I'm pretty iffy on the lyrics so suggestions are encouraged and appreciated. I can only find one recording of
the song and some of it just isn't very clear to me.
Edit: Thanks to AcidLizard for editing the words now that the official lyrics are out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUWyk7-8VGc
Capo 5.
[Verse 1]
C/G
Every time it rains, it pours,
C/G Dm Dm
I pray it rains just a little more on me.
G
‘Cause I’m the guy who never cries,
G C/G C/G
And I gotta’ keep my reputation clean.
C/G C/G
And here’s a helpful tip, the rain administered,
C/G Dm Dm
In raindrops may help to hide the tears a little more.
G
But I’m the guy who never cries
G
Looks up at the sky with hopeful eyes
G C/G C/G
Hoping when it finally rains it pours.
[Chorus]
C/G
I’m just a showboat.
C/G
Won’t catch me crying, no.
C/G Dm Dm
Won’t catch me showing any hurt.
G
I’m just a showboat.
G
Pretending I can stay afloat.
G C/G C/G
Pretending I’m not sinking over her.
[Verse 2]
C/G
And every time the sun goes down
C/G Dm Dm
I pray the sunlight takes the sound as well.
G
And into new arms I lie
G C/G C/G
And I can keep the pain all to myself.
C/G
No light to see me shakin',
C/G
No sound to hear how I may break and,
C/G Dm Dm
No sound to hear the teardrops hit the floor
G
Which is why a guy who never cries
G
Stays up all night with tired eyes
G C/G C/G
Hoping when it finally rains, it pours.
[Chorus]
C/G
I’m just a showboat.
C/G
Won’t catch me crying, no.
C/G Dm Dm
Won’t catch me showing any hurt.
G
I’m just a showboat.
G
Pretending I can stay afloat.
G C/G C/G
Pretending I’m not sinking over her.
[Instrumental Break]
C/G C/G C/G Dm Dm G G C/G C/G C/G C/G
[Bridge]
C/G
Look at that showboat.
C/G
Old king thunderbolt.
C/G
Mister Le Bon Temps roll the
C/G
Only dog in every fight
C/G
The only guy who’d dynamite
C/G
The only guy who never cries
C/G
He's never lonely all the time
F
See him dancing up on tables
G
Shaunas, Lisas, Ethels, Mabels
G
Waiting for a drop of rain
G
To fall and help to hide the pain
G
Fall and keep his boat afloat
G
Pretend that he’s not sinking, no
G C/G C/G
Pretend that he ain’t sinking over her.
C/G C/G
Pretend that he ain’t sinking over her.