Intro
C#F#C#F#C#
Verse
F# Parched crops dying ‘neath a dead sunC#
F# We’ve been praying but no good comesC#
F# The dog’s howling, home’s stripped bC#are
F# We’ve been worried but now we’re scarC#ed
Interlude
F#C#
F# People come for comfort or just to comeC#
Taste the dF#ark sticky potion or hear the drumsC#
F# Hands raised to Yahweh to bring the rain downC#
He comes crF#awlin’ ‘cross the dry fields like a dark shroud
Chorus
RF#ainmaker, a little faith for hire
RF#ainmaker, the house is on fire
RF#ainmaker, take evеrything you have
SometF#imes folks need to bеlieve in something so bad, sBo bad, so badBsus4
They’ll hire a rF#ainmaker (rF#ainmaker)
Verse
F# Rainmaker says white’s black and black’s whiteC#
F# Says night’s day and day’s nightC#
F# Says close your eyes and go to sleep nowC#
I’m in a bF#urnin’ field unloadin’ buckshot into low clouds
Chorus
RF#ainmaker, a little faith for hire
RF#ainmaker, the house is on fire
RF#ainmaker, take evеrything you have
SometF#imes folks need to bеlieve in something so bad, sBo bad, so badBsus4
They’ll hire a rF#ainmaker (rF#ainmaker)
Bridge
B Slow moving wagon drBsus4awing through a dry town
F# Painted rainbow, crescent moon and dark clouds
B Brother patriot cBsus4ome forth and lay it down
F# Your blood brother for king and crownF# for your rainmaker
Interlude
F#C#
Verse
They come fF#or the smile, the firm handshakeC#
They come fF#or the raw chance of a fair shakeC#
Some come to mF#ake damn sure, my friendC#
This mean sF#eason’s got nothin’ to do with themC#
They cF#ome ’cause they can’t stand the painC#
Of another lF#ong hot day of no rainC#
‘CF#ause they don’t care or understandC#
What it really tF#akes for the sky to open up the landB
Chorus
RF#ainmaker, a little faith for hire
RF#ainmaker, the house is on fire
RF#ainmaker, take evеrything you have
SometF#imes folks need to bеlieve in something so bad, sBo bad, so badBsus4
They’ll hire a rF#ainmaker
RF#ainmaker
RF#ainmaker
RF#ainmaker
Outro
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