I Wish It Would Rain

Tune down one whole step (D-G-C-F-A-D) 


Intro: 
C  F  C  F  C 
         Hmmm 


[Verso 1]
 
C 
Sunshine, blue skies, please go away. 
C 
My girl has found another and gone away. 
     F 
With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom. 
   C 
So day after day, I stayed locked up in my room. 
          G                  F 
I know to you it might sound strange. 
                    C                               F 
But I wish it would rain. (How I wish that it would rain) 
F 
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
 


[Verso 2]
 
C 
'Cause so badly I wanna go outside. (Such a lovely day) 
C 
But everyone knows that a man ain't suppose to cry, listen. 
F                           C 
 I gotta cry 'cause cryin' eases the pain, oh yeah. 
            G                         F 
People this hurt I feel inside, words can never explain. 
                     C                                   F 
I just wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain) 
 


[Refrão]
 
           F 
Oh, let it rain. 
            C                                  F 
Rain, rain, rain (Oh, how I wish that it would rain) 
                  C 
Ooo, baby. Let it rain. 
                 F            C 
(Let it rain) Oh yeah, let it rain.  

Solo: 
F  C  F  C 


[Verso 3]
 
C 
Day in, day out, my tear stained face 
C 
Pressed against the window pane. 
C 
My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain. 
       F 
'Cause raindrops will hide my teardrops. 
F 
And no one will ever know. 
         C 
That I'm cryin'... cryin' when I go outside. 
       G                           F 
To the world outside my tears, I refuse to explain. 
                    C                                   F 
Oh, I wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain) 
            C 
Rain, rain, rain 
 

Outro: 
 F 
Ooo, baby 
       C            F 
Let it rain, let it rain. 
       C 
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes. 
F          C 
Oh, let it rain. 
    F 
Oh, yeah, yeah listen. 
      C 
I'm a man and I got my pride. 
                    F 
Give me rain or I'm gonna stay inside. 
       C     F 
Let it rain. 
        C 
(Let it rain) 
C 
(Let it (rain) (rain) (rain) rain, rain)