The Coming Rains chords by Bruce Cockburn

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
FF

Bb majorBb                                FF
All day mountains rose behind a veil of smoke from burning fields
Bb majorBb                             FF    DmDm  FF
And road dust dyeing black skin bronze and the road rolling like a rough sea
C majorC                         DmDm     Bb majorBb
It's quiet now, just crickets and a dog fight somewhere in the far away
FF
In my heart I hold your photograph
G minorGm                          FF
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

Bb majorBb                                  FF
Hot breeze ran its fingers through the long grass of a thatched roof eave
Bb majorBb
They stuck me in the only chair they had while they cooked cassava
        FF
And a luckless hen
C majorC                            DmDm
They asked for one well three lanterns and 200 litres of fuel and
     Bb majorBb
I said, "Who, me?"
FF
And the time for planting's coming soon
G minorGm                          FF
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

Instrumental:
 Bb majorBb    FF
 Bb majorBb    FF
C majorC  DmDm Bb majorBb FF
G minorGm FF DmDm FF

C majorC
In the town neon flickers in the ruins
FF   GbGb   DbDb           FF
Seven crows swoop past the luscious moon
DmDm                   FF
If I had wings like those there'd be no waiting
B minorBm                      D MajorD   Eb MajorEb    FF
I'd come panting to your door and slide like smoke into your room

Bb majorBb                               FF
All day the mountains rose behind a veil of smoke from burning fields
Bb majorBb                                 FF
And road dust dyeing black skin bronze and the road rolling like a rough sea
C majorC                            DmDm     Bb majorBb
It's quiet now, just crickets and a dog fight somewhere in the far away

FF
In my heart I hold your photograph
G minorGm                          FF
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

FF
And the time for planting's coming soon
G minorGm                          FF
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

Outro:
G minorGm  FF