Key: A
A
D
AG
Verse
Dm
D
Slowly crawling 'cross the floor
Bm
Comes a shadow through the window
A
D
From the house next door and the dust specks dancing
Bm
D
A
In the last of the light one more evening passing
Dbm
D
She walked on tiptoes on a gravel bar
Bm
A
Wet skin pale as the evening star
D
A
Bm
The North Platte winding like a silver eel
G
D
Hands like rain on August fields
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
G
D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain
Verse
Bm
D
G
D
Now I stand on stiff legs and I clutch the cane
Bm
A
And I search the sky for a sign of rain
D
A
Bm
D
As if it matters as if it makes a damn
A
just an old man's habit
D
G
D
Down the street the schoolboys play
Bm
A
Dime novel heroes from another day
G
D
Who now are nothing more than faceless names
G
D
A
And a nameless face with hands like rain
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
G
D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain
Db
D
G
D
Bm
We'd run by night and we'd hide by day
A
so the papers used to say
D
A
G
D
A
On stolen horses and borrowed time dancing girls and brandy wine
Bridge
A
I can hear them calling they're calling me
D
A
I can here them calling but I still can't see (no I can?t see it)
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
G
D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain
Bridge
A
G
D
G
D
Life and legend are an awkward pair
Bm
Em
A
And there ain't much magic anywhere
D
G
Except in moments we can't often steal
D
A
D
Hands like rain on August fields
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
G
D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain