Chords for I Wish It Would Rain - Rodney Crowell

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[D] Turning tricks on sunset, [F#m] twenty bucks a pop.
[Bm] Some out of town old [D] business [G] man or an undercover cop.
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I'm living with that virus, [Em] flowing way [B] down in [G] my veins.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I wish it would [C#m] rain, [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] I know you've heard my story.
[F#m] I see me on the street, [Bm] just another cracker [D] gigolo
[G] Dressed up like trick or treat.
[D] Now you may want to judge me [Bm] or treat me with [D] disdain.
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] I wish it would [C#m] rain.
[A] _ _ [G] Memphis, Texas, Houston, Tennessee.
_ _ [D] I'm just so turned around [A] I don't [D] know where I want [G] to be.
This California desert is driving me insane.
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[G] Oh, I [D] wish it [F#m] would [D] rain. _
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[D] So I squandered my resistance, [F#m] taking any kind of drug.
[Bm] I'd smoke or shoot [A] or eat it, [G] I'd drink it from a jug.
[D] And I offer no excuses [Bm] for your sympathies [D] to gain.
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I [D] wish it [F#m] would [E] rain.
[F#m] _ _ [G] And everybody knows me as the kid.
_ _ [D] I've been in it seven years and still I don't know how I did.
[G] I come from a long line of living, loving, vain.
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[F#m] I _ [G] _ _ _ [D] wish it would [A] rain.
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_ [D] _ So I pray to Mother Mary, [C#m] I've even seen [F#m] a priest.
[Bm] When the angels come to [A] get me, [D] I know I'll be released.
I'll leave this mean [A] old desert bound [Bm] for Memphis on a train.
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_ I [D] wish it would [C#m] [E] rain.
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_ _ _ _ I [D] wish it would [F#m] rain.
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