• Song:

    Rain Day Man

  • Artist:

    James Taylor

Intro: C  Gm7/C

C         F/C     C7     F/C
What good is that happy lie?
C        F/C    C7       F/C         C
All you wanted from the start was to cry, girl.
Gm              C7     F7M Dm
It looks like another fall.
Gm         C7                         F7M       Dm
Your good friends they don't seem to help at all.
Gm              C7                F7M A?
You're feeling kind of cold and small,
      Gm           C7       F7M
just look up your rainy day man.
Gm          C7                    F7M   Dm
It does you no good to pretend, a child.
Gm             C7                 F7M     Dm
You've made a hole much too big to mend.
Gm     C7                    F7M       A?
And it looks like you lose again, my friend,
Gm            C7       F7M
Call on your rainy day man.
     Dm   C            Bb7M          Am
Now rainy day man, he don't like sunshine,
    Dm          C
he don't chase rainbows,
   Bb7M            Am
he don't need good times, no.
Dm        C7         Bb7M         Am    Bb7M     Am
Grey days rolling, then you'll see him , empty feeling,
Gm       Gm7/C
now you need him.
Gm              C7                   F7M         Dm
All those noble thoughts, they just don't belong.
Gm         C7                    F7M       Dm
You can't hide the truth with a happy song.
Gm                   C7             F7M     A?
And since you knew where you stood all along,
Gm                C7        F7M
just look up your rainy day man.
Dm          C             Bb7M      Am
Now simple pleasures they all evade you,
Dm             C         Bb7M        Am
store-bought treasures, none can save you.
Dm        C       Bb7M     Am
Look for signs to ease the pain,
Bb7M  A               Gm      Gm7/C
ask again, go on and pray for rain.
Gm       C7            F7M  Dm
It looks like another fall.
Gm         C7                       F7M  Dm
Your good friends they don't seem to help at all.
Gm          C7               F7M       A?
when you're feeling kind of cold and small,
      Gm           C7       F7M
just look up your rainy day man,
      A?             Gm           C7       F7M
all I need to do is look up your rainy day man.
    C          F/C    C7    F/C
Now what good is that happy lie
     C       F/C    C7        F/C         C
When all you wanted from the start was to cry
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