Barrel Of Rain chords by Berkley Hart
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: G D Her pride and his joy was raven black C D G It ran like a river of silk down her back G D She brushed it every morning one hundred times C D G And he washed it for her on Saturday nights Verse 2: G D Then drought struck the heartland in 1935 C D G They didn’t have water for Saturday nights G D It all seemed so hopeless so she cut it with the shears C D G And he held her close and said through her tears
Chorus: C D G I’ll build you a barrel to catch the rain C D To wash out the dust of the Kansas plain C D C I swear you’ll never have to cut your hair again C D If it’s the last thing I do on this earthly plane C D G I’ll give you a barrel of rain Verse 3: G D So he worked in the evenings when he finished up the chores C D G He cut out some staves from a chest of drawers G D He bound them with leather, sealed them with tar C D G Then he got to his knees and prayed in the yard Chorus: C D G I’ve built this barrel to catch the rain C D To wash out the dust of the Kansas plain C D C If you give me this, Lord, I’ll never ask for nothing again C D Just a little thundercloud now and then C D G To give her a barrel of rain Verse 4: G D But the rain never came, the barrel sat dry C D G She watched as the truth of it ate him alive G D Then God took the crops, and the bank took back the land C D G When his spirit broke, he just folded his hands Chorus: C D G As the sun beat down on his thirsty grave C D She thought of the fields that he plowed in vain C D C She screamed at the sky with all her rage and pain C D He didn’t want much and he never complained C D G Dear God, he just wanted a barrel of rain Verse 5: G D Her pride and his joy is now white as milk C D G And it runs down her back like a river of silk G D All that she brought to these Oregon shores C D G Was a barrel made out of an old chest of drawers Chorus: C D G The neighbors all whisper that she’s insane C D The way that she stares at the driving rain C D C And waits for the gutters to fill it up again C D Then on Saturday nights if the sky is tame C D G She washes her hair in a barrel of rain
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