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