R.E.M. – Ill Take The Rain (Guitar)

Am                     C         F
The rain came down, the rain came down,

Am           G       F
The rain came down on me.

Am
The wind blew strong

C           F    Am       G  F
And summer's song fades to memory.

Am              C           F
I knew you when, I loved you then,

Am         G         F
In summer's yawn, now hopeless.

Am              C             F
You laid me bare and marked me there,

Am          G  F
The promises we made.

C        Am                   Em
I used to think, as birds take wing,

                 F                  C
They sing through life, so why can't we?

           Am                 Em
We cling to this and claim the best.

       F              Dm    C
If this is what you're offering.

             Am                  Em    F
I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain.

Am                   C      Am
The nighttime creases summer schemes

             G      F
And stretches out to stay.

Am                  C
The sun shines down, you came around,

Am       G    F
You loved easy days.

Am              F           C
But now the sun, the winters come.

Am      G       F
I wanted just to say;

Am             F
That if I hold, I'd hope you'd fold,

Am  G     F              C
Open up inside, inside of me.

C        Am                   Em
I used to think, as birds take wing,

                 F                  C
They sing through life, so why can't we?

           Am                 Em
We cling to this and claim the best.

       F              Dm    C
If this is what you're offering.

             Am                  Em
I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain.

F            C     Am Em F
I'll take the rain.

Am               C        F
This winter song, I sing along,

Am               G        F
I've searched its still refrain.

Am           F
I walk alone, if given this,

    Am            G        F
Take wing and celebrate the rain.

C        Am                   Em
I used to think, as birds take wing,

                 F                  C
They sing through life, so why can't we?

           Am                 Em
We cling to this and claim the best.

       F              Dm    C
If this is what you're offering.

             Am                  Em    F
I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain.

             C     Am Em F
I'll take the rain.

             C     Am Em F
I'll take the rain.

            C     Am Em F
I'll take the rain.