Nickelback – After The Rain (Guitar)

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(To avoid barre chords, transpose -4 and capo 4th fret) [Intro] G#m C#m [Verse 1]
G#m
All your life, scramble and scurry

G#m
Take your time, rather than hurry

C#m
Never too late to write the best of your story

C#m
Remember to breathe or else you're gonna be sorry

G#m
Life's no race, it's a companion

G#m
Always face with reckless abandon

C#m
The ticket to life as my mother once told me

C#m
Stick with your pride and you're gonna be lonely (gonna be lonely)
[Chorus 1]
B           F#                    G#m
  Everybody says that life takes patience

    E                B
But nobody wants to wait

          F#              G#m
Everybody says we need salvation

    E                   B
But nobody wants to be saved

         F#         G#m          E               B
The light in the tunnel is just another runaway train

              F#        G#m         E                       B
The blue skies we wait on are gonna have to come after the rain
[Verse 2]
G#m
Spend your days happy and grateful

G#m
Avoid the taste of wanting and wasteful

C#m
Every good thing will come in moderation

C#m
Envy and greed will only lead to frustration

G#m
Choose your friends, carefree and kindly

G#m
Choose your words, careful and wisely

C#m
Always be there to lend a comforting shoulder

C#m
One will be there to share a day when you're older (a day when you're older)
[Chorus 2]
B           F#                    G#m
  Everybody says that life takes patience

    E                B
But nobody wants to wait

          F#              G#m
Everybody says we need salvation

    E                   B
But nobody wants to be saved

         F#         G#m          E               B
The light in the tunnel is just another runaway train

              F#        G#m         E                       B
The blue skies we wait on are gonna have to come after the rain
[Bridge]
B               F#
All mistakes, committed upon us

G#m           E
Always take a toll on the conscience

B                 F#
Every regret is a debt that you live with

G#m               E
Never forget to remember forgiveness
[Chorus 3]
B           F#                    G#m
  Everybody says that life takes patience

    E                B
But nobody wants to wait

          F#              G#m
Everybody says we need salvation

    E                   B
But nobody wants to be saved

         F#         G#m          E               B
The light in the tunnel is just another runaway train

              F#        G#m         E                      B     D      A
The blue skies we wait on are gonna have to come after the ra-ai-ai-ai-ain
[Outro]
      E                      B     D      A
Gonna have to come after the ra-ai-ai-ai-ain

      E                      B     D      A
Gonna have to come after the ra-ai-ai-ai-ain

      E                      B     D     A
---------------------------  Ra-ai-ai-ai-ain

      E                      B
Gonna have to come after the rain