Box of Rain

Grateful Dead

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V ii iii vi

Intro

A Bm7 A Asus4

Verse 1

D           Am          Em           C                G
Look out of any window, any morning, any evening, any day.
D         Am              Em                 G                       A
Maybe the sun is shining, birds are winging, No rain is falling from a heavy sky.
D           G                 Am            Em      D
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
    C             D                    Am              G
For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

Verse 2

D           Am           Em             C                          G
Walk out of any doorway, feel your way, Feel your way like the day before.
D            Am              Em                 G                       A
Maybe you'll find direction, Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.
D           G              Am                             Em D
What do you want me to do, To watch for you while you are sleeping?
     Am                        C        G                D
Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too.

Instrumental

G G Am Em C A D D
G G Am Em G D Em A A A A

Verse 3

D         Am       Em                       C                    G
Look into any eyes you find by you, You can see clear to another day,
D          Am           Em                    G                      A
Maybe been seen before, Through other eyes on other days while going home.
D           G                 Am            Em      D
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
     C              Em          D               G
It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

Verse 4

D         Am                   Em            C                      G
Walk into splintered sunlight, Inch your way through dead dreams to another land.
D            Am                Em                          G
Maybe you're tired and broken, Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken
    A
And thoughts unclear
D                G            Am            Em      D
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
         Am             C                  G            D
A box of rain will ease the pain, And love will see you through.

Verse 5

G                   Am       Em
Just a box of rain, wind and water,
C                 A               D
Believe it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on
G               Am       Em
Sun and shower, wind and rain,
C              D             Em            A
In and out the window like a moth before a flame.

Verse 6

         D             Em            G               D
And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there,
                  Bm          G               A
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.
         D             Em         G               D
And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair;
       Em
Such a long long time to be gone,
      G                D     C G D Asus4
And a short time to be there.