i wish it would rain chords and lyrics - RODNEY CROWELL

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[D]Turning tricks on sunset
[F#m]20 bucks a pop
Some [Bm]out of town ol' business
[D]man or [G]an undercover cop
I'm [D]living with the virus flowing
way [Bm]down in my vein[D]s

[Verse 2]
[G]Oh, oh, I wish it would [D]rain[G]

[Verse 3]
I know [D]you've heard my story
Or [F#m]seen me on the street
Just an[Bm]other cracker gigolo
[D]Dressed up [G]like trick or treat

[Verse 4]
Now you [D]may want to judge me
Or treat [Bm]me with disda[D]in
[G]Oh, oh, I wish it would [D]rain

[Verse 5]
[G]Memphis, Texas, Houston, Tennessee
Man, I'm just [D]so turned around
I don't know where I want to be
This [G]California desert is driving me insane
[D]Oh,

[Verse 6]
[G]oh, I wish [D]it would rain
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[Verse 7]
[D]So, I've squandered my resistance
Taking [F#m]any kind of drug
Oh, I'd [Bm]smoke or shoot or eat it,
[D]I'd[G] drink it from a jug
And I [D]of fer no excuses for your
sym[Bm]pathies [D]to gain
[G]Oh,

[Verse 8]
oh, I wish it would [D]rain
[G]Everybody knows

[Verse 9]
me as the kid
I've [D]made it seven years and
still I don't know how I did
I [G]come from a long line of

[Verse 10]
live and love in vain
[D]Oh, oh, [G]I wish it would rai[D]n
[G][D]

[Verse 11]
[G]
So [D]I prayed to Mother Mary
I've [F#m]even seen a priest
When the [Bm]angels come to get me
[D]I k[G]now I'll be released
I'll [D]leave this mean ol' desert,
bound for Mem[Bm]phis on that [D]train

[Verse 12]
[G]Oh, oh, I wish it would [D]rain
[G]Oh, oh, I wish it would [D]rain

[Outro 1]
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