[Verse 1]
F#m
Inside a broken clock
F#m
Splashing the wine
G
With all the rain dogs
F#m
Taxi, we'd rather walk
F#m
Huddle a doorway
G
with the rain dogs
C# F#m
for I am a rain dog too
[Chorus]
C# F#m
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
C# F#m
For it was all ripe for dreaming
C# F#m
Oh how we danced away all of the lights
Bm F#m G# C#
We've always been out of our minds
[Verse 2]
F#m
The rum pours strong and thin
F#m
Beat out the dustmen
G
with the rain dogs
F#m
Aboard a shipwrecked train
F#m
give my umbrella
G
to the rain dogs
C# F#m
for I am a rain dog too
[Chorus]
C# F#m
Oh, how we danced with the rose of Tralee
C# F#m
Her long hair black as a raven
C# F#m
Oh, how we danced and you wispered to me
Bm F#m G# C#
You'll never be going back home
[Outro/Fading out]
C# F#m
Oh, how we danced with the rose of Tralee
C# F#m
Her long hair black as a raven
C# F#m
Oh, how we danced and you wispered to me
Bm F#m G# C#
You'll never be going back home
(electric clean low end pickup w/ room reverb guitar lead)
Inside a broken clock...
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-------4-------5-------5------------7---6-4--------------------|
A|-------4-------4---5---5---5------4---3-4----------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------3-------3-------------------------------------------|
Oh, how we danced...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7--6-6--5-5--4-4---6--6--6--6-----7-----------------6--6--6--6----|
G|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6---6--6--6--6-----6-----------------6--6--6--6----|
D|-----------------------------------4---3-3-2-2-1-0-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------4-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Oh, how we danced...
e|----------------------------------------------------------7-7--5-5---|
B|-----7-6-----5-----------6--6--6--6-----7-------5---------7-7--7-7---|
G|---6---------------------6--6--6--6----------------------------------|
D|-4-------3-2---2-1-0------------------4---3-3-2---2-1-0--------------|
A|---------------------4-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------4-2---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------5-4-2---------------------------------------------------|Rain Dogs chords and lyrics
Free chords for Rain Dogs by Tom Waits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
[Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Outro/Fading out] (electric clean low end pickup w/ room reverb guitar lead) Inside a broken clock...
Rain Dogs Chords by Tom Waits
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