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I Wish It Would Rain

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[Intro]
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e|-----------------2--2---------------------2-2----0----------|
B|----2-3-2-0h2h0--3---3--------2-3-2-0h2h0-3--3---2----------|
G|---2-------------2----2------2------------2---2--2----------|
D|--2--------------0-----0----2-------------0----0-2----------|
A|------------------------0-0----------------------0----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
SAunshine, blue skies, please go away.
My girl has found another and gone away.
WDith her went my future, my life is filled with gloom.
So Aday after day, I stayed locked up in my room.
I know to you it Emight sound strange.D  
But I wish it would rAain. (How I wish that it would rain)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
'ACause so badly I wanna go outside. (Such a lovely day)
But everyone knows that a man ain't suppose to cry, listen.
I Dgotta cry 'cause cryin' eases the pain, oh yeah.A  
People this hurt I feeEl inside, words can never explainD.
I just wish it would rain. (Oh, how AI wish that it would rain)
[Verse 3]
ADay in, day out, my tear stained face
Pressed against the window pane.
My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain.
'Cause raindrops Dwill hide my teardrops.
And no one will ever know.
That I'm cryin'..A. cryin' when I go outside.
To the world ouEtside my tears, I refuse to explain.D  
Oh, I wish it would rain. (Oh, how I Awish that it would rain)D  A  
Ooo, baby.
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I Wish It Would Rain

by The Temptations

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

(Play around with it.)

e|-----------------2--2---------------------2-2----0----------|

B|----2-3-2-0h2h0--3---3--------2-3-2-0h2h0-3--3---2----------|

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

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

A|------------------------0-0----------------------0----------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

Sunshine, blue skies, please go away.

My girl has found another and gone away.

With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom.

So day after day, I stayed locked up in my room.

E D

I know to you it might sound strange.

But I wish it would rain. (How I wish that it would rain)

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

'Cause so badly I wanna go outside. (Such a lovely day)

But everyone knows that a man ain't suppose to cry, listen.

D A

I gotta cry 'cause cryin' eases the pain, oh yeah.

E D

People this hurt I feel inside, words can never explain.

I just wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)

[Verse 3]

Day in, day out, my tear stained face

Pressed against the window pane.

My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain.

'Cause raindrops will hide my teardrops.

And no one will ever know.

That I'm cryin'... cryin' when I go outside.

E D

To the world outside my tears, I refuse to explain.

A D A

Oh, I wish it would rain. (Oh, how I wish that it would rain)

Ooo, baby.

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