Boz Scaggs – Rainy Night In Georgia (Guitar)

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Beautiful treatment of an all time classic. From Boz' 2013 Memphis album. Note the nice shifts from Dmaj7 to D on the turnaround in the verses. Also... on the album the guitar is shifted down a semitone. Chords ====== D xx0232 Dmaj7 xx0222 Cmaj7 x32000 Em 022000 G 320003 Bm7 x24230 F#m 244222 Asus x02230 A x02220 Intro ===== Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Verse 1 =======
D
Hoverin' by my suitcase 

G                                        Dmaj7
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night

  D
A heavy rain's a-fallin' 

G                              Dmaj7   
Seems I hear your voice callin'      "It's all right"
Chorus 1 ========
Bm7                 F#m     
   A rainy night in Georgia

Bm7                 F#m     
   A rainy night in Georgia

Em                    G            Dmaj7        
   Seems it's rainin' all over the world 

G                                       Dmaj7
   Feels like it's rainin' all over the world
Verse 2 =======
D
Neon lights a-flashin' 

G                          Dmaj7
Taxi cabs and buses passin'      through the night

    D
The distant moanin' of a train 

G                          Dmaj7
Seems to play a sad refrain      to the night
Chorus 2 ========
     Bm7            F#m
On a rainy night in Georgia 

Bm7                F#m
    Rainy night in Georgia

Em                  G                    Dmaj7        
    Feels like it's rainin' all over the world

G                                   Dmaj7
    Seems it's rainin' all over the world
Bridge ======
Cmaj7                 Dmaj7
     How many times I wondered 

Cmaj7                           Dmaj7
     But it still comes out the same

G                 F#m            Em
No matter how you think of it or look at it

     G            F#m         Em       Asus  A
It's life and you just got to play the ga   -ame
Inst ==== Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Verse 3 =======
D
Find my place in a box car 

     G                           Dmaj7
So I take my guitar to pass some time

D
Late at night when it's hard to rest

  G                            Dmaj7
I hold your picture to my chest      I feel fine
Chorus 3 ========
        Bm7            F#m
On this rainy night in Georgia 

Bm7                F#m
    Rainy night in Georgia

Em                  G                    Dmaj7   /B
    Seems like it's rainin' all over the world

Em                  G                    Dmaj7   /B
    Feels it's rainin' all over the world
Chorus 4 ========
Em      G     Dmaj7           /B
   On a rainy night in Georgi-a

Em            G                    Dmaj7   /B
   Seems it's rainin' all over the world

Em   G              Dmaj7   /B
        All over my world 

Em     G      Dmaj7   /B
Mmmm - mmmm   mmmmmmmm

Em     G      Dmaj7
Mmmm - mmmm   mmmmmmmm
----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England February 2014 [email protected]