Keeps on rainin' chords by
Bessie Smith
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Key: Gb major

Verse 1
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One dark and stormy night
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F F 
 
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G G 
 
Bill Jones was feeling
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blue
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G G 
 
Things didn't seem just right
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F F 
 
So he didn't know just what to do
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G G 
 
F F 
 
I said, "Bill, please tell me,
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F F 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
ain't you satisfied?"
He looked around so pitiful,
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F F 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
then to me he replied

Verse 2

Keeps on a- rainin',

look how it's rainin'

Papa he can't make no time

Wind keeps blowing,

Verse 3
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
cold wind blowing
E E 
 
Soon I'll find a southern clime
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Bb Bb 
 
G G 
 
In  the wintertime,
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F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
when it starts to snow
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E E 
 
You know you pretty mama's
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A A 
 
F F 
 
got to have some dough
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Keeps

Verse 4
F F 
 
on rainin',
G G 
 
look how it's rainin'
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G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Papa, he can't make no time
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C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
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F F

Verse 5
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Ain't the snow just beautiful,
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some people say
But I'd rather see it in a
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moving picture play

Verse 6

Keeps on snowin',

look how it's snowin'

Papa, he can't make no time

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ChordsE F G Bb Em...

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