G                    D
I wandered through the naked streets
   G                 C9
My mind on fire with midnight heat
  G               C
As lady night was brushing
    Am              D
The mist out of her hair

      G                D
And I heard a sound of lightning strikes
 G             C
Above the holy city lights
     G        C   D           G
And a drunken serenade in the rain


    G                 D
With whiskey swimming in my brain
  G                  C9
I turned to meet the cracked refrain
    G                C
And heard one ragged straggler wheeze
    Am              D
His anthems to the wind

         G                 D
Singing "Though my life is passing by"
   G               C
"I lift my spirits to the sky"
    G        C   D           Am       D
In a drunken serenade in the rain


D
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
D
Coming down again

  G              D
I asked a man of many roads
   G                   C9
Of where he'd been, of what he knows
          G               C
He said "I took a ride to paradise"
     Am          D
"But ended up in hell"

    G               D
But neither whiskey nor belief
    G               C9
Can ever bring your soul relief
      G        C   D           G
Like a drunken serenade in the rain


    G                D
And so I'll speak my truth aloud
     G                       C9
I'll sing it clear, and I'll sing it proud
    G             C
Cos in my darkest hours of doubt
      Am                 D
These songs have carried me

    G               D
And just as sure as I am born
     G                 C9
I'll sing my heart out in the storm
      G        C   D
With a drunken serenade
G        C   D
Drunken serenade
G        C   D
Drun-ken serenade
       G
In the rain