Key: E
Introduction: D A7 D
D D7
Every time my ship comes in
G
A hurricane blows it out again
D D7 A
Stormy weather seems to hang around my door
D D7
My sweet bird of paradise
G
Flew the coop on me last night
D A7 D
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
D D7
I got a letter from the I.R.S
G D
They said, son, you're in a hell of a mess
D D7 A
Our computer shows you owe ten-thousand more
D D7
That machine's made a bad mistake
G
'Cause that's more than this poor boy makes
D A7 D
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
G D
Every time it rains I just washed my car
D
The whole neighbourhood goes
D7 A7
Swimmin' in my front yard
D
Well, my mother-in-law says she's
D7 G7
Stayin' three weeks more
D A7 D
Oh oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
D D7
Just got my car out of the shop
G
Two blocks down the street it stopped
D D7 A
I went to use the telephone at the grocery store
D D7
I walked back to my Chevrolet
G
But they'd towed that sucker away
D A D
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
G D
Every time it rains I just washed my car
D
The whole neighbourhood goes
D7 A7
Swimmin' in my front yard
D
Well, my mother-in-law says she's
D7 G7
Stayin' three weeks more
D A7 D G
Oh oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
D A7 D
Well, every time it rains, Lord don't it pour