Key: G major
Intro 1
F#
Verse 1
F#
First day in August
Last rain was in May
When the rainmaker came to Kansas
B
In the middle of a dusty day
F#
Said the rainmaker said
to the people
B
"Tell me what you are prepared to pay"
F#
Said the rainmaker said to
the people
E
"Now, I'm a-conjure up up
B
F#
E
F#
B
a rain today"
F#
Ninety degrees 'neath the
B
trees where it's shady
F#
B
Hun dred-and-ten in in in the hot sun
F#
Heat from the street burned the
B
feet of the ladies
F#
G#
Gm
F#
See how they
C#
G#
G
Gm
F#
run
C#
Verse 2
G#
Gm
Called down the lightnin'
F#
C#
By a mystical name
G#
D
Gm
And the rainmaker called on the thunder
F#
C#
And sud denly it began to rain
G#
And the rainmaker passed
Gm
his hat to the people
F#
C#
But the people all turned away
G#
And the rainmaker's eyes
D
and the Kansas skies
F#
C#
Well, they both became a darker gray
Interlude 1
G#
C#
F#
G#
C#
G#
C#
F#
G#
B
F#
A#m
A
E
B
F#
A#m
A
E
Verse 3
B
F#
First day of August
A
E
The last rain was in May
B
A#m
When the rainmaker came to Kansas
A
E
In the middle of a dusty day
B
The rainmaker smiled as he
A#m
hitched up his wagon
A
E
And without a word he rode way
G#
Then the people of the town heard the
G#
sound of his laughter
And they knew the rain
F#
had come to stay
A#
G#
Rain, rain, go away
A
G#
Come again another day
A#
Rain, rain, go away
A
G#
A#
Come again another day
F#
Rain, rain, go away
Outro 1
A
D#
A#
B
A#
A
E
B
A#
A
E
Bb
A
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