Intro: 

G  D/F# Em  D  C  Cm  G  D 

verse 1: 

G                 D/F# 
You never see it coming 
Em                    D 
It happens all of a sudden 
C                    Cm                 G   D 
And when it finally hits you, it's too late 
         G            D/F# 
He just sat there in silence 
       Em            D 
On his own private island 
           C            Cm              G 
I wasn't ready for the storm about to break 
      Em             A7             D    B 
Yesterday, there was no trace of trouble 
          Em       A7              D 
Now he's given up more than I can take 


[Refrão]

Chorus: 

         C        G 
He said hold on tight 
               B           Em 
It's gonna be a heck of a night 
C                                          G   D 
Especially when you hear what I've got to say 
             C              G 
And when he said, I don't love you 
B                      Em 
The first tear broke through 
           C               Cm          G   D 
Now it's comin' down like a Tennessee rain 


verse 2: 

G      D/F# 
Nobody told me 
Em           D 
And nobody showed me 
C                    Cm               G   D 
What to do when the story turns out wrong 
           G             D/F# 
Or how a heart does its mending 
              Em      D 
Without the perfect ending 
     C             Cm                 G 
The one I always thought would come along 
           Em             A7                  D   B 
He had his own ideas of where this love was going 
            Em          A7               D 
He wasn't leaving it up to the hands of fate 


Chorus: 
              C        G 
He just said hold on tight 
                 B         Em 
It's gonna be a heck of a night 
C                                          G   D 
Especially when you hear what I've got to say 
             C             G 
And when he said, I don't love you 
B                      Em 
The first tear broke through 
           C               Cm           G 
Now it's comin' down like a Tennessee rain 


Interlude: 

C   Cm   Am   D 



[Refrão]
Chorus: 

         C        G 
He said hold on tight 
               B           Em 
It's gonna be a heck of a night 
C                                          G   D 
Especially when you hear what I've got to say 
             C              G 
And when he said, I don't love you 
B                      Em 
The first tear broke through 
           C               Cm          G 
Now it's comin' down like a Tennessee rain 


Tag: 

                   C           Cm         G 
It’s coming down harder than a Tennessee rain