Johnny Rivers - Rhythm Of The Rain

rhythm of the rain : johnny rivers .
( cascades hit in 1963 . . #5 in uk and #1 usa .
recorded on johnny river’s ’20 greatest hits’ album )
and on johnny rivers in action in 1965 . )

intro : G# Fm ( x2 )

#1 .
G# C#
listen to the rhythm of the falling rain ,
G# D#
telling me just what a fool i’ve been .
G# C#
i wish that it would go and let me cry in vain ,
G# A#m7 D# G#
and let me be alone A . . gain .

#2 .
G# C#
the only girl i care about has gone away . .
G# D#
lookin’ for a brand new start .
G# C#
but little does she know that when she left that day . .
G# A#m7 D# G#
along with her she took my heart .

chorus :
C# Cm
rain please tell me now does that seem fair . .
C# G#
for her to steal my heart away when she don’t care?
Fm A#m7 D# G# C# D#
i can’t love another when my heart’s somewhere far away .

#3 .
G# C#
the only girl i care about has gone away . .
G# D#
lookin’ for a brand new start .
G# C#
but little does she know that when she left that day . .
G# A#m7 D# G#
along with her she took my heart .

( interlude : harmonica : )

bridge :
C# Cm
rain won’t you tell her that i love her so ,
C# G#
please tell the sun to set her heart aglow .
Fm A#m7 D# G# C# D#
rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow .

#4 .
G# C#
listen to the rhythm of the falling rain ,
G# D#
telling me just what a fool i’ve been .
G# C#
i wish that it would go and let me cry in vain ,
G# A#m7 D# G#
and let me be alone A . . gain .

outro :
G# Fm
oh , listen to the falling rain . ( x2 )
G# Fm
pitter , patter , pitter patter .
G# Fm
oh , listen to the falling rain . ( x2 ) ( fade . )

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .