The Rain

Intro: D C G D   F G D 


Verse: 
     D         C             G        D  
The sun beats down on this thirsting land 
 F          G     D 
Burning my will away 
      D      C             G        D 
It's many a mile from the eastern shore 
         F      G         D 
And the hope I felt that day 
     D          C            G       D 
We crossed the sea from the old country 
         F       G       D 
To the promised land we came 
             D      C          G         D  
And then we headed west on a thankless quest 
         F        G          D 
To the place we staked our claim 


 
         Bm 
Now the eagle that's circling overhead,  
             D   G D D 
He knows my name 
           Bm                    F# 
'Cause the only thing plentiful here is the 
             Em 
Dust on the plain 
       A              D   D G D   F G D 
Until God brings the rain 


Verse: 
       D            C    G           D 
Wasn't always this way, back in the day 
     F           G          D 
All life sprang from this ground 
            D             C 
But like a slow-burning curse  
       G             D 
Every year's gotten worse 
    F          G           D 
So someday it must turn around 


 
        Bm 
As the wagons are rolling on out  
                D   G D D 
They call me insane 
        Bm                       F# 
But I'm not gonna let this land break me, 
         Em 
I'll be staying 
       A              D   D G D 
Until God brings the rain 


Instrumental:   
D D G D   D D G D   D D G D  (Am) 


BREAK: 
Am 
  God help me 
Gm                          Dm  Gm 
  Don't you forsake me this way 
Dm               A 
Am I nothing to you? 
Gm 
  How much suffering 
Bb                      E 
  Must I stand in your name? 
                     A 
I'm only asking for rain 


Instrumental: 
D  C  G  D     F  G  D 
D  C  G  D     F  G  D 


Verse: 
     D        C         G          D 
The sun sits high in a cruel blue sky 
 F         G      D 
Mocking me every day 
      D        C            G          D 
Last night I cried when a storm passed by 
       F        G     D 
About fifteen miles away 
       D      C        G         D 
In a dream I saw the coast once more 
       F       G       D 
And I walked into the sea 
               D        C 
I'd have been happy to die  
         G            D 
As that moment passed by 
       F            G  D 
But I woke to this misery 


 
        Bm 
And the way things are going 
                                  D   G D D 
I don't know how much more I can take 
          Bm 
Well, I'm no kind of quitter  
     F#                   Em 
But how long can any man wait 
A                  Em 
  How long must I wait 
A                     D    D G D  
 'Til God brings the rain? 


Instrumental OUTRO:  D D G D   D D G D   D D G D