Maggie Rogers – Begging For Rain (Guitar)

Capo 2

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This is the first song I fell in love with from Maggie Roger's second album "Surrender". I believe Maggie plays this one with a capo, and she uses some fun open chords. I've edited the lyrics a little from what is pubished online to explain how to sing the phrases correctly. Example, in the first verse: "All the knots... tying On cherry stems... too" becomes "All the knots... tying, ON Cherry stems... too" because you should sing on before switching to the next chord. Thats it! Enjoy Here are the chord shapes (relative to capo), note use your thumb for E string on F#m and G#m:

      E    Asus2   F#m    G#m
E|----0------0------0------0----|
B|----0------0------0------0----|
G|----1------6------2------4----|
D|----2------7------4------6----|
A|----2------7------4------6----|
E|----0------5------2------4----|

[Intro] E Asus2 F#m x2 [Verse 1]

E
The more you wait the more you break the

                          Asus2
Longer that it takes to undo

E
All the knots that you've been tying, on

                                   Asus2
Cherry stems and black barbed wire too

[Pre-chorus 1]

    F#m
You work all day to find religion, and

G#m
End up standing in your kitchen

Asus2
Wondering bout the way its always been

      F#m
I'm a firefighter and I can't stop it, they

G#m
Fan the flames higher than rockets, and

Asus2
Leave you standing on an open plane

[Chorus]

            E
Begging for rain

    Asus2          E
Owa-oh, Begging for rain

Asus2 [Verse 2]

E
I feel it all and I can't stop it

                                 Asus2
Wish that I could turn my faucet loose

E
On all my friends who keep on calling like

                                     Asus2
Nothing's wrong and asking me what's new

[Pre-chorus 2]

  F#m
I try my best to not be bitter and

G#m
Give my rage a babysitter, stop

Asus2
Waiting for the adults to come home

       F#m
It's a firework and you can't stop it, I'm

G#m
Cutting holes in all the pockets, Of

Asus2
Everyone that's calling me insane

[Chorus]

            E
Waiting for rain

    Asus2           E   Asus2
Owa-oh, begging for rain

[Outro]

       E  Asus2
I keep waiting

       E  Asus2  E   Asus2
I keep waiting (she holds "waiting" for two progressions here)

       E  Asus2  E
I keep waiting (hold)