Rain Street chords by The Pogues (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice


Rain Street  by  The Pogues/S.MacGowen

Submitted by: any1

Fast.

Intro C F G C  F G C F G

  C
The church bell rings

An old drunk sings
            F C  G
A young girl hocks her wedding ring
    C
Down on Rain Street

F G C F G

C
Down the alley the icewagon flew
              F  C  G
Picked up a stiff that was turning blue
  C        F    C   G
The local kids were sniffin'  glue
   C           F C G
There aint much else for kids to do
   C
Down Rain Street

Verse 3
Father McGreer buys an ice cold beer
And a short for Father Loyola
Father Joe's got the clap again
He's drinking Coca-Cola
Down on Rain Street

Bless me Father I have sinned
I got pissed and I got pinned
And God can't help the shape I'm in
Down on Rain Street

Verse 5
There's a Tesco on the sacred ground
Where I pulled her knickers down
While Judas took his measly price
And St Anthony gazed in awe at Christ
Down on Rain Street

Bb F C

 C
I gave my love a goodnight kiss
         F  C/E  G/D
I tried to take a late night piss
    C        F   C/E G/D
But the toilet moved so again I mis- sed
   C      F G
Down Rain Street

Verse 7
I sat on the floor and watched TV
Thanking Christ for the BBC
A stupid fucking place to be
Down Rain Street

Verse 8
I took my Eileen by the hand
Walk with me was her command
I dreamt we were walking on the strand
Down Rain Street

C F  G   C     F   G   C
  That night Rain Street went on for miles    / repeat & fade
F   G    C     F     C   F G / C       F G
 That night on Rain Street somebody smiled    (Rain Street)