{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1501021,"song":"Not A Drop Of Rain","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1501021-not-a-drop-of-rain-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1501021?type=chord","rating":4.66972,"votes":32,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStreets are almost empty, shops are all closed down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's not a soul left in the bar to tell my troubles to[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThink I'll walk down to the river that runs just south of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hate like hell when there ain't nothin' left to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut stand beneath the river bridge and listen for the train[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI broke down in December, I headed for the coast[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI thought the wind and water would elevate my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI surfaced in the springtime feelin' like a ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMissin' more than ever the things I left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I'm standin' on this riverbank and still cannot explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy bag is full of letters unopened and unread[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm sure they'd tell the story of worry and of form[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy heart is beating heavy with all we left unsaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI swear to you I never meant you any harm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut sacrifice and compromise could never stand the strain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight I'll close my eyes again and try to see your face[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd listen for your voice to tell me it's alright to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nConvince myself I'll wake up in another time and place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nKnowin' all the while that it's a promise I can't keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA string of broken promises, another link of chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe children on the playground, the lovers in the shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRemind me of a life and time that feels more like a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the sound of love and laughter was the music that we played[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs we lay beside the waters of a never ending stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the stream has gone to hiding, the dream lives on in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe clouds are building slowly on the skyline to the east[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe wind and dust are dancing like the devil 'cross the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI could try to find a bottle or try to find a priest[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSalvation won't be traveling either road I take[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I turn my collar to the wind that echoes this refrain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["C","Em","Am","F","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}