Tom: Dm
INTRO: D C G D F G D
VERSE:
D C G D
The sun beats down on this thirsting land
F G D
Burning my will away
D C G D
It's many a mile from the eastern shore
F G D
And the hope I felt that day
D C G D
We crossed the sea from the old country
F G D
To the promised land we came
D C G D
And then we headed west on a thankless quest
F G D
To the place we staked our claim
CHORUS:
Bm
Now the eagle that's circling overhead,
D G D D
He knows my name
Bm F#
'Cause the only thing plentiful here is the
Em
Dust on the plain
A D D G D F G D
Until God brings the rain
VERSE:
D C G D
Wasn't always this way, back in the day
F G D
All life sprang from this ground
D C
But like a slow-burning curse
G D
Every year's gotten worse
F G D
So someday it must turn around
CHORUS:
Bm
As the wagons are rolling on out
D G D D
They call me insane
Bm F#
But I'm not gonna let this land break me,
Em
I'll be staying
A D D G D
Until God brings the rain
INSTRUMENTAL:
D D G D D D G D D D G D (Am)
BDA K:
Am
God help me
Gm Dm Gm
Don't you forsake me this way
Dm A
Am I nothing to you?
Gm
How much suffering
Bb E
Must I stand in your name?
A
I'm only asking for rain
INSTRUMENTAL:
D C G D F G D
D C G D F G D
VERSE:
D C G D
The sun sits high in a cruel blue sky
F G D
Mocking me every day
D C G D
Last night I cried when a storm passed by
F G D
About fifteen miles away
D C G D
In a dream I saw the coast once more
F G D
And I walked into the sea
D C
I'd have been happy to die
G D
As that moment passed by
F G D
But I woke to this misery
CHORUS:
Bm
And the way things are going
D G D D
I don't know how much more I can take
Bm
Well, I'm no kind of quitter
F# Em
But how long can any man wait
A Em
How long must I wait
A D D G D
'Til God brings the rain?
