The Band

Didnt It Rain

The Band


Tom: Am

G D G C G D G

[Chorus]
G
Didn't it rain, children
D           G
Rain, oh my Lord
                                 C     G
Didn't it, didn't it, didn't it, oh my Lord
D        G7
Didn't it rain
G7
Didn't it rain, children
D7          G7
Rain, oh my Lord
                                       D7
Didn't it, didn't it, didn't it, oh my Lord
          G7   Am7
Didn't it rain

[Verse 1]
   G
It rained forty days and forty nights without stopping
G
Noah was glad when the rain stopped dropping
G
Knock at the window, a knock at the door
G
Crying brother Noah can't you take on more
G
Noah cried no, you're full of sin
G
God got the key and you can't get in

[Bridge]
G
Just listen how it's rainin'
G
Just listen, how it's rainin'
G
All day and all night
G
All night and all day
G
Just listen how it's rainin'
G
Will you listen how it's rainin'
G
Some moaning and some groaning
G
Some crying, some praying
G
Well, a whole

[Chorus]
                G7
Didn't it rain, children
D7
Rain, oh my Lord
         G
Didn't it, didn't it, didn't it, oh my Lord
G
Didn't it rain
G                       C
Didn't it rain, children
D           G
Rain, oh my Lord
G
Didn't it, didn't it, didn't it, oh my Lord
D         G    Am7
Didn't it rain

[Verse 2]
G
God sent a raven to spread the news
G
To hoist his wings and away he flew
G
And to the North, and to the South
G
And to the East, and to the West
G
All day and all night
G
All night and all day

[Bridge]
G
Well just listen how it's rainin'
G
Well just listen how it's rainin'
G
Some prayin', some cryin'
G
Some runnin', some hidin'
         G7
Will you listen how it's rainin'
G7
Just listen how it's rainin'

[Chorus]
G
Didn't it rain, children
D           E7
Rain, oh my Lord
         G
Didn't it, didn't it, didn't it, oh my Lord
D         G
Didn't it rain