Chords for Nanci Griffith - Comin' Down in the Rain

[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He flipped into the wind like the ashes of her [E] cigarette
He _ _ _ [B] got [F#] scattered and thrown on the breeze as he tried [B] to forget
He _ _ _ _ lost all his heat and his heart never will be [E] the same
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _
[B] He [F#] got lighter than air but he'll only come down in [B] the rain _ _ _ _
_ Strung out and hung out to dry laughing under [E] the line
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] He's _ [F#] not such a dignified beast but he [C#m] really [B] don't mind
He _ _ _ _ _ says with his feet only bound he'd have nothing [E] to [B] gain
_ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] [F#] Claims he likes it up there but he'll only come down in [B] the rain
_ _ _ Coming down [G#m] in new hair, _ _ _ washing out [E] of the sky
_ _ Loaded [B] down [C#m] with the pain, _ _ _ there just ain't [F#] no way to [A#] fly
_ [B] _ [F#] And [B] you can meet him as clear as the wall where he once [E] wrote his [B] name
[C#m] It _ [E] _
[F#] was right next to hers but he'll only come down [B] in the rain _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] Burning himself out on a limb like a leaf [E] in the fall
[B] _ [C#m] He _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] blazed for a while now he's feeling old right [B] up his maw
The _ _ _ _ _ color's all gone, disappeared near as quick [E] as it came
[B] He [C#m] _ _ _
[G#m] [F#] says he can't stay up but he'll only come down in [B] the rain
_ _ _ Coming [G#m] down in new hair, _ _ _ [D#m] washing out [E] of the sky
_ _ Loaded [G#m] down with [C#m] the pain, _ _ _ [E] there just ain't no [F#] way to [B] fly
_ [F#] And [C#m] _
[B] you can meet him as clear as the wall where he once wrote [E] his name
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[G#m] It [F#] was right next to hers but he'll only come [B] down in the rain
And _ _ _ you can meet him as clear as the wall where he once wrote [E] his name
[G#m] It [C#m] _ _ [E]
was [F#] right next to hers but he'll only come down in the [B] rain _ _ _ _ _ _
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