When It Rains It Really Pours Ukulele chords by Elvis Presley

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)



VERSION 1

Unfinished recording from 1955
Released on “Elvis: A 🏷Legendary Performer Volume 4” (1983)


CHORDS
        g-C-E-A
C       0-0-0-3
F9      2-3-3-3
F       2-0-1-0
G9      0-5-5-5
G6      0-7-7-7
Ebdim7  2-3-2-3

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Verse 1:
                                       | C F | C |
You know what it takes, you've got it, baby
                      | C F | C |
You are the only one I chose
                                   | F9 F | F9 |
Don't leave me here with all these heartaches
                      | C F | C |
Only you and heaven knows
                            | G9 G6 |  G9  |
About my troubles troubles troubles  (break)
                         | C F | C |
When it rains, it really pours


Verse:2
                               | C F | C |
You shouldn't have took away my loving
                                     | C F | C |
You know you thrill me from head to toe
                        | F9 F | F9 |
I got a feeling for you, baby
                            | C F | C |
And you're the only one who knows
                              | G9 G6 |  G9  |
About my troubles, troubles, troubles (breaks)
                         | C F | C |
When it rains, it really pours


Solo:
| C | % | % | % |
| F | % | C | % |
| G | F | C Ebdim7 | G9 |
                  (break)

Verse 3:
                                | C      F | C |
You know what you did to make me love you
                       | C   F | C |
You really opened up my nose
                                 | F9    F | F9 |
You got what you wanted; now you left me
                        | C   F | C |
That's the way the story goes
                                | G9    G6 |  G9  |
Well, I got troubles, troubles, troubles    (break)
                         |  C  | C Ebdim7  C
When it rains, it really pours


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VERSION 2

Remake of the 1955 Sun recording, recorded on February 24, 1957 for RCA
Finally released on the 1965 album “Elvis for Everyone”

Break
  G7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------0-1-2-|3---------------|
C|--------2-------|2---------------|
g|----------------|0---------------|

      g-C-E_A
C#9   1-3-1-2
C9    0-2-0-1

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Verse 1:
                                       C
You know what it takes, you've got it, baby
                       C
You are the only one I chose
                        F
I got a feeling for you baby,
                            C
And you're the only one who knows
                             |  G7  |  G7 |
About my troubles, troubles, troubles (= break)
                         C
When it rains, it really pours


Solo:
| C | % | % | % |
| F | % | C | % |
| G7 | G7 |
 (= break)
                         C
When it rains, it really pours


Verse 2:
                                C
You shouldn't have took away my love, dear
                                    C
You know you thrill me from head to toe
                                  F
You got what you want and now you left me,
                              C
Well that's the way the story goes
                                |  G7  |  G7 |
Well, I got troubles, troubles, troubles (= break)
                                1 + 2   +
                        |  C  | C   C#9 C9
When it rains, it really pours