Up Against the Rain chords by Nanci Griffith

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Intro 1

Asus4

Verse 1
D 
You ran up against the rain
Everyday of your short life
G 
Em 
Suffered for your muse without
D 
A 
complaining
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A 
Never heard you swear life isn't fair
D 
But it doesn't make it right
Em 
You left the world knowing all
A 
too well what pain is.

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Verse 2
G 
You took it on yourself
A 
D 
to pave the road to hell
G 
A 
Paid your dues and sang the blues
D 
Lord, you knew them all too well
G 
A 
Every word upon the page
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G 
You let them sail away
Em 
The wind would blow,
and then you'd go
Asus4 
D 
Up against the rain.
A 
D 
G 

Verse 3
D 
You listen to the songs
G 
And then you wrote your own
Somewhere along the way
D 
A 
You passed the muse along
D 
I feel your presence in this room
G 
Beneath the wailing moon
Em 
It's good to know that dying
Asus4 
A 
couldn't tame you
G 
You took it on yourself to pave

Verse 4
A 
D 
the road to hell
G 
A 
Paid your dues and sang the blues
D 
Lord, you knew them all too well
G 
A 
Every word upon the page
F# 
G 
You let them sail away
Em 
The wind would blow,
and then you'd go
Asus4 
A 
Up against the rain.
D 
Em 

Verse 5
Asus4 
A 
D 
Last night the weather turned
G 
D 
G 
This morning we had snow
D 
Today they'll lay you in
A 
the ground
D 
Someday we'll all know
G 
Where it is we go
D 
Em 
My tears will say goodbye
A 
While the rain is coming down

Verse 6
G 
You took it on yourself
A 
D 
to pave the road to hell
G 
A 
Paid your dues and sang the blues
D 
Lord, you knew them all too well
G 
A 
Every word upon the page
F# 
G 
You let them sail away
Em 
The wind would blow,
Asus4 
D 
Em 
Asus4 
and then you'd go
A 
D 
Up against the rain.
G 