Steve Earle - The Rain Came Down guitar chord

The Rain Came Down

by Steve Earle

tabbed by Matellmon

G 320033

C X32010

D XX0232

Em 022000

G

THE OLD MAN LOADED UP EVERYTHING THAT HE OWNED

C D

IN WAGON AND HEADED OUT WEST

G

THE OLD WOMAN FEARLESS TO FACE THE UNKNOWN

C D

CAUSE SHE FIGURED HE KNEW WHAT WAS BEST

C G

AND THEY SETTLED DOWN HARD ON A GOVERNMENT GRANT

C D

WITH 6 MOUTHS TO FEED AND 40 ACRES TO PLANT

D Em G

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

C G

LIKE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM ABOVE

D Em G

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

C D

WELL ONCE IT STARTS THERE AIN'T NEVER ENOUGH

G

FALL TURNED TO WINTER AND ANOTHER YEAR GONE

C D

OVER AND OVER AGAIN

G

SOME TOOK THEIR LIVES FROM THE LAND AND MOVED ON

C D

SOME STAYED ON TO PLOW IT BACK IN

C G

AND THE GOOD LORD GIVITH AND HE TAKETH AWAY

C D

AND THE RESTLESS SHALL GO AND THE FAITHFUL SHALL STAY

D Em G

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

C G

LIKE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM ABOVE

D Em G

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

C D

WELL ONCE IT STARTS THERE AIN'T NEVER ENOUGH

D

WELL MY GRANDFATHER DIED IN THE ROOM HE WAS BORN IN

C G

TWENTY THREE SUMMERS AGO

D C

BUT I COULD HAVE SWORN HE WAS BESIDE ME THIS MORNING

G

WHEN THE SHERIFF SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR

C G

SO DON'T YOU COME AROUND HERE WITH YOUR AUCTIONEEER MAN

C D

CAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE MACHINES BUT YOU AINT TAKEN MY LAND

D Em G

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

C G

LIKE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM ABOVE

D Em G

AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN

C D

WELL ONCE IT STARTS THERE AIN'T NEVER ENOUGH