It's Raining Here This Morning

The Osborne Brothers

Written by Grandpa Jones

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                         C
Oh it's raining raining raining here this morning
G                                    D7
As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame
G                                      C
With a smile I try to greet each early dawning
G                 D7                 G
But they've given me a number for my name

Verse 2

C                                            G
Many a little raindrops are falling close to me
C                            G                    D7
Makes the streams and rivers just as muddy as can be
G                                      C
It's raining raining raining here this morning
G                  D7              G
As the Mississippi flows on to the sea

Verse 3

C
How I wish that I could see my little darling
G                               D7
And hold her in my arms just as before
G                                    C
I used to tell her every day I loved her
G                   D7      G
But now she doesn't love me anymore

Verse 4

C                                         G
She knew that I was guiltless of this one crime
D7
And said that she'd be waiting there for me
G                                  C
But she has found somebody else to wander
G                     D7              G
Where the Mississippi flows on to the sea

Verse 5

C
Oh it’s raining raining raining here this morning
G                             D7
And I am just as weary as can be
G                                  C
I wish that I could follow all the raindrops
G                    D7                G
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea

Verse 6

C                                        G
But there's no way to prove that I'm not guilty
D7
So I will have to suffer all the shame
G                             C
Go and tell her for me little raindrops
G                  D7                 G
That they've given me a number for my name

Verse 7

D7                                 G
As the Mississippi flows on to the sea