El Niño Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][F][E][F][Am][E][Am]

[Verse 1]
They're catching [E]stin
gray in Washington State
[Am]Down[E] south there's nothing
but [Am]drought
There's [G]brush fires all over Australi[C]a
And in the [F]north, it's flooding them out
[E]The [Em]trad[E]e winds are
stuck in the [Am]doldrums
The Pa[G]cific's receded in warmth
[C]The for[F]ecast is glo[E]omy for winter[F]
What's [Dm]causing these tropical [E]storms?
El [Am]Nino
Blame it all on El [G]Nino
It's because of El [F]Niño,
says the man on the [Em]news.[E]
El [Am]Niño, blame it all on El [G]Niño.
That anom[Dm]alous [F]weather phenomen[E]on
from Per[Am]u.
[E]My last 15 gigs have [Am]been empty.
It [E]seems like I'm under a [Am]curse,
not tonight.
The [G]computer's invaded by gremlin[C]s,
and [F]the stock market
couldn't be [E]worse.[Em]
[E]I broke a nail last Thu[Am]rsday,
and the [G]dog somehow injured his [C]paw.
I [F]gained 20 [E]pounds and lost [G]my [F]wife.
I [Dm]tell you there [E]must be a [Am]cause.
[E]El [Am]Niño, blame it all on El [G]Niño
It's because of El [F]Niño,
says the man on the [Em]news[E]
El [Am]Niño, blame it all on El [G]Niño
That anom[Dm]alous [F]weather phenomen[E]on
from Per[Am]u
It was [G]born in the Andean moun[C]tains
where the [G]temperature gets below freezing.
[C]The fis[E]hermen called it the lit[Am]tle one
because it [Ebdim]came in the Christmas season.

[Interlude 1]
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[F][E]
[Am][G][F][E][Am][G][F][E][G][F][E][Am][G][F][E]
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[Verse 2]
The [E]rain kept the people from com[Am]ing,
[E]out to see all of my [Am]shows.
The com[G]puter got wet when it [C]flooded,
as for the [F]stock market, nobody knows.
[E]I b[Em]roke [E]my nail dialing the weat[Am]her
And [G]the dog slipped and fell in the rain
[C]I couldn't[F] go joggin[E]g
and [Am]gained [G]that [F]weight
So El [Dm]Nino is [E]really to [Am]blame [E]El [Am]Nino
Blame it all on El [G]Nino
It's because of El [F]Nino
Says the man on the [G]news[Em]
[E]El [Am]Niño, blame it all on El [G]Niño
That anom[Dm]alous [F]weather phenomen[E]on
from Per[Am]u[E][Am]
The background of this song was written around
the time of the Jewish High Holy Days,
which are Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah,
it's sort of the New Year time.
And the idea at those times
is that the Jewish people,
as a people,
come together
and in a sense ask God to forgive all the bad
things we've done over the past year
and we promise to do
better in the next year.
So let's let's give this a try
and if I'm lucky I'll remember
all the words here again