SONG: THE RAIN ARTIST: THUNDER TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] THE RAIN THUNDER 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 CHORUS: 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 CHORUS: 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 CHORUS: 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 ... ETC.
