C                G 
 A kiss could've killed me 
Am                      E7 
 If it were not for the rain 
C                G 
 A kiss could've killed me  
     Am                     F 
Baby if, if it were not for rain 

  C G    Am                       E7 
& I   had a feeling it was coming on 
  C G 
& I felt it coming 
Am     F 
For so long 
C           G 
 If I'm to be the fool 
Am          E7 
 Then so it be 

C              G 
 This fool can die now 
Am                   F 
 With a heart that's soaked 
C   G      Am    E7 
How How oh oh 
C  G            Am 
 How had it comin' 
       F 
For so long 

C                G  
 & darling take my hand 
Am                     E7 
 & lead me through the door 
C                  G 
 Let's kidnap each other 
Am                   F 
 & start singing our song 

C                   G 
 'Cause my heart is charged now 
Am                      E7 
 Oh, it's dancing in my chest 
C            G 
 & I fly & I walk now 
Am                      F 
 From the spell in that kiss 

       C G     Am 
'Cause I    oh oh. . . 
   E7  
It could've 
C            G          Am  E7 
 It could've killed me hey 
C            G         Am 
 It could've killed me  
                       F 
If it were not for the rain 

C                  G                 Am 
 Oh darling let me dream (let me dream) 
                    E7             C 
'Cause somewhere in me (inside of me) 
             G             Am 
I have been waiting (waitin') 
          F 
So patiently 
    C      G       Am 
For you... you you you 

           F   C  G    Am 
So don't you break  
               F               C                G           Am 
Don't break my dream yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah eah eah 
               F 
Don't break my dream 

*(trans chords uncertain) 

C               G 
 Let the rain exalt us 
Am                     E7 
 As the night draws us in 
C            G 
 Winds howl around us 
Am       F 
 As we begin 
C                      G        Am 
 What a way to start a fire (fire) 
                    E7 
What a way to break a day 
C                  G 
 A kiss could have killed me baby 
Am                     F 
If, if it were not for rain 

  C G       Am                    E7 
& I    have a feeling it's coming on 
  C G                  Am 
& I    felt it comin' 
       F 
for so long 

  C G  Am    E7 
& I,   oh it could've 
C            G         Am    E7 
 It could've killed me    heyy 
C            G  
 It could've killed me 
Am                       F 
  If it were not for the rain 

C G Am F ...C  

Epic duo of Scout Niblett & Bonnie "Prince" Billy  
From Scout's 2007 record release This Fool Can Die Now  

Hope you enjoy the chord interpretation!  

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