...THE RAIN... by Yusuf Islam
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*from 'Roadsinger' (2009)*


Intro:

Em, G  D/F# (x4)

Verse 1:

Em           G          D/F#     Em    G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the rain,
Em           G          D/F#     Em    G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the rain.
Em             G            F#     Bm
 Wonder if the sun is gonna come a-gain.
A     G
 Ooh...
A                   Em
 Things are looking bad,
A      G                                            Bm
 Every-body in the world, in the world's looking so sad.

Interlude:

Em, G  D/F# (x3)

Verse 2:

Em           G          D/F#     Em     G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the storm,
Em           G          D/F#     Em     G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the storm.
Em            G            F#        Bm
 Wonder where all the good weather's gone.
A     G
 Ooh...
A                   Em
 Things are looking bad,
A      G                                            Bm
 Every-body in the world, in the world's looking so sad.

Break:

Em, Bm

Interlude:

Em, G  D/F# (x2), Am

Bridge 1:

Am                   Em              Am          Em
 Tell me if I got to build a boat to carry us to sea,
Am                D                F#m
 Tell me what the shape of it will be.
Bm                     G             Bm            G
 Tell me if it's gonna be a home for every kind of beast,
Bm                     G         D   A
 Tell me who the lucky ones will be...

Am                    Em             Am                    Em
 Tell me if you gotta build a world; what that world would be,
Am                       D               F#m
 If we're gonna build it well enough for thee.
Bm                     G             Bm         G
 Tell me if it's gonna be a home for all humani-ty,
Bm             G            D   A
 Will it be be-lievers with me...
C     G
 Ooh...

Interlude:

Em

Verse 3:

Em           G          D/F#     Em    G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the flood,
Em           G          D/F#     Em    G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the flood.
Em             G             F#      Bm
 Wonder if the water's gonna turn to blood?
A     G
 Ooh...
A                   Em
 Things are looking bad,
A      G                                            Bm
 Every-body in the world, in the world's looking so sad.

Interlude:

Em, G  D/F# (x2)

Verse 4:

Em           G          D/F#     Em    G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the rain,
Em           G          D/F#     Em    G  D/F#
 Everybody's thinking a-bout the rain.

Outro:

Em, G  D/F# (x3), Em


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em      G      D/F#     F#      Bm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  320003  2x0230  244322  x24432

   A       Am      D       F#m     C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02220  x02210  xx0232  244222  x32010
                                    ____
           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |  \ /  |  | |__   \ \  / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |   \ \/ /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |\_/| |   __| |    \  /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2009    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)