The day the rains came (midi) (sample)

G - G7 - D - D7

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1. The day that the rains came down, Mother Earth smiled again,

G Em Am - D Em C D

now the lilacs could bloom, now the fields could grow greener.

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2. The day that the rains came down, Buds were born, love was born,

G Em Am - D - Em B7 - E

as the young buds will grow, so our young love will grow,

A D G

love, sweet love.

D G

A robin sang a song of love, a willow tree reached up to the heavens,

D G D G D

as if to thank the sky above, for all that rain, that welcome rain.

D

We looked across the meadowland,

G

and seemed to sense a kind of a miracle,

D G Bm Bm C - D7

much too deep to understand, and there we were, so much in lo…ve.

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2. The day that the rains came down,

C Cm G

mountain streams swelled with pride,

G Em Am - D Em C D

gone the dry river bed, gone the dust from the valley.

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The day that the rains came down, buds were born, love was born,

G Em Am - D - Em B7 - E

as the young buds will grow, so our young love will grow,

A D Bm - E C D G - C - G

love, sweet lo…..ve, rain, sweet rain.

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 1st in D) (Jane Morgan)