APRIL RAIN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in F; capo 3.]
[Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one measure total.]
Bm(4)/A: x04430
G6maj7: 3x4430
D(9)/F#: 2x0230
Dmaj9/F#: 2x0220
G(9): 3x0203
A(9): x02200
D7(9)/F#: 2x0210
Bm Bm(4)/A G6maj7 G6maj7
[intro]
Bm Bm(4)/A G6maj7 G6maj7
[intro]
Em Em D(9)/F# D(9)/F# (or maybe Dmaj9/F#?)
[intro]
G(9) G(9) A(9) A(9)
[intro]
D(9)/F# D(9)/F# G(9) A7
Going back, I'd have to say, love was just a charm
F#m F#m G(9) G(9) - G(9)/F#
Dangling from a bracelet hanging freely from my arm
Em Em A A
It was a hollow silver heart, shiny and engraved
F# F# G(9) G(9) - G(9)/F#
With the faintest trace of letters from my name
Em Em D(9)/F# D(9)/F#
When it tarnished, I took to it with some polish and a cloth
G(9) G(9) D(9)/F# D(9)/F#
And when I figured I outgrew it, I just left it in a box
Em Em A A
For the charms of love were something that a woman wouldn't lack
F# F# G(9) G(9) - G(9)/F#
As I made my way to you across the tracks
Em A D - D/C# D/B - D/A
'Cause you were from the other side of the silver rails and the wooden ties
G A D/F# D7(9)/F#
That long ago could not divide us, even with a train
G A F#m Bm - Bm(4)/A
And now the tracks are there, but you are not, and in your place there is a spot
G6maj7 - G6maj7/F# Em G(9) A
Where flowers grow but weeds will not in April rain
Bm Bm(4)/A G6maj7 G6maj7
[instrumental, like first part of intro]
Bm Bm(4)/A G6maj7 G6maj7
[instrumental, like first part of intro]
And now the world has kept on moving, but I am standing still
Every urge to keep on running only goes against my will
I can feel you at my fingertips, I can smell you on my clothes
I can wear that silver heart and say I know
But boys without true fathers become men without true aims
And hearts without each other only look about the same
I'm as paralyzed in loving as a cripple with a cane
I forgive but can't forget you all the same
'Cause you were from the other side of the silver rails and the wooden ties
That long ago could not divide us, even with a train
And now the tracks are there, but you are not, and in your place there is a spot
Where flowers grow but weeds will not in the April rain
[instrumental: 16 bars, repeat full intro]
So you can blame it on your daddy, or you can blame it on your pride
You can blame on the trains that never come to town on time
You can blame your knack for losing, on your eyes but not on me
'Cause I loved you more than you ever chose to see
But you were from the other side of the silver rails and the wooden ties
That long ago could not divide us, even with a train
And now the tracks are there, but you are not, and in your place there is a spot
Where flowers grow but weeds will not in the April rain
[instrumental, like first part of intro; end on the weird G6maj7 chord.]
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/