Cowboy Junkies – Handouts In The Rain (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] D [Verse 1]
        D   G           D
You can talk about your neighbor

        D       G       D
You can grab him by the collar

        D       G           D
You can hurt him only if he hollers

        G          A
"Let me go?-let me go"
[Chorus]
           D   G           D
But we all know that's old-fashioned

           D   G        D
And it can only lead to pain

               D     G       D
Where we might end up on the corner

       G        A       D
Taking handouts in the rain
[Verse 2]
        D   G             D
You can bomb your foreign brother

        D       G         D
You can hurt him until he dies

        D       G               D
You can kill him until he never asks you why

              G                   A
You're on his land?-you're on his land
[Chorus]
           D   G           D
But we all know that's all over

             D   G        D
And that can only lead to blame

               D     G        D
Where we might end up for our country

       G       A        D
Taking handouts in the rain
[Verse 3]
        D      G        D
You can trample on your sister

        D       G            D
You can hurt her only if she cries

        D       G            D
You can hurt her only if she cares

             G                   A
With all her heart?-with all her heart
[Chorus]
           D   G           D
But we all know she'd be a mother

               D   G        D
And that could only lead to shame

                D     G        D
Where she might end up for her children

       G      A         D
Taking handouts in the rain
[Interlude] D G D D G D D G D G A D [Verse 4]
D    G              D
Teach your children stories

        D        G        D
You can fill them full of lies

        D        G       D
You can make them all despise

     G            A
One another?-one another
[Chorus]
              D  G         D
But when they all find out later

         D      G                D
And they call us by our rightful names

    D      G              D
And send us shamefully to old age

       G       A        D
Taking handouts in the rain

       G        A       D
Taking handouts in the rain

       G       A        D
Taking handouts in the rain