Rainmaker - Bobbie Gentry Chords
Chords: C, G, Bb, F, First, August, D, A, E, Eb
More chords by Bobbie Gentry
Genre: country, folk, pop
[Intro]
C G Bb F x2
[Verse 1]
C G
First day in August
Bb F
Last rain was in May
C G
When the rainmaker come to Kansas
Bb F
In the middle of a dusty day
C G
Said the rainmaker to the people
Bb F
"Donate what you are prepared to pay"
C G
Said the rainmaker to the people
Bb F
"And I'll conjure up rain today"
[Instrumental]
C Bb F D C
[Verse 2]
C Bb
Ninety degrees 'neath the trees where it's shady
F D C
Hundred and ten in the hot sun
C Bb
Heat from the street burned the feet of the ladies
F D
See how they run
[Chorus]
D A C G
Aaaah, aaaah, aaaah, aaaah
D A C G
Aaaah, aaaah, aaaah, aaaah
[Verse 3]
D A
Called down the lightnin'
C G
By a mystical name
D A
And the rainmaker called on the thunder
C G
And then suddenly it began to rain
D A
Then the rainmaker passed his hat to the people
C G
But the people all turned away
D A
And the rainmaker's eyes and the Kansas skies
C G
Well, they both became a darker grey
[Instrumental]
D C G E E
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