Take This Rain

	  		Take This Rain words & music by Jackson Browne from the CD I'm Alive 
 
Intro G6 C D x 2 
 
           G                         C                 D 
It used to be there were two sets of footprints in the sand 
               G                      C              D 
And there were two silhouettes in the sunset hand in hand 
       C                D           G   G/F#      C/E 
But now here beside the sea are the footprints of three 
                                  D 
And I can't find my own among the directions they're all going 
            G                C                 D 
Baby it's alright break this chain of love and madness 
       G               C                D 
It's alright take this rain as your new address 
       C               D           C               D 
It's alright take this rain it's alright take this rain 
                 G                   C               D 
'cause I've been running all over creation out of my mind 
          G                         C                 D 
Trying to keep our hearts beating together all of the time 
      C             D               G   G/F#       C/E 
Going crazier every day watching our love slipping away 
                                                     D 
'cause you're the only home I've ever wanted and the only light I've known 
                G                C                 D 
But baby it's alright break this chain of love and madness 
       G               C                D 
It's alright take this rain as your new address 
       C               D           C               D 
It's alright take this rain it's alright take this rain 
                   G 
You're going to be free 
 
solo: 
 
e---------------------------------------3---------------------| 
b---------------------------1s3s1-0-0-3---3h5-5-3-1-3s5-3h5-3-| 
g-2h4-4p2h4-4s5-5-4-4s2-2-2-----------------------------------| 
d-------------------------------------------------------------| 
a-------------------------------------------------------------| 
e-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
C           F                      G                       C 
Some people go through life seeing just what they want to see 
         Am              Em                F                G 
Take the way I went on believing you might still believe in me 
    C                  F           G                       C 
And I still want the love I always thought our love could be 
    Bb                       F             D 
But some things can't be changed take this rain 
                G                    C                    D 
You're going to hear my voice in the morning calling your name 
            G                 C                    D 
And know my love and my desperation are one in the same 
              C                  D             G  G/F#          C/E 
And where our footprints used to be there'll be nothing but the sea 
                                                   D 
And the tide and the wind and the open sky and the unbroken horizon 
            G                C                 D 
Baby it's alright break this chain of love and madness 
       G               C                 D 
It's alright take this pain and all your sadness 
       C               D           C               D 
It's alright take this rain it's alright take this rain 
       C               D                       G    C D 
It's alright take this rain you're going to be free 
 
G6 C D 
 
At the intro & the end the G6 to C is an almost immediate change & C is played for about 2 measures & the  
in the intro,verse,chorus & end is played (if you want to)as you hammer on the 1st finger on the 2nd fret,  
string. 
 
 G6 
e--0-- 
b--0-- 
g--0-- 
d--0-- 
a--2-- 
e--3-- 
 
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Regards 
Mick Baker