Gaining On Me chords by Tom Paxton

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Verse 1
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Rainy, it's raining,
the old blues are gaining,
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the old blues are gaining on me
The shadows, the shadows
come into my windows
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That big thing so black, I can't see
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Somebody told me I'm not strange at all
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I feel like crying
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And when the rain starts to fall
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and it's raining, it's raining
The old blues are gaining,
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the old blues are gaining
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on me
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Rainy, keep raining,
I know when it's raining
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I don't need explaining, you see
My baby, my lover
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Losing my lover, it's raining
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And she's leaving me
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The blues can get to you
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in so many ways
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And lately I'm cryin'
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Oh, the sun is dead
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And it's raining, it's raining
The old blues are gaining
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The old blues are gaining on me
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Oh, the blues can get to you
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in so many ways
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And lately I'm cryin'
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On the sunnyest day that it's raining
In the rain, the old blues are gainin'
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The old blues are gaining on me
Gaining on me
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