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