Key: G major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
E
First day in August
Last rain was in May
When the rainmaker came to Kansas
A
In the middle of a dusty day
E
Said the rainmaker said
to the people
A
"Tell me what you are prepared to pay"
E
Said the rainmaker said to
the people
D
"Now, I'm a-conjure up up
A
E
D
E
A
a rain today"
E
Ninety degrees 'neath the
A
trees where it's shady
E
A
Hundred-and-ten in in in the hot sun
E
Heat from the street burned the
A
feet of the ladies
E
F#
Fm
E
See how they
B
F#
F
Fm
E
run
B
Verse 2
F#
Fm
Called down the lightnin'
E
B
By a mystical name
F#
C
Fm
And the rainmaker called on the thunder
E
B
And suddenly it began to rain
F#
And the rainmaker passed
Fm
his hat to the people
E
B
But the people all turned away
F#
And the rainmaker's eyes
C
and the Kansas skies
E
B
Well, they both became a darker gray
Interlude 1
F#
B
E
F#
B
F#
B
E
F#
A
E
G#m
G
D
A
E
G#m
G
D
Verse 3
A
E
First day of August
G
D
The last rain was in May
A
G#m
When the rainmaker came to Kansas
G
D
In the middle of a dusty day
A
The rainmaker smiled as he
G#m
hitched up his wagon
G
D
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
E
had come to stay
G#
F#
Rain, rain, go away
G
F#
Come again another day
G#
Rain, rain, go away
G
F#
G#
Come again another day
E
Rain, rain, go away
Outro 1
G
C#
G#
A
G#
G
D
A
G#
G
D
Ab
G
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