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