Daddy Just Wants It To Rain chords by
Continental Drifters

N/A

Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Daddy was the eldest of ten
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And my mama was an only child
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
She must've represented back then
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
The part of him that couldn't go wild
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
She was free
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Something he could never be
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
'Cause daddy was the one
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Who always took responsibility.
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app

Verse 2
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
They met at a USO dance hall
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
At the start of the Second World War
She was gentle,
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
kind and intelligent
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Something daddy'd never
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
known before
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And they danced
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Later on  came the romance
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
'Cause daddy shipped out
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Before he had the chance
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
to ask for her hand.

Verse 3
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
But it all turned out all right
And he would lay in his hammock
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
at night
Dreaming of a family and
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
home
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
With the woman that he left behind
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
At night, his shipmates would go
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
check out the bars
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
But daddy'd just stare at the stars
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And dream of her
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
'Til he thought he might lose
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
his mind.
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app

Verse 4
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
They got married on V.E. Day
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
By the preacher from my
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
mama's church
Mama'd always dreamed of
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
a honeymoon
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
But daddy had to go back to work
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
He plowed those fields
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Since the Navy never tought
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
him a trade
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Mama'd make his lunch
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And they'd eat it out in the shade.

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
The boys were born in the fifties
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Georgie, Herman and me
And we grew up wanting
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
for nothing
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
'Til Georgie saw his first TV
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It was the Christmas of
1959
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
There was a console in the
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
living room
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Well, mama and the boys
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
watched variety shows
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And daddy just stared out at the moon.

Verse 6
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
The drought hit hard in the sixties
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And the irrigation couldn't control
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Mama sighed when
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
they sold the farm
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
But daddy lost a piece of his soul
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
He said "Hard work is a virtue
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And you should al  ways work as
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
hard as you can       "
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
He said "Hard work
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
will never hurt you"
But he never said nothing
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
about the land.

Verse 7
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Yeah, but mama always told
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
us boys
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
"You should follow the Golden Rule
Always look for the good
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
in the other guy
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
But never be anyone's fool"
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Then daddy'd laugh a little
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Then he'd look out
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
at his weather vane
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Oh mama wants a rainbow
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Daddy just wants it to rain.

Interlude 2

Verse 8
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
They moved in with
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Herman's family
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
In the nice part of the city
Mama'd help Gina with
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
the grandchildren
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And tried to make the house look pretty
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
But daddy'd sit at his window
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
From when he got up 'til
he went to bed
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Just knowing that he'd failed
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
his family
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
He couldn't get it out of his head.

Verse 9
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It  was the summer of 1978
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
When mama caught
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
pneumonia and died
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Daddy lost his will to live that fall
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Now they're buried side by side
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#m F#m 2
View detailed F#m  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And in the midst of all our grief
Em Em 
View detailed Em  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F#sus4 F#sus4 2
View detailed F#sus4  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
F# F# 2
View detailed F#  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Georgie said to our relief
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
"Well, mama got her rainbow
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And it's starting to rain".

Verse 10

He said "Mama got her rainbow

And it's starting to rain".

Verse 11
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
And it's starting to rain
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It's starting to rain
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
D D 
View detailed D  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It's starting to rain
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It's starting to rain
It's starting to rain.
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app

Verse 12
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It's starting to rain
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It's starting to rain
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
It's starting to rain,
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
to rain, rain
Bm Bm 2
View detailed Bm  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
A A 
View detailed A  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
G G 
View detailed G  chord diagram in our app.
Open in app
To  rain.

Outro 1

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.

TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD G Bm A F#m...

More songs by Continental Drifters

Discover chords for more songs to play

22 More

Snow

No One Cares

Way Of The World

The Rain Song

Watermark

Get Over It

(Down By The) Great Mistake

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

800K+ More

Snow

Continental Drifters

Boulevard Of Broken DreamsTabs

Green Day

4.8

12.5M

CreepTabs

Radiohead

4.8

28.9M

Way Of The World

Continental Drifters

YellowTabs

Coldplay

4.8

17.7M

EllaTabs

Junior H

4.6

4.9M

Crazy Little Thing Called LoveTabs

Queen

4.7

4.1M

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

100 More

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

4.8

48.5M

CreepTabs

Radiohead

4.8

28.9M

YellowTabs

Coldplay

4.8

17.7M

Boulevard Of Broken DreamsTabs

Green Day

4.8

12.5M

ZombieTabs

The Cranberries

4.8

11.8M

Wonderwall

Oasis

4.8

8.2M

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

4.8

6.4M

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

22K+ More

Station To Station

David Bowie

1.0

Azizam

Ed Sheeran

4.6

7.6K

Damocles

Sleep Token

4.8

224

Born With A Broken Heart

Damiano David

4.7

2.2K

Marlboro rojo

Fuerza Regida

4.9

5.9K

Bed Chem

Sabrina Carpenter

4.9

1.8K

Not Like Us

Kendrick Lamar

4.2

3.9K

Daddy Just Wants It To Rain chords by Continental Drifters PrintSave