Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
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β« Intro:
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7
3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 G
3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 4/4
β« Verse 1:
C G7/B C G7
Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago
C G7/B C C7/E
I reached out one night and you were gone
F G/B C Am
Don't know why you'd run, what you're running to or from
D7 D7/A D7 D7 G G/B G/D G
All I know is I want to bring you home 4/4 4/4 4/4
β« Verse 2:
C G7/B C G7
So I'm walking in the rain
thumbin' for a ride
C G7/B C C7/E
On this lonely Kentucky backroad
F G/B C Am
I've loved you much too long; my love's too strong
D7 D7/A D7 D7 G Fmaj7 Fmaj7
To let you go, never knowing what went wrong. 3/4 5/4
β« Chorus 1:
D D/A C G/B
Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
Em Em/B Am G F Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7
And up ahead's another town that I'll go walking through 4/4
Cmaj7 Am
With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)
Am Am G F G
Searching for you----
G/B C Em F
In the cold Kentucky rai-y-ai-ai-ai-ain
G C Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 G
In the cold Kentucky rain 4/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 4/4
β« Verse 3:
C G7/B C G7
Showed your photograph to some old gray bearded men
C G7/B C C7/E
Sitting on a bench outside a general store
F G/B C Am
They said "Yes, she's been here" But their memory wasn't clear.
D7 D7/A D7 D7 G G/B G/D G
Was it yesterday? No, wait the day before 4/4 4/4 4/4
β« Verse 4:
C G7/B C G7
Finally got a ride, with a preacher man who asked
C G7/B C C7/E
"Where you bound on such a cold, dark afternoon "
F G/B C Am
As we drove on through the rain, as he listened I explained
D7 D7/A D7 D7 G Fmaj7 Fmaj7
And he left me with a prayer that I'd find you 3/4 5/4
β« Chorus 2:
D D/A C G/B
Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
Em Em/B Am G F Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7
And up ahead's another town that I'll go walking through 4/4
Cmaj7 Am
With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)
Am Am G F G
Searching for you----
G/B C Em F
In the cold Kentucky rai-y-ai-ai-ai-ain
G C Em F
In the cold Kentucky rai-y-ai-ai-ai-ain
G C Em F
In the cold Kentucky rain, yeah yeah, yeah
G C Em F
In the cold Kentucky rai-y-ai-ai-ai-ain
G C
In the cold Kentucky rain
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Other versions of this song
- Kentucky Rain (Bass)
- Kentucky Rain (Chords)
Song History
Published: March 9, 2023
Last Updated: February 24, 2026