The Coming Rains chords by Bruce Cockburn

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F

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

In my heart I hold your photograph
Gm                                                   F
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

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

Instrumental:
 Bb        F
 Bb        F
C   Dm  Bb F
Gm F  Dm F

C
In the town neon flickers in the ruins
F     Gb     Db                      F
Seven crows swoop past the luscious moon
Dm                                      F
If I had wings like those there'd be no waiting
Bm                                            D     Eb        F
I'd come panting to your door and slide like smoke into your room

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

F
In my heart I hold your photograph
Gm                                                   F
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

F
And the time for planting's coming soon
Gm                                                   F
And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains

Outro:
Gm   F