• Song:

    Take This Rain

  • Artist:

    Jackson Browne

  • Album:

    I'm Alive

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Subject: b/browne_jackson/take_this_rain.crd
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:55:51 +1000
From: Mick Baker 

Take This Rain words & music by Jackson Browne from the CD I'm Alive

Intro G6 C D x 2

           G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)               DIt (xx0232@1)used to be there were two sets of footprints in the sand
               G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)there were two silhouettes in the sunset hand in hand
       C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)    C/EBut (x3111x@5)now here beside the sea are the footprints of three
                                  DAnd (xx0232@1)I can't find my own among the directions they're all going
            G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)               DBaby (xx0232@1)it's alright break this chain of love and madness
       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)              DIt's (xx0232@1)alright take this rain as your new address
       C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)             DIt's (xx0232@1)alright take this rain it's alright take this rain
                 G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)             D'cause (xx0232@1)I've been running all over creation out of my mind
          G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)               DTrying (xx0232@1)to keep our hearts beating together all of the time
      C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)     C/EGoing (x3111x@5)crazier every day watching our love slipping away
                                                     D'cause (xx0232@1)you're the only home I've ever wanted and the only light I've known
                G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)               DBut (xx0232@1)baby it's alright break this chain of love and madness
       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)              DIt's (xx0232@1)alright take this rain as your new address
       C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)             DIt's (xx0232@1)alright take this rain it's alright take this rain
                   GYou're (320003@1)going to be free

solo:

e---------------------------------------3---------------------|
b---------------------------1s3s1-0-0-3---3h5-5-3-1-3s5-3h5-3-|
g-2h4-4p2h4-4s5-5-4-4s2-2-2-----------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------|

C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)                     CSome (x32010@1)people go through life seeing just what they want to see
         Am (x02210@1)            Em (022000@1)              F (133211@1)              GTake (320003@1)the way I went on believing you might still believe in me
    C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)I still want the love I always thought our love could be
    Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)           DBut (xx0232@1)some things can't be changed take this rain
                G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)                  DYou're (xx0232@1)going to hear my voice in the morning calling your name
            G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                  DAnd (xx0232@1)know my love and my desperation are one in the same
              C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)        C/EAnd (x3111x@5)where our footprints used to be there'll be nothing but the sea
                                                   DAnd (xx0232@1)the tide and the wind and the open sky and the unbroken horizon
            G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)               DBaby (xx0232@1)it's alright break this chain of love and madness
       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)               DIt's (xx0232@1)alright take this pain and all your sadness
       C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)             DIt's (xx0232@1)alright take this rain it's alright take this rain
       C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
It's alright take this rain you're going to be free

G6 C D

At the intro & the end the G6 to C is an almost immediate change & C is played for about 2 measures & the 
in the intro,verse,chorus & end is played (if you want to)as you hammer on the 1st finger on the 2nd fret, 
string.

 G6e--0-- (320000@1)b--0--
g--0--
d--0--
a--2--
e--3--

Any comments & suggestions please email mjuice@fastlink.com.au

Regards
Mick Baker

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