Ralph McTell – After Rain (Guitar)

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album: Travelling Man (1999) {Live performance} (recording at his home in Cornwall, 31st May 2012) [Intro] D G A D G D G Em7 A7 [Verse 1]
D       Em7     A7       D
Come on now and dry your eyes

G          D      Em7     A7
 Time will ease a-way the pain

D          Bm        A        D
 Clouds disperse and show the clear skies

    G                    Em7 A7      D
The earth smells sweeter       after rain
[Verse 2]
D         Bm    A    G D
There has never been a deluge

G          D        Em7   A7
That could wash out every stain.

D           Bm        A     G    D
 In cracked pavements weeds find refuge

        G                    Em7 A7      D
But the earth smells sweeter       after rain
[Bridge 1]
    G        D    G   A        D
The world is vast but pain's horizon

G         D        Em       A7
Wrapped a-round us makes it small

D               Dm  Em
If you break out       from this prison

  E7      G         Em        A
Depending where the teardrops fall
[Verse 3]
D      Bm     A      D
Out of barren-ness renewal

G       D      Em7  A7
Hope is just a tiny grain

D     Em    A7     D
Iro - ny is often cruel

        G                    Em7 A7      D
But the earth smells sweeter       after rain
[Verse 4]
D      Bm         A7       D
Debris left where floods receded

    G      D        Em7       A7
Was surely bound to cause you pain

D       Em       A      G   D
 Just ignore all that's not needed

G                    Em7 A7      D
Earth smells sweeter       after rain
[Bridge 2]
G       D    A7         D
Sadness is a poor heart teacher

       G     D          E       A7
You're not a-lone we're all the same

D       Dm       G       E7
Running down the road to meet her

E7     G       Em7     A7
Palace Gate or Factory Lane
[Verse 5]
D      Bm     A7     D
Joy is not to one confined

G       D       Em7       A7
Neither then is grief and pain

D     Bm   A         D
Water only draws the line

        G                   Em7 A7      D
And the earth smells sweeter      after rain
[Outro] Dm Gm Em
A7       D
   After rain.