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                          Forty days of rain - Roddy Frame
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Tabbed by: Robert McMillan
E-mail: mcmillan_ra (at) hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Capo Fret 1, Everything relative to that
Intro
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C F Am
C F Am
Verse
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   CIn the spring, when this thing began,
I was down, a dying man
And as I Fdied and decayed, I pushed her away
saying Am"why don’t you stay"?
Verse
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  CDays turned to dust and my heart ran dry,
A compromise was a tooth for an eye,
I was Funder a spell, how could I tell,
ThAme truth from the lies.
Bridge
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And could this Fwretch really be resAmtored,
I went out Fwest, and the rain it EmpouredG7  
And there appeared a Fking,
And he held his Gsword, over G7me.
Chorus
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40 days of Amrain
Washed it aFway, Washed it Caway
I knew I'd Gnever be the same Amagain
I was lost, but I'm Ffound,
lost but I'm Cfound
And unG7til I felt the joy and the Ampain
I used to pray for the Fsun
to turn the night into Cday
                           G7  G#dim*       Am  
And now I kneel and feel the frost on the ground
And I rise and I Fpray,
Rise and I Cpray, Rise and I GprayG7  
Harmonica solo (same as intro)
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C F Am
C F Am
Verse
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   CI kinda had a bad idea,
I slipped into my deepest fear
My Froom one oh one, the end of the run
The Amworst thing I'd ever done
Verse
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   CI couldn’t get the pin back in
 CMaj7**
Where did it end and where did I begin
I tried to Fcall it a day, day after day
Am
Bridge
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And could this Fwretch, really be resAmtored
I went out Fwest seeking for the sun and the rain in EmpouredG7  
And there appeared a Fking,
and he held his Gsword over mG7e.
Chorus
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40 days of Amrain
Washed it aFway, Washed it Caway
I knew I'd Gnever be the same Amagain
I was lost, but I'm Ffound,
lost but I'm Cfound
And unG7til I felt the joy and the Ampain
I used to pray for the Fsun
to turn the night into Cday
                         G7  G#dim*    Am***
I found forgiveness on the back of a bay
And I rise and I pray,
Rise and I pray, Rise and I pray
Outro
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Rise and Pray, Rise and FPray,
And I fall and I Cpray, I Rise and G7Pray,
And I fall and I Ampray,
'Cause I was lost but Im fFound, Lost but I'm fCound,
Lost but I'm G7found, I was lost but I'm Amfound,
Lost but I'm Ffound, Lost but I'm fCound,
Lost but I'm G7found, I was lost but I'm Cfound.
[*] G#dim played after G7, use the chords:
G7:    353433
G#dim: 456464
You can just stick with  G7and it sounds OK too.
[***] Let ring, then no chord or repeat the F, C,  G  
 Amsequence (he does that live).

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Forty Days Of Rain

by Roddy Frame

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

Chords in this song · guitar

G#dim

CMaj7

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Forty days of rain - Roddy Frame

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by: Robert McMillan

E-mail: mcmillan_ra (at) hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Capo Fret 1, Everything relative to that

Intro

=====

C F Am

Verse

=====

In the spring, when this thing began,

I was down, a dying man

And as I died and decayed, I pushed her away

saying "why don’t you stay"?

Verse

=====

Days turned to dust and my heart ran dry,

A compromise was a tooth for an eye,

I was under a spell, how could I tell,

The truth from the lies.

Bridge

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F Am

And could this wretch really be restored,

F Em G7

I went out west, and the rain it poured

And there appeared a king,

G G7

And he held his sword, over me.

Chorus

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40 days of rain

F C

Washed it away, Washed it away

G Am

I knew I'd never be the same again

I was lost, but I'm found,

lost but I'm found

G7 Am

And until I felt the joy and the pain

I used to pray for the sun

to turn the night into day

G7 G#dim Am

And now I kneel and feel the frost on the ground

And I rise and I pray,

C G G7

Rise and I pray, Rise and I pray

Harmonica solo (same as intro)

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C F Am

Verse

=====

I kinda had a bad idea,

I slipped into my deepest fear

My room one oh one, the end of the run

The worst thing I'd ever done

Verse

=====

I couldn’t get the pin back in

CMaj7

Where did it end and where did I begin

I tried to call it a day, day after day

Bridge

======

F Am

And could this wretch, really be restored

F Em G7

I went out west seeking for the sun and the rain in poured

And there appeared a king,

G G7

and he held his sword over me.

Chorus

======

40 days of rain

F C

Washed it away, Washed it away

G Am

I knew I'd never be the same again

I was lost, but I'm found,

lost but I'm found

G7 Am

And until I felt the joy and the pain

I used to pray for the sun

to turn the night into day

G7 G#dim Am

* ***

I found forgiveness on the back of a bay

And I rise and I pray,

Rise and I pray, Rise and I pray

Outro

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Rise and Pray, Rise and Pray,

C G7

And I fall and I pray, I Rise and Pray,

And I fall and I pray,

F C

'Cause I was lost but Im found, Lost but I'm found,

G7 Am

Lost but I'm found, I was lost but I'm found,

F C

Lost but I'm found, Lost but I'm found,

G7 C

Lost but I'm found, I was lost but I'm found.

[*] G#dim played after , use the chords:

: 353433

G#dim

: 456464

You can just stick with and it sounds OK too.

F C G

[***] Let ring, then no chord or repeat the , ,

sequence (he does that live).

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