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                             FLOOD - The Gentle Waves
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Capo: 1st fret
GRain is Emfalling Cfrom the Dsky
GIt touches Emeverything
CBrings new Dlife...D  
G F F C C
GHe came in EmApril
The Cmonth of Drain
GSweeter than Emanything
It Cchanged my Dlife
To Gknow what Emlove is
CLove in the Dwater
Our Ghearts were Emhappy then
CLoving each DotherD  
There is Dsorrow D  
in Cthe eyesC  
Of the DpeopleD  
in Cmy lifeC  
They are DhungryD  
They Ccan't seeC  
Pray for a Fflood
To swallow us Cup
G Em C D
G Em C D
G Em C D
G Em C D D
D D C C
D D C C
D D C C
F C
GHe left in EmJune you see
CLeft me Ddry
GBlood chilled with Embitterness
CThere was aDnother...D  
With the sGtorm clouds aEmbove me
I Cwait for Drain
And Glook to the Emmountaintops
To Chear his DvoiceD  
There is Dsorrow D  
in Cthe eyesC  
Of the Dpeople D  
in Cmy lifeC  
They are DhungryD  
They Ccan't seeC  
Pray for a FfloodF  
Pray for a CfloodC  
Pray for a FfloodF  
Pray for a Cflood C  
F F C C
F F C C
F F C C
F F C C
F F C
This is how I do the fingering for each chord:
e|G-------3-----||Em-------0-----||C-------0-----||D-------2-----||F-------1-----|
B|---------0---||---------0---||---------1---||-----3---3---||---------1---|
G|-----------0-||-----------0-||-----0-----0-||---2-------2-||-----------2-|
D|-----0-------||-----2-------||---2---------||-0-----------||-----3-------|
A|---2---------||---2---------||-3-----------||-------------||---3---------|
E|-3-----------||-0-----------||-------------||-------------||-1-----------|

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Flood

by The Gentle Waves

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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FLOOD - The Gentle Waves

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Capo: 1st fret

G Em C D

Rain is falling from the sky

G Em

It touches everything

C D D

Brings new life...

G F F C C

G Em

He came in April

C D

The month of rain

G Em

Sweeter than anything

C D

It changed my life

G Em

To know what love is

C D

Love in the water

G Em

Our hearts were happy then

C D D

Loving each other

D D

There is sorrow

C C

in the eyes

D D

Of the people

C C

in my life

D D

They are hungry

C C

They can't see

Pray for a flood

To swallow us up

G Em C D

G Em C D D

D D C C

F C

G Em

He left in June you see

C D

Left me dry

G Em

Blood chilled with bitterness

C D D

There was another...

G Em

With the storm clouds above me

C D

I wait for rain

G Em

And look to the mountaintops

C D D

To hear his voice

D D

There is sorrow

C C

in the eyes

D D

Of the people

C C

in my life

D D

They are hungry

C C

They can't see

F F

Pray for a flood

C C

Pray for a flood

F F

Pray for a flood

C C

Pray for a flood

F F C C

F F C

This is how I do the fingering for each chord:

G Em C D F

e|-------3-----||-------0-----||-------0-----||-------2-----||-------1-----|

B|---------0---||---------0---||---------1---||-----3---3---||---------1---|

G|-----------0-||-----------0-||-----0-----0-||---2-------2-||-----------2-|

D|-----0-------||-----2-------||---2---------||-0-----------||-----3-------|

A|---2---------||---2---------||-3-----------||-------------||---3---------|

E|-3-----------||-0-----------||-------------||-------------||-1-----------|

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