolly cotton, gray [Db] skies now.
[Fm]
[Ab]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [C] [G]
[Db] [G] [Db] [F] [Cm]
[Db] [Ab]
[D] [Bbm]
[F] [C] [G] [E]
[Ab] [F] [Fm]
[Dm] None [Bbm] of our pockets are lined [Cm] with gold.
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet.
[Ebm] Nobody even caught [Ab] the bouquet.
[A] [Ab] We're on the [Bbm] darkest stretch [Gb]
[G] of [F] the [Cm] road.
[C]
[Bb] I'm driving, [Fm] prayers on the [E]
[Ab] home.
[Bbm] [B] Prayers on the [C] home.
And it's more than [Fm] goodbye.
[G]
[F] I [Fm] have to say [Bbm] to you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, gray [Fm] skies now.
[G] It's more than [C] goodbye.
[D]
I [Bbm] have [Dm] to [Db] say to [Bbm] you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, [E]
[G] gray [C] skies
[Fm] now.
[G]
Key:
C
Bbm
Fm
G
Ab
C
Bbm
Fm
_ _ _ Um, this is, uh, _ _ this is about all [Db] the bad days [Bb] of the world.
[Fm] _ _ I used to have some little bad days, [G] [Bbm] and I kept them in a little box.
[A] _
And one [Gbm] day, [C] I threw them out into the yard. _
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad [G] days.
[E] Well, [Db] we had [Fm] a big rain.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ I don't know what it was growing in,
[C] but I think [Gbm] we used to [C] put eggshells out there in coffee grounds, too.
[B] _ _ [F] _
[Fm] _ Anyway, don't plant your bad days.
They [A] grow into [B] weeks.
The weeks grow into months.
[F] _
[Ab] Before you know it, you [Bbm] got yourself a bad year.
_ _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] [G] Take it from me.
_ _ Choke those little bad days.
[C] Choke them down to nothing. _ _
_ They're your days.
Choke them.
_ [G]
You _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ choke my [A] days, I'll choke [G] yours.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _ It's more [Fm] than rain [C] _ [F] [Db] that _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] falls on our parade tonight.
_ [Ab] It's more than [C] thunder. _ _
[Dbm] It's [Cm] more than thunder.
[Fm] _ _
And it's more than a bad dream. _ _ _
[A] No, [Bbm] _ I'm sober. _ _
_ [C] Nothing but sad times. _
Nothing [Fm] but sad times.
[F] _
[Bbm] None of our pockets _ _ are [C] lined with gold.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bbm] [Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet. _
_ _ Nobody even caught the bouquet. _
[Eb] _ [Bbm] We're on the darkest stretch [C] of the road. _ _
[Bb] I'm [Db] driving, _ _ prayers on the [C] _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] [Fm] home.
_ _ [C] _
[B] And it's [Fm] more than trouble _ _ that I've [Bbm] got myself into. _
_ [Db] _ [C] It's more than woolly cotton, gray _ [Db] skies now.
[Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Db] _ _ [G] _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] None [Bbm] of our pockets _ are lined [Cm] with gold.
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet. _
_ _ [Ebm] Nobody even caught [Ab] the bouquet.
_ [A] [Ab] We're on the [Bbm] darkest stretch [Gb] _
[G] of [F] the [Cm] road.
[C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] I'm driving, [Fm] prayers on the _ [E]
[Ab] home.
[Bbm] _ _ _ [B] Prayers on the [C] home.
And it's more than [Fm] goodbye.
_ [G] _ _
[F] I [Fm] have to say [Bbm] to you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, _ gray [Fm] skies now. _ _ _
[G] It's more than [C] goodbye.
_ _ [D] _ _
I [Bbm] have [Dm] to [Db] say to [Bbm] you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, _ [E] _
[G] gray [C] _ _ _ skies _
[Fm] _ now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ I used to have some little bad days, [G] [Bbm] and I kept them in a little box.
[A] _
And one [Gbm] day, [C] I threw them out into the yard. _
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad [G] days.
[E] Well, [Db] we had [Fm] a big rain.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ I don't know what it was growing in,
[C] but I think [Gbm] we used to [C] put eggshells out there in coffee grounds, too.
[B] _ _ [F] _
[Fm] _ Anyway, don't plant your bad days.
They [A] grow into [B] weeks.
The weeks grow into months.
[F] _
[Ab] Before you know it, you [Bbm] got yourself a bad year.
_ _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] [G] Take it from me.
_ _ Choke those little bad days.
[C] Choke them down to nothing. _ _
_ They're your days.
Choke them.
_ [G]
You _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ choke my [A] days, I'll choke [G] yours.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _ It's more [Fm] than rain [C] _ [F] [Db] that _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] falls on our parade tonight.
_ [Ab] It's more than [C] thunder. _ _
[Dbm] It's [Cm] more than thunder.
[Fm] _ _
And it's more than a bad dream. _ _ _
[A] No, [Bbm] _ I'm sober. _ _
_ [C] Nothing but sad times. _
Nothing [Fm] but sad times.
[F] _
[Bbm] None of our pockets _ _ are [C] lined with gold.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bbm] [Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet. _
_ _ Nobody even caught the bouquet. _
[Eb] _ [Bbm] We're on the darkest stretch [C] of the road. _ _
[Bb] I'm [Db] driving, _ _ prayers on the [C] _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] [Fm] home.
_ _ [C] _
[B] And it's [Fm] more than trouble _ _ that I've [Bbm] got myself into. _
_ [Db] _ [C] It's more than woolly cotton, gray _ [Db] skies now.
[Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Db] _ _ [G] _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] None [Bbm] of our pockets _ are lined [Cm] with gold.
[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] Nobody's caught the bouquet. _
_ _ [Ebm] Nobody even caught [Ab] the bouquet.
_ [A] [Ab] We're on the [Bbm] darkest stretch [Gb] _
[G] of [F] the [Cm] road.
[C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] I'm driving, [Fm] prayers on the _ [E]
[Ab] home.
[Bbm] _ _ _ [B] Prayers on the [C] home.
And it's more than [Fm] goodbye.
_ [G] _ _
[F] I [Fm] have to say [Bbm] to you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, _ gray [Fm] skies now. _ _ _
[G] It's more than [C] goodbye.
_ _ [D] _ _
I [Bbm] have [Dm] to [Db] say to [Bbm] you, it's [C] more than woolly cotton, _ [E] _
[G] gray [C] _ _ _ skies _
[Fm] _ now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _