Give Us Rain

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[Verse]
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Grandpa raised a family on a worn-out cotton farm
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Borrowed money on his word he never did nobody harm
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Sometimes he'd get discouraged when a dry spell came around
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He'd go out in the cotton field and he'd kneel down on the ground

[Chorus]
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Give us rain_______on this dry old ground today
        D  D/F# G            A7             Bm
Give us rain____    wash the troubled times away
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I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
    C                  G            D
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
C                  G            D
Lord we sure could use a little rain

[Solo Break]
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[Verse 2]
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I moved to the city when I turned twenty-two
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I saw a way of living that my grandpa never knew
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I'm a different kind of farmer in a different kind of field
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Planting words of hope in a ground as hard as steel

[Chorus]
        D  D/F# G D/F#    Em       A7       D
Give us rain_______on this dry old ground today
        D  D/F# G            A7             Bm
Give us rain____    wash the troubled times away
  G              D                A7             Bm
I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
    C                  G            D
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
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Lord we sure could use a little rain


[Verse 3]
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There's a crop of thirsty people in this dry old dusty town
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They grow up fast and wither when the scorching sun comes down
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Although there is a difference the need is still the same
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Just like grandpa's cotton field they need a little rain


[Chorus]
        E     A          F#m     B7       E
Give us rain___ _on this dry old ground today
        E    A           B7             C#m
Give us rain____wash the troubled times away
A                E               B7              C#m
I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
    D                  A            E
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
D                  A/C#  B      E
Lord we sure could use a little rain
D                  A            E
Lord we sure could use a little rain
D                  A/C#  B      E
Lord we sure could use a little rain