Southern Rains chords by Mel Tillis

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Verse 1
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 (G major) Sometimes my soul gets weary and my
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 (C major) mind begins to won (G major) der
And like that old train 'The
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Hummingbird' it goes to Alabama  (D major) 
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They say  (G major) home is where the heart is
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and  (C major) mine is down in  (G major) Dixie
And when you go down to Dixie you're
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 (D major) heading for higher  (G major) ground

Verse 2
C 
(Southern rain) Blowing from the coast  (C major) 
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of Mississip (G major) pi
(Southern rain)
I fell better when those
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D 
 (A major) southern waters  (D major) hit me
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I  (G major) can't get into Jordan seven
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times  (C major) to easy the pain  (C sharpdim) 
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D 
But I can  (G major) pray for help and hope  (D major) for
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southern  (C major) rain

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Verse 3
G 
(Southern rain)  (G major) 
C 
Like the sunshine it's a blessing  (C major) sent
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from heav (G major) en
(Southern rain)
They can wash away your
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 (A major) cares if you  (D major) let them
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You  (G major) may not believe my story and you
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 (C major) may think I'm in (C sharpdim) sane
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D 
But they're the  (G major) closest thing to home  (D major) 
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those southern  (C major) rains
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 (G major) 

Verse 4
C 
Austick is a peeling that a  (C major) body
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can't get  (G major) over
There's no such thing as healing and it
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won't go away with time  (D major) 
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When were  (G major) young we want to get away
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when we're  (C major) old we want to go  (G major) back
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And we spend our lives replacing all the thing (D major) 
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s we leave be (G major) hind

Verse 5
C 
(Southern rain) Blowing from the coast  (C major) 
G 
of Mississip (G major) pi
(Southern rain)
I fell better when those
A 
D 
 (A major) southern waters  (D major) hit me
G 
I  (G major) can't get into Jordan seven
C 
C#dim 
times  (C major) to easy the pain  (C sharpdim) 
G 
D 
But I can  (G major) pray for help and hope  (D major) for
C 
southern  (C major) rain
G 
(Southern rain)  (G major) 

Verse 6
C 
Like the sunshine it's a blessing  (C major) sent
G 
from heav (G major) en
(Southern rain)
They can wash away your
A 
D 
cares  (A major) if you  (D major) let them
G 
You  (G major) may not believe my story and you
C 
C#dim 
 (C major) may think I'm in (C sharpdim) sane
G 
D 
But they're the  (G major) closest thing to home  (D major) 
C 
those southern  (C major) rains