Appalachian Rain
© 2000 Johnsmith, Blue Pine Music / Buddy Mondlock, Major Bob Music (ASCAP)
Capo I
tune low E to D
Intro: G / D / A4 / Bm /
G / A4 / D / D /
Bm A4 D/Fis
1. Setting out on this journey
G D
I packed up my regrets
Bm A4 G
Now I sit here in this shelter
A4 Bm
Seems I don't have many left
G D
So I'm writing you this letter
A4 Bm
On this rainy April day
G D A4 Bm
You said your heart needed some distance
G A4 D
So I walked away
CHORUS:
A4 D D G D
I would gladly walk from Georgia, all the way to Maine
G D/Fis
I would cross the creeks and the mountain peaks
Bm A4
Whispering your name
G D/Fis
If you asked me I would do this
G D/Fis A4
I would go and not complain
G D A4 Bm
But this walk's for me, to find my peace
G A4 D
In the Appalachian rain
Bm A4 D/Fis
2. Looking out on the Blue Ridge
G D
I pulled a pebble from my shoe
Bm A4 G
I threw it down into the valley
A4 Bm
Then I sat and thought of you
G D
I wish somehow it was that easy
A4 Bm
To just let go of all the pain
G D A4 Bm
But it's not, so I keep walkin'
G A4 D
In the Appalachian Rain
CHORUS
Bridge:
A4 A4
You could meet me at Katahdin
Bm Bm
On that clear September day
G D/Fis
But if you're not there where the trail ends,
G A4
I'll still be okay
CHORUS
