G5                    D5
I wandered through the naked streets
   G5                 C5
My mind on fire with midnight heat
  G5               C5
As lady night was brushing
    A5              D5
The mist out of her hair

      G5                D5
And I heard a sound of lightning strikes
 G5             C5
Above the holy city lights
     G5        C5   D5           G5
And a drunken serenade in the rain


    G5                 D5
With whiskey swimming in my brain
  G5                  C5
I turned to meet the cracked refrain
    G5                C5
And heard one ragged straggler wheeze
    A5              D5
His anthems to the wind

         G5                 D5
Singing "Though my life is passing by"
   G5               C5
"I lift my spirits to the sky"
    G5        C5   D5           A5       D5
In a drunken serenade in the rain


D5
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
D5
Coming down again

  G5              D5
I asked a man of many roads
   G5                   C5
Of where he'd been, of what he knows
          G5               C5
He said "I took a ride to paradise"
     A5          D5
"But ended up in hell"

    G5               D5
But neither whiskey nor belief
    G5               C5
Can ever bring your soul relief
      G5        C5   D5           G5
Like a drunken serenade in the rain


    G5                D5
And so I'll speak my truth aloud
     G5                       C5
I'll sing it clear, and I'll sing it proud
    G5             C5
Cos in my darkest hours of doubt
      A5                 D5
These songs have carried me

    G5               D5
And just as sure as I am born
     G5                 C5
I'll sing my heart out in the storm
      G5        C5   D5
With a drunken serenade
G5        C5   D5
Drunken serenade
G5        C5   D5
Drun-ken serenade
       G5
In the rain