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


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)


BDA K:
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?