Chords for “Who’ll Stop the Rain” John Fogerty at BeachLife 2023 (with his Rickenbacker found after 44 years)

Oh, God, I know _
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[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ he got me some [Gm] _ barbecue.
What the heck are they barbecuing skunk?
What is that?
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_ _ _ _ _ Just right.
Anyway, I should tell you a little bit about this guitar.
This is a beautiful Rickenbacker guitar that I purchased way back in the first week of _ 1969. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ 68 had been a great year for me and my band.
We'd had a big hit song called Snooze-a-Q.
_ And so I was fixing to, you know, get to work and hopefully have a career in music.
Maybe.
So I got this guitar and I made a bunch of modifications.
The main thing was I put a humbuck and pickup right here in the bridge from a Les Paul Gibson guitar.
_ Because I heard about these guys over in England.
Their name was Jeff, Jimmy and Eric.
_ _ Ask your grandpa. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, they were making a heck of a rock and roll noise and I wanted to do the same thing.
So I put this on the guitar and I played it on a bunch of songs right about then.
You know, Green River down on the corner up around the bend and stuff like,
Hey, I'm playing this guitar at Woodstock!
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_ _ _ Speaking of skunk. _
Sorry, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jerry.
Anyway, _ that was a big deal.
Couple of years later, about 1972, _ things went south.
My girlfriend left me.
My band broke up and my dog bit me. _ _
And so in a fit of despair, this kid, no kidding, this is true.
Kid comes up to me, says, John, can I have one of your guitars?
And I took this most precious thing of my entire life and I gave it to that 12 year old kid back in 1970. _ _
And I didn't see the guitar for a long time.
Then a few years ago, a couple of years ago, really, my beautiful wife, Julie, who you will hear some more about eventually.
She went out into the middle of this great country, started knocking on bushes and beating on doors.
And she found my guitar. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Cut to the chase.
[Dm] Anyway, I got my baby back.
Oh, I told you a [D] little bit about that Woodstock deal.
_ Yeah, I was up there and I played somewhere around the vicinity of the Grateful Dead.
You come back next week.
I'll tell you that whole story.
If you really want to hear that.
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_ _ _ _ I wrote this [Em] song on this [G] guitar. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Long and I've _ _ _ [C] _ been in [G] love.
_ _ _ _ I've been in straight for it.
_ [C] And you've been all [G] around.
_ _ [C] I'm missing _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] my son.
_ And [C] I wonder.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] I _ _ _ went _ _ _ _ down to Kenya. _
[C] See yourself.
_ [G] So _ _ I _ love you.
[Bm] _ _ I [C] _ want to tell [G] you. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] And you. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] And _ _ _
[C] _ I [D] wonder. I wonder.
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Well, _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ _ the same as me.
_ _ [C] _ She. _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [C] It's. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] For. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] And I wonder. [D] I wonder.
[Em] The rain. _
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