Key: G# minor
Intro 1
Em
C
Em
C
Em
C
Em
C
Verse 1
Em
B
Love rain down on me,
A
on me, down on me
Em
B
Bm
B
Love rain down on me,
A
on me, down on me
Em
B
Love rain down on me,
A
on me, down on me
Em
B
Love rain down on me,
A
on me, down on me
Verse 2
Em
Bm
Met him on a Thursday,
B
sunny afternoon
Cumulus clouds,
A
eighty- four degrees
Em
He was brown, deep
B
Said he wanted to talk
Bm
about my mission
A
Em
Listen to my past lives (Word?)
Took me on long walks to places
B
where butterflies rest easy
A
Em
Talked about Moses an d Mumia
B
Reparations, blue colors,
A
memories of shell- topped Adidas
Verse 3
Em
He was fresh like summer peaches
B
Bm
Sweet on my mind like block
A
parties and penny candy
Em
B
Us was nice and warm, no jacket,
no umbrella, just warm
A
Em
At night we would watch the stars
B
And he would physically give
A
me each and every one
Em
I felt like cayenne pepper,
B
red, hot, spicy
A
I felt dizzy and so near the heavens
Em
and miles between my thighs
B
Better than love, we made delicious
A
Em
He me had, had me he
B
He had me tongue- tied
A
I could hear his rhythm in my thoughts
Em
B
I was his sharp, his horn section
His boom and his bip
A
And he was my love
Verse 4
Em
B
Love rain down on me,
A
Em
on me, down on me
C
B
The rain was fallin' and, and
Verse 5
B
A
slowly and sweetly and stinging my eyes
Em
B
And I could not see that he
became my voodoo priest
A
And I was his faithful concubine
Em
C
Wide open, wide,
B
A
loose like bowels after collard greens
Em
The mistake was made
B
Love slipped from my lips
A
Em
Dripped down my chin
and landed in his lap
B
A
And us became new
Em
B
Now me non- clairvoyant and in love
A
Made the coochie easy and the obvious,
Verse 6
invisible
Em
The rain was falling
B
And I couldn't see the
A
season changing
Em
And the vibe slipping off its axis
B
Our beautiful melody
A
became wildly staccato
Em
The rain was falling and
B
I could not see
A
That I was to be plowed and
Em
B
sowed and fertilized
A
Em
And left to drown in his sunny afternoon
C
B
A
Cumulus clouds, eighty- four degrees,
Em
B
Em
B
A
melody
Verse 7
A
Em
B
Love rain down on me,
A
on me, down on me
Em
B
Love rain down on me,
A
on me, down on me
Verse 8
Em
B
Wide open, wide loose
A
The mistake was made
Em
B
Love slipped from my lips,
A
my chin, and landed in his lap
Em
B
And us became new,
A
me non clairvoyant and in love me
Em
Bm
Me the fool
A
You were never true
Em
Bm
If you didn't want me, ah,
A
you should have let me know
Em
B
All you was make a mockery of something
A
Em
so incredible and beautiful
B
Bm
A
Em
A
B
A
I honestly in love
Verse 9
Em
B
A
B
A
Love rain down on me, on me,
B
A
down on me
Em
B
A
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