Raindrops chords by Fiach Moriarty

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D
Em
G
Bm
A
E
F#
Asus4
F#m
Abdim

Verse 1
D 
Our  (D major) tale begins in a time with
little reason or rhyme
Em 
When  (E minor) man owned man and
G 
Em 
that  (G major) wasn't a crime  (E minor) 
Bm 
 (B minor) To up and run just couldn't be
A 
Em 
A 
done  (A major) without  (E minor) consequences  (A major) 

Verse 2
D 
But that's  (D major) what Fred tried,
Em 
D 
 (E minor) he learned to  (D major) read and write
Em 
 (E minor) And when he was caught he was
Bm 
beaten in the hot  (B minor) sun
A 
Punished and flogged  (A major) and the
Em 
slaveowner dogged him  (E minor) and said
Bm 
'Boy you're lucky  (B minor) to  be
A 
Bm 
A 
 (A major) still  (B minor)  (A major) alive!'
D 
But Fred said:  (D major) 

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Verse 3

'Raindrop

falls on top of mountain

Slips into a tiny stream

Runs into a rolling river

Then breaks its banks and

bursts into a sea'

Verse 4
D 
Now work is  (D major) finished for the day,
all the tools are put away
Em 
 (E minor) A bus is snaking through the street
F# 
as Rosie rests her  (F sharp major) aching feet
Bm 
A 
Bm 
 (B minor) White man climbs  (A major)  (B minor) on, moves her along
Em 
A 
But she says  (E minor) no, she  (A major) won't go

Verse 5
A 
D 
 (A major) And she  (D major) says: 'Raindrop
G 
falls on top of moun (G major) tain
Em 
Asus4 
D 
 (E minor) Slips into  (Asus4) a tiny stream  (D major) 
G 
Runs into a rolling river  (G major) 
E 
Em 
D 
 (E major) Then  (E minor) break (D major) s it's banks
A 
and bursts into a  (A major) sea'

Verse 6
G 
Now you  (G major) push me around,
D 
Bm 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor) ex (E minor) pect me to lay  (B minor) down
A 
And not organ (A major) ise,
G 
F#m 
well that  (G major) wouldn't be wise  (F sharp minor) 
A 
D 
A 
 (A major) Be cause a brother  (D major) can see  (A major) 
Bm 
A 
that your  (B minor) moral disease  (A major) 
G 
F#m 
Em 
Can be  (G major) beaten into  (F sharp minor) sub    (E minor) mission
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 7
A 
D 
 (A major) Now a crowd  (D major) is marching
into the eye of a storm
Em 
A dream  (E minor) has been created
and is ready to be born
Bm 
 (B minor) With one strong voice
A 
you'll  (A major) hear us rejoice
Em 
G 
You  (E minor) will hear  (G major) us singing
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 8
D 
For we say:  (D major) 'Raindrop falls
G 
Em 
on top of moun (G major) tain  (E minor) 
A 
D 
Slips in (A major) to a tiny stream  (D major) 
G 
Abdim 
Runs into a rolling river (G major)  (A flatdim) 
D 
Then break (D major) s it's banks and bursts