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Just Walkin In The Rain Tab

by The Prisonaires



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JUST WALKIN' IN THE RAIN - The Prisonaires
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| ^ brush up
| R let ring
| . staccato

Standard tuning
6/8 time

Note that this is a tab of the original version of this song
by the Prisonaires, written by Johnny Bragg, and not the one
sung by Johnnie Ray. It's also come to my attention that the
recording I have of the song differs from a version posted on
youtube, so I've taken the liberty of posting the version I
listen to on my blog.

The song is structured:

INTRO
VERSE 1
VERSE 2
CHORUS
VERSE 3
CHORUS
VERSE 4


INTRO:

        .      R    .           .           
e|^4--6-4----|-4----4----|------8----|------.----|
B|^4--4-4----|-3----3----|------6----|------6----|
G|^5R--------|-4----4----|----6------|----4------|
D|^6R------3-|---------0-|-8---------|-5---------|
A|-----------|-----------|---------6-|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------4-|


VERSE 1:

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-4----4----|-3----3----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-4----4----|-3----3----|-4----4----|-3----3----|
G|-5----5----|-4----4----|-5----5----|-4----4----|
D|-6----6----|-5----5----|-6----6--3-|------3--0-|
A|-6----6----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-----------|
E|-4----4--3-|-3----3--4-|-4----4----|-----------|

   R    .                  R    .      R    .
e|-8----8----|------.----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-6----6----|------6----|-4----4----|-6----6----|
G|-6----6----|----4------|-5----5----|-6----6----|
D|-8----8----|-5---------|-6----6----|-6----6----|
A|---------6-|---------6-|-6----6--4-|-4----4----|
E|-----------|-----------|-4----4----|---------4-|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-4----4----|-4----4----|-6----6----|-5----5----|
B|-4----4----|-4----4----|-6----6----|-5----5----|
G|-5----5----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-5----5----|
D|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-5----5----|
A|-6----6----|-6----6----|-8----8----|-7----7----|
E|-4----4--4-|-4----4--4-|-6----6--5-|-5----5--6-|

   R    .                  R    .      R    .
e|-6----6----|------.----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-6----6----|------6----|-4----4----|-6----6----|
G|-6----6----|----4------|-5----5----|-4----4----|
D|-6----6----|-5---------|-6----6----|-6----6----|
A|-8----8--6-|---------6-|-6----6--4-|-4----4----|
E|-6----6----|-----------|-4----4----|---------4-|


VERSE 2:

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|-3----3----|
G|-5----5----|-5----5----|-5----5----|-4----4----|
D|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6--3-|------3--0-|
A|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-----------|
E|-4----4--4-|-4----4--4-|-4----4----|-----------|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-8----8----|-6----6----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-6----6----|-8----8----|-4----4----|-6----6----|
G|-6----6----|-6----6----|-5----5----|-4----4----|
D|-8----8----|-8----8----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
A|---------6-|-----------|-6----6--4-|-4----4----|
E|-----------|---------4-|-4----4----|---------4-|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-4----4----|-4----4----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
B|-4----4----|-4----4----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
G|-5----5----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
D|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
A|-6----6----|-6----6----|-8----8----|-8----8----|
E|-4----4--4-|-4----4--4-|-6----6--6-|-6----6--6-|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-6----6----|-6----6----|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-8----8----|-8----8----|-4----4----|-6----6----|-4----4----|-7----7----|
G|-6----6----|-6----6----|-5----5----|-4----4----|-5----5----|-5----5----|
D|-8----8----|-8----8----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-4----4----|
A|-6----6--6-|-6----6--6-|-6----6--4-|-4----4----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
E|-----------|-----------|-4----4----|---------4-|-4----4--4-|-4----4--4-|


CHORUS:

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----4----|
B|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
G|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
D|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
A|-4----4--4-|-4----4--4-|-4----4--4-|-4----4----|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------4-|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      .    .
e|-4----4----|-3----3----|-4----4----|-4----5----|
B|-4----4----|-3----3----|-4----4----|-6----7----|
G|-5----5----|-4----4----|-5----5----|-4----5----|
D|-6----6----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-6----7----|
A|-6----6----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-6----7----|
E|-4----4--3-|-3----3--4-|-4----4--4-|----5----6-|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      R    .
e|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
B|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
G|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
D|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|
A|-8----8----|-8----8----|-8----8----|-8----8----|
E|-6----6--6-|-6----6--6-|-6----6--6-|-6----6--6-|

   R    .      R    .      R    .      .    .
e|-6----6----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-7----6----|
B|-8----8----|-7----7----|-8----8----|-9----8----|
G|-6----6----|-5----5----|-6----6----|-7----6----|
D|-8----8----|-7----7----|-8----8----|-9----8----|
A|-6----6--5-|-5----5--6-|-6----6--7-|-7--6------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------4-|


VERSES 3 & 4 same as VERSE 2

except last four bars of VERSE 4:

   R    .      R         *2/4*                  R
e|-6----6----|------.----|---4-4-4-|-4---4---|-^4-||
B|-8----8----|------6----|---4-4-4-|-6---5---|-^4-||
G|-6----6----|----4------|---5-5-5-|-6---6---|-^5-||
D|-8----8----|-5---------|---6-6-6-|-6---6---|-^6-||
A|-6----6--6-|---------6-|---6-6-6-|-4---4---|-^6-||
E|-----------|-----------|-4-4-4-4-|---------|-^4-||


LYRICS:

Just walkin' in the rain
Gettin' soakin wet
Torturing my heart
By tryin' to forget

Just walkin' in the rain
So alone and blue
All because my heart
Still remembers you

People come to windows
And they always stare at me
Shake their heads in sorrow
Sayin' who can that fool be

Just walkin' in the rain
Thinkin' how we met
Knowin' things have changed
Somehow I can't forget

People come to windows
And they always stare at me
Shake their heads in sorrow
Sayin' who can that fool be

Just walkin' in the rain
Thinkin' how we met
Knowin' things have changed
Somehow I can't forget