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"
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Said the rainmaker said to
the people
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"Now, I'm a-conjure up up
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B
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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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Hun dred-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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See how they
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run
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Verse 2
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Called down the lightnin'
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By a mystical name
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A
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And the rainmaker called on the thunder
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And sud denly 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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But the people all turned away
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And the rainmaker's eyes
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and the Kansas skies
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Well, they both became a darker gray
Interlude 1
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Fm
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Verse 3
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First day of August
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The last rain was in May
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Fm
When the rainmaker came to Kansas
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B
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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B
And without a word he rode way
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Then the people of the town heard the
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sound of his laughter
And they knew the rain
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had come to stay
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Rain, rain, go away
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Come again another day
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Rain, rain, go away
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Come again another day
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Rain, rain, go away
Outro 1
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