After Rain chords by Ralph Mctell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

album: Travelling Man (1999)  {Live performance}




Intro:
        D    G A    D G    D G Em7    A7

Verse 1:
D       Em7     A7       D
Come on now and dry your eyes
G          D      Em7     A7
 Time will ease a-way the pain
D          Bm        A        D
 Clouds disperse and show the clear skies
    G                    Em7 A7      D
The earth smells sweeter       after rain

Verse 2:
D         Bm    A    G D
There has never been a deluge
G          D        Em7   A7
That could wash out every stain.
D           Bm        A     G    D
 In cracked pavements weeds find refuge
        G                    Em7 A7      D
But the earth smells sweeter       after rain

Bridge 1:
    G        D    G   A        D
The world is vast but pain’s horizon
G         D        Em       A7
Wrapped a-round us makes it small
D               Dm  Em
If you break out       from this prison
  E7      G         Em        A
Depending where the teardrops fall

Verse 3:
D      Bm     A      D
Out of barren-ness renewal
G       D      Em7  A7
Hope is just a tiny grain
D     Em    A7     D
Iro - ny is often cruel
        G                    Em7 A7      D
But the earth smells sweeter       after rain

Verse 4:
D      Bm         A7       D
Debris left where floods receded
    G      D        Em7       A7
Was surely bound to cause you pain
D       Em       A      G   D
 Just ignore all that's not needed
G                    Em7 A7      D
Earth smells sweeter       after rain

Bridge 2:
G       D    A7         D
Sadness is a poor heart teacher
       G     D          E       A7
You're not a-lone we're all the same
D       Dm       G       E7
Running down the road to meet her
E7     G       Em7     A7
Palace Gate or Factory Lane

Verse 5:
D      Bm     A7     D
Joy is not to one confined
G       D       Em7       A7
Neither then is grief and pain
D     Bm   A         D
Water only draws the line
        G                   Em7 A7      D
And the earth smells sweeter      after rain

Outro:
                                           Dm  Gm Em
A7       D
   After rain.