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I WISH IT WOULD RAIN - Rodney Crowell
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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
This is from "The Houston Kid." It is a brilliant song from a brilliant record that
Rodney wrote about his childhood and the childhoods of his best friends growing up.
It is amazing.
Intro:
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Song Chords:
Turning tricks on sunset, twenty bucks a pop
Some out of town old business man or an undercover cop
I'm living with a virus flowing way down in my veins
Oh I wish it would rain
I know you've heard my story or seen me on the street
Just another cracker gigolo dressed up like trick or treat
Now you may want to judge me or treat me with disdain
Oh I wish it would rain
Memphis, Texas; Houston, Tennesee
Man I'm just so turned around I don't know where I want to be
This California desert is driving me insane
Oh I wish it would rain
So I've squandered my resistance, taking any kind of drug
I'd smoke or shoot or eat it, I'd drink it from a jug
I offer no excuses for your sympathies to gain
Oh I wish it would rain
Everybody knows me as the kid
I've made it seven years still I don't know how I did
I come from a long line of live and love in vain
Oh I wish it would rain
So I've prayed to mother Mary, I've even seen a priest
When the angels come to get me, I know I'll be released
I'll leave this mean old desert bound for Memphis on that train
Oh I wish it would rain (X2)
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| \ slide down
| hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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