It Ain't Gonna Rain No More

Written by Wendell Hall

Key of G · Chords: I IV

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 1

  C
A bum sat by the sewer,
    C               G7
And by the sewer he died,
    G7
And at the Coroner’s inquest,
     G7               C
They called it "sewer side"!

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 2

      C
Oh, a peanut sat on the railroad track,
     C               G7
It’s heart was all a flutter.
  G7
A round the bend came Number Ten,
G7                C
Toot Toot! peanut butter.

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 3

   C
My father is a butcher,
   C           G7
My mother is a cook,
    G7
And I’m the little hot dog
         G7           C
With the candy that I took.

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 4

       C
Oh, my uncle built a chimney,
   C              G7
He built it up so high.
   G7
He had to tear it down again
   G7              C
To let the moon go by.

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 5

   C
My daddy is a doctor,
   C          G7
My mommy is a nurse,
    G7
And I’m the little needle
     G7                C
That gets you where it hurts!

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 6

C
Mary had a little lamb,
    C            G7
She kept it in a closet,
    G7
And every time she took it out
   G7              C
It left a small de posit!

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 7

C
Mary had a little lamb,
    C              G7
Her father shot it dead,
        G7
Oh, she still takes it off to school
    G7            C
But on a slice of bread!

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?

Verse 8

C
Mary had a steramboat,
    C               G7
The steamboat had a bell.
G7
Mary went to heaven,
    G7                C
The steamboat went to TOOT TOOT!

Chorus

   C
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more,
   C                   G7
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
G7
How in the heck can I wash my neck
      G7                     C
If it G7 ain’t gonna rain no more?