After Rain chords by Ralph Mctell

Chords with lyrics

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

album: Travelling Man (1999) {Live performance}



Intro:
    D MajorD  G+G A augmentedA  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G E minor 7Em7  A7A7

Verse 1:
D MajorD    E minor 7Em7   A7A7    D MajorD
Come on now and dry your eyes
G+G     D MajorD   E minor 7Em7   A7A7
 Time will ease a-way the pain
D MajorD     B minorBm    A augmentedA    D MajorD
 Clouds disperse and show the clear skies
  G+G          E minor 7Em7 A7A7   D MajorD
The earth smells sweeter    after rain

Verse 2:
D MajorD     B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G D MajorD
There has never been a deluge
G+G     D MajorD    E minor 7Em7  A7A7
That could wash out every stain.
D MajorD      B minorBm    A augmentedA   G+G  D MajorD
 In cracked pavements weeds find refuge
    G+G          E minor 7Em7 A7A7   D MajorD
But the earth smells sweeter    after rain

Bridge 1:
  G+G    D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD
The world is vast but pain’s horizon
G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm    A7A7
Wrapped a-round us makes it small
D MajorD        DmDm E minorEm
If you break out    from this prison
 E7E7   G+G     E minorEm    A augmentedA
Depending where the teardrops fall

Verse 3:
D MajorD   B minorBm   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Out of barren-ness renewal
G+G    D MajorD   E minor 7Em7 A7A7
Hope is just a tiny grain
D MajorD   E minorEm  A7A7   D MajorD
Iro - ny is often cruel
    G+G          E minor 7Em7 A7A7   D MajorD
But the earth smells sweeter    after rain

Verse 4:
D MajorD   B minorBm     A7A7    D MajorD
Debris left where floods receded
  G+G   D MajorD    E minor 7Em7    A7A7
Was surely bound to cause you pain
D MajorD    E minorEm    A augmentedA   G+G  D MajorD
 Just ignore all that's not needed
G+G          E minor 7Em7 A7A7   D MajorD
Earth smells sweeter    after rain

Bridge 2:
G+G    D MajorD  A7A7     D MajorD
Sadness is a poor heart teacher
    G+G   D MajorD     E MajorE    A7A7
You're not a-lone we're all the same
D MajorD    DmDm    G+G    E7E7
Running down the road to meet her
E7E7   G+G    E minor 7Em7   A7A7
Palace Gate or Factory Lane

Verse 5:
D MajorD   B minorBm   A7A7   D MajorD
Joy is not to one confined
G+G    D MajorD    E minor 7Em7    A7A7
Neither then is grief and pain
D MajorD   B minorBm  A augmentedA     D MajorD
Water only draws the line
    G+G          E minor 7Em7 A7A7   D MajorD
And the earth smells sweeter   after rain

Outro:
                      DmDm G minorGm E minorEm
A7A7    D MajorD
  After rain.