Key: C
Introduction: C F C F C
F C
Parched crops dying 'neath a dead sun
F C
We've been praying but no good comes
F C
The dog's howling,'s bare
F C F C
We've been but now we're scared
F C
People come comfort or just to come
F C
Taste the dark sticky potion or hear the drums
F C
Hands raised to Yahweh to bring the rain down
F
He comes crawlin' 'cross the dry fields like a dark shroud
F
Rainmaker, a little faith for hire
Rainmaker, the house is on fire
F Bb Bb4
Sometimes folks need to b in something so bad, so bad, so bad
F
They'll hire a rainmaker (rainmaker)
F C
Rainmaker says white's black and black's white
F C
Says night's day and day's night
F C
Says close your eyes and go to sleep now
F
I'm in a burnin' field unloadin' buckshot into low clouds
F
Rainmaker, a little faith for hire
Rainmaker, the house is on fire
F Bb Bb4
Sometimes folks need to b in something so bad, so bad, so bad
F
They'll hire a rainmaker (rainmaker)
Bb Bb4
Slow moving wagon drawing through a dry town
F
Painted rainbow, crescent moon and dark clouds
Bb Bb4
Brother patriot come forth and lay it down
F
Your blood brother for king and crown for your rainmaker