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Rhythm of the Rain
Words & Music by John GummoeRecorded by The Cascades, 1963 (#3)
D6 D G
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
D6 D A
Telling me just what a fool I've been;
D6 D G G/F# Em
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
D A7 D A7
And let me be alone again.
D6 D G
The only girl I care about has gone away,
D6 D A
Looking for a brand new start;
D6 D G G/F# Em
But little does she know that when she left that day,
D A7 D DM7 D7
Along with her she took my heart.
Bridge:
G G/F# Em F#m
Rain, please tell me now, does that seem fair,
A Gdim D
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care?
Bm Bm7 G A D A7
I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away.
D6 D G
The only girl I care about has gone away,
D6 D A
Looking for a brand new start;
D6 D G G/F# Em
But little does she know that when she left that day,
D A7 D
Along with her she took my heart.
Second Bridge:
G G/F# Em F#m
Rain, won't you tell her that I love her so,
A Gdim D
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow?
Bm Bm7 G A D A7
Rain in her heart and let the love we know start to grow.
D6 D G
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
D6 D A
Telling me just what a fool I've been;
D6 D G G/F# Em
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
D A7 D
And let me be alone again.
Coda: (repeat and fade)
D6 D G
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
D6 Bm Bm7
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter, ooooh.
According to lyric friend Ron Hontz, Gummoe was serving aboard the U.S.S. Jason and was inspired to write this song while standing watch during a thunderstorm off the coast of the Aleutian Islands.