A Place In The Rain chords by Joe Jackson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

G Dm Bb Gm7

Verse 1:

G            F         Bb          C
Turn off the TV and turn off the light
Eb           F               C
Turn off the street lamps as well
 G            F               Bb                 C
Turn off the billboards that scream through the night
Eb              Dm          G
 And dream the policemen to Hell

Verse 2:

G              F            Bb           C
Close all the windows and close all the doors
Eb             F             C
Close all the shutters and blinds
G               F           Bb           C
Close down the churches and pray to the whores
Eb                Dm         G
Lay down and then close your eyes

Chorus 1:

     Bb            Eb         F
It's amazing what comes into view
    Bb             Eb          F
As we're finally breaking the chains
         Bb           Eb
When the temperature rises
     F           Dm7         G        F  Dm  G x2:
We'll go to our place in the rain

Verse 3:

G              F             Bb           C
Take down the pictures and take out the trash
 Eb         F             C
Take up the tattered old rugs
 G           F             Bb            C
Take up the mattress and count all the cash
     Eb             Dm         G
And laugh with the last of the drugs

Verse  4:

G              F         Bb           C
Burn all the papers and burn all the wood
 Eb           F          C
Burn what we can't understand
G           F          Bb           C
Run up a flag for the old neighbourhood
Eb            Dm          G
Sit back and then take my hand


Chorus 2:

     Bb            Eb         F
It's amazing what lovers  can do
    Bb             Eb          F
With just a kiss and a glass of champagne
      Bb         Eb
When the rivers run dry
     F           Dm7         G        F  Dm  G x2:
We'can go to our place in the rain

Bridge chords:

  G  Dm Bb  Gm7

Verse 5:

G            F         Bb          C
Pay off the piper and pay all the bills
 Eb          F       C
Pay for the getaway car
G             F           Bb           C
Blow out the candles and head for the hills
Eb           Dm            G
Pray that we make it that far

Verse 6:

G              F         Bb           C
Run from the poison and run from the flames
Eb           F           C
Run from the maddening crowd
  G             F          Bb              C
Laugh at the whispers of who'll take the blame
    Eb             Dm         G
And sing all the sinners out loud


Chorus 3:

Bb                Eb         F
It's amazing what crazy can do
 Bb             Eb         F
When every good citizen's sane
 Bb             Eb
When heaven's a desert
 F               Dm7           G
We'll go to our place in the rain

Bb  F  Bb F    Bb  F    G

Chorus 4:

Bb                 Eb          F
It's amazing what comes into view
Bb                       Eb                    F
When you just connect your heart back to your brain
Bb              Eb
When heaven's a desert
F                Dm7          G
We'll go to our place in the rain

F Dm7 G
F Dm7 G