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COMIN' DOWN IN THE RAIN (Buddy Mondlock)
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[Actually in B; capo 4.]
[Each chord is one 3/4 measure, or half of a 6/8 measure,
 depending on how you think about it.]

G   G/B   G   G/B
[intro]

         G        G             G        G/B      C   G/B  Am  G
Flipped into the wind like the ashes of her cigarette
       D                D          D            D            G  G6  G  G6
He got scattered and thrown on the breeze as he tried to forget
   G             G             G        G/B      C   G/B  Am  G
He lost all his heat, and his heart never will be the same
       D             D              D         D           G  Gsus4  G  G
He got lighter than air, but he'll only come down in the rain

Strung out and hung out to dry, laughing under the line
It's not such a dignified place, but he really don't mind
He says with his feet on the ground, he'd have nothing to gain
Claims he likes it up there, and he'll only come down in the rain

                    Em  Em  Em        Em           C  C  C  C
Coming down in the rain,      washing out of the sky
                      Am   Am  Am            Am       D       D/C  D/B  D/A
Loaded down with the pain,       there just ain't no way to fly
            G             G           G            G              C  G/B  Am  G
And you can read him as clear as the wall where he once wrote his name
        D             D               D         D           G  Gsus4  G  G
It was right next to hers, but it'll only come down in the rain

Em  Em  Em  Em    C  C  C  C
[instrumental]
Am  Am  Am  Am    D  D/C D/B D/A
[instrumental]

Burning himself out on a limb like a leaf in the fall
He blazed for awhile, now he's feeling all dried up and small
The color's all gone, disappeared near as quick as it came
He says he can't stay up, but he'll only come down in the rain

Coming down in the rain, washing out of the sky
Loaded down with the pain, there just ain't no way to fly
And you can read him as clear as the wall where he once wrote his name
It was right next to hers, but it'll only come down in the rain

And you can read him as clear as the wall where he once wrote his name
It was right next to hers, but it'll only come down in the rain



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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