Ricky Skaggs – Give Us Rain (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
D G A7 Bm C G A D
[Verse]
D G A7 D Grandpa raised a family on a worn-out cotton farm G A7 Bm Borrowed money on his word he never did nobody harm G C A7 D Sometimes he'd get discouraged when a dry spell came around D G C He'd go out in the cotton field and he'd kneel down on the ground
[Chorus]
D D/F# G D/F# Em A7 D Give us rain_______on this dry old ground today D D/F# G A7 Bm Give us rain____ wash the troubled times away G D A7 Bm I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain C G D But Lord we sure could use a little rain C G D Lord we sure could use a little rain
[Solo Break]
D G A7 Bm C G A D
[Verse 2]
D D/F# G A7 D I moved to the city when I turned twenty-two D D/F# G A7 Bm I saw a way of living that my grandpa never knew G C A7 D I'm a different kind of farmer in a different kind of field D D/F# G C Planting words of hope in a ground as hard as steel
[Chorus]
D D/F# G D/F# Em A7 D Give us rain_______on this dry old ground today D D/F# G A7 Bm Give us rain____ wash the troubled times away G D A7 Bm I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain C G D But Lord we sure could use a little rain C G D C G B7 Lord we sure could use a little rain
[Verse 3]
E A B7 E There's a crop of thirsty people in this dry old dusty town E A B7 C#m They grow up fast and wither when the scorching sun comes down A D B7 E Although there is a difference the need is still the same E A D Just like grandpa's cotton field they need a little rain
[Chorus]
E A F#m B7 E Give us rain___ _on this dry old ground today E A B7 C#m Give us rain____wash the troubled times away A E B7 C#m I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain D A E But Lord we sure could use a little rain D A/C# B E Lord we sure could use a little rain D A E Lord we sure could use a little rain D A/C# B E Lord we sure could use a little rain
[Outro]
D A E D A/C# B E