Give Us Rain

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Bill Joe Foster

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V VII vi

Verse 1

C                F           G7              C
Grandpa raised a family on a worn out cotton farm
F                          G7                  Am
Borrowed money on his word he never did nobody harm
F                  A#7                    G7         C
Sometimes he'd get discouraged when a dry spell came around
F                                                          A#7
He's go out in the cotton field and he'd kneel down on the ground

Verse 2

C       F       D7          G7     C
Give us rain on the dry old ground today
G7                                   Am
Give us rain wash the troubled times away
F                C                G7         Am
I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
A#7                    F            C
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain

Verse 3

F              G7                 C
I moved to the city when I turned twenty-two
F                     G7                    Am
I saw a way of living that my grandpa never knew
F                    A#7            G7                C
I'm a different kind of farmer in a different kind of field
F                                     A#7
Planting words of hope in a ground as hard as steel

Verse 2

C       F       D7          G7     C
Give us rain on the dry old ground today
G7                                   Am
Give us rain wash the troubled times away
F                C                G7         Am
I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
A#7                    F            C
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain

Verse 4

F                         G7                           C
There's a crop of thirsty people in this dry old dusty town
F                            G7                          Am
They grow up fast and wither when the scorching sun came down
F                   A#7            G7                C
Although there is a difference the need is still the same
F                                            A#7
Just like grandpa's cotton field they need a little rain

Verse 2

C       F       D7          G7     C
Give us rain on the dry old ground today
G7                                   Am
Give us rain wash the troubled times away
F                C                G7         Am
I believe you're faithful I'm not meaning to complain
A#7                    F            C
But Lord we sure could use a little rain
A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain

Verse 5

A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain
A#7                F            C
Lord we sure could use a little rain