intro: (5x) A5 A5 C5 The rain came down The rain came down A5 G5 F5 The rain came down on me A5 C5 The wind blew stron And summer's song A5 G5 F5 It fades to memory A5 C5 I knew you when I loved you then A5 G5 F5 In summer's yawn, now hopeless A5 C5 You laid me bare And marked me there A5 G5 F5 The promises we made C5 A5 I used to think, as birds take wing, E5 F5 They sing through life, so why can't we? C5 A5 We cling to this, and claim the best E5 F5 If this is what you're offering C5 A5 E5 F5 I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain A5 C5 The nighttime creases Summer schemes A5 G5 F5 And stretches out to stay A5 C5 The sun shines down You came around A5 G5 F5 You love the easy days A5 C5 But now the sun, The winter's come A5 G5 F5 I wanted just to say A5 C5 That if I hold I'd hope you'd fold A5 G5 F5 And open up inside, inside of me (chorus) C5 A5 I used to think, as birds take wing, E5 F5 They sing through life, so why can't we? C5 A5 We cling to this, and claim the best E5 F5 If this is what you're offering C5 A5 E5 I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain, F5 C5 A5 E5 F5 I'll take the rain solo: D[-------------------------------------------- A[---5--3---2------5--3---2---3-5------2-3-5-- E[-3------3------3------3-------------3------- -4-5----------] ------5-3-----] ----------3-1-] repeat intro (2x) A5 C5 This winter's song I'll sing along A5 G5 F5 I've searched its still refrain A5 C5 I'll walk alone If given this A5 G5 F5 Take wing, and celebrate the rain (repeat chorus) C5 A5 I'll take the rain I'll take the rain, I'll take E5 F5 the rain, I'll take the rain C5 A5 E5 F5 C5 A5 I'll take the rain I'll take the rain E5 F5 A5
