[Verse 1]Am6 Bm7/A
Turned on the weather man just after the news
Am6 Bm7/A
I needed sweet rain to wash away my blues
Am6 Bm7/A
He looked at the chart but he look in vain
[Verse 2]Am6 Bm7/A
Back in time with Louis XVI
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At the court of the people he was number one
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He'd be the bluest blood they'd ever seen
Am6 Bm7/A
When the king said hi to the guillotine
Cm6
The royal astrologer was run out of breath
E7#9 Bb13
He thought that maybe the rain would postpone his death
Am6 Bm7/A
He look in sky but he look in vain
Am6
Heavy cloud but no rain
[Verse 3]Am6 Bm7/A
Well the land was cracking and the river was dry
Am6 Bm7/A
All the crops were dying when they ought to be high
Am6 Bm7/A
So to save his farm from the banker's draft
Am6
The farmer took out a book on some old witchcraft
Cm6
He made a spell and a potion on a midsummer's night
E7#9 Bb13
He killed a brindled calf in the pale moonlight
Am6 Bm7/A
He prayed to the sky but he prayed in vain
Am6
Heavy cloud but no rain
Heavy cloud but no rain Cmaj7 D Am7 D
The sun won't shine till the clouds are gone
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D
The clouds won't go till their work is done
Cm6
And every morning you'll hear me pray
E7#9 Bb13
If only it would rain today
[Verse 4]Am6 Bm7/A
I asked my baby if there'd be some way
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She said she'd save her love for a rainy day
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I look in the sky but I look in vainAm6
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