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The Forecast

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
NOTE: There's a simple rift played over the Gm7 that gives the song
its character. Don't go on stage without it.
Gm7Coffee for my breakfast 
Cshot of 
Bbwhiskey on the 
Gm7side
Gm7It's a dark and dreary morning with the 
Cclouds covering
uBbp the 
Gm7sky
CHORUS 
Gm7the forecast calls for 
Cpain, the forecast calls
           for 
         Gm7My 
Bbbaby's turning cold and the 
Cforecast 
Bbcalls
           for 
Gm7pain
We stayed up all night talking, she's grown restless she confessed
She says there's no one new, but deep down I know that's next
CHORUS
Bridge 
She Csays she tried and tried yes she Gm7has
but slowly her love has died
I can Csee that deep down inside she's Gm7changed
The forecast calls for Cpain, the foreacst calls
for Gm7pain
The forecast calls for Cpain, yeah, yeah, Gm7yeah
Play verse and chorus with lead
I can hear approaching thunder, I can feel chill run up my spine
I've seen love freeze before and I know I'm on borrowed time
CHORUS
stay on the Gm7here I can feel the thunder, I can see the lightning
                       I can feel the pain, oh it's gonna rain
CHORUS and end!

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The Forecast

by Robert Cray

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Gm7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

NOTE: There's a simple rift played over the Gm7 that gives the song

its character. Don't go on stage without it.

Gm7

Coffee for my breakfast

shot of

whiskey on the

Gm7

side

Gm7

It's a dark and dreary morning with the

clouds covering

up the

Gm7

sky

CHORUS

Gm7

the forecast calls for

pain, the forecast calls

for

Gm7

baby's turning cold and the

forecast

calls

for

Gm7

pain

We stayed up all night talking, she's grown restless she confessed

She says there's no one new, but deep down I know that's next

CHORUS

Bridge

C Gm7

She says she tried and tried yes she has

but slowly her love has died

C Gm7

I can see that deep down inside she's changed

The forecast calls for pain, the foreacst calls

Gm7

for pain

C Gm7

The forecast calls for pain, yeah, yeah, yeah

Play verse and chorus with lead

I can hear approaching thunder, I can feel chill run up my spine

I've seen love freeze before and I know I'm on borrowed time

CHORUS

Gm7

stay on the here I can feel the thunder, I can see the lightning

I can feel the pain, oh it's gonna rain

CHORUS and end!

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