Praying For Rain - Don Henley
INTRO: G Em Bm (x2)
VERSE 1:
G Bm/F# Em G/D
Something?s different, something?s changed, and I don?t know why
Cmaj7 G D
Even the old folks can?t recall when it?s ever been this hot and dry
G Bm/F# Em G/D
Dust devils whirlin? on the first day of July
Cmaj7 Dsus4 D
It?s a hundred degrees at 10 am, and not a cloud up in the sky
VERSE 2:
G Bm/F# Em G/D
We hardly had a winter, and had about a week of spring
Cmaj7 G D
Crops are burned up in the fields, there?s a blanket of dust on everything
G Bm/F# Em G/D
The weather man is sayin? that there ain?t no change in sight
Cmaj7 Dsus4 D
Lord, I?ve never been a prayin? man, but I?m sayin? one tonight
CHORUS:
G Em Bm G Em Bm D
I?m prayin? for rain, I?m prayin? for rain
Cmaj7 G Em D C
Lord, I ain?t never asked for much, and I don?t mean to complain
G Em Bm
But I?m prayin? for rain
VERSE 3:
G Bm/F# Em G/D
I ain?t no wise man, but I ain?t no fool,
Cmaj7 G D
And I believe that mother nature is taking us to school
G Bm/F# Em G/D
Maybe we just took too much and put too little back
Cmaj7 Dsus4 D
It isn?t knowledge, it?s humility we lack
CHORUS:
G Em Bm G Em Bm D
I?m prayin? for rain, I?m prayin? for rain
Cmaj7 G Em D C
Lord, I ain?t never asked for much, and I don?t mean to complain
G Em Bm
But I?m prayin? for rain
BRIDGE:
Cmaj7 G
Some people pray for victory, some people pray for peace
Cmaj7 G
Some people pray for extra time, some pray for sweet release
Cmaj7 Em D
Some pray for health and happiness, for riches un-renowned
Cmaj7 D
But none of this will matter much if the waters don?t come down
CHORUS:
G Em Bm G Em Bm D
I?m prayin? for rain, I?m prayin? for rain
Cmaj7 G Em D C
Lord, I ain?t never asked for much, and I don?t mean to complain
G Em Bm
But I?m prayin? for rain
ENDING: G Em Bm
I?m prayin? for rain (rpt.)
