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Gone Like Rain
The Nightwatchman
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Artist: The Nightwatchman
Song: Gone Like Rain
Album: The Fabled City
Riff: Am
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------1------------------------------1-------------|
G|------2--2---------2-------------2---2-------2-----|
D|--2---2--2----0h2-----2----------2---2---0h2-------|
A|--0------0--------------0----0-2-0---0-------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------|
Riff x2
Am C G Am
With damn cursed eyes, the multitude sat
C G Am
As the kettle cars pulled along the rusty tracks
C G Am
One raised his hat in the fading light
C C/B G Am
Said excuse me sir,this doesn't seem right
Chorus:
Am G D Am
Now he's gone like whispers, gone like rain
G D Am
Gone like the faithful while the faithless remain
G D C
Gone like the stone the builder refused
C/B Am
Gone and overdue
Riff x2
Am C G Am
There's a river in Texas with a strong undertow
C G Am
No one crosses it to freedom, no one pans for gold
C G Am
Its waters are clear, its waters are cold
C C/B G Am
Its current is swift and no one knows where it goes, it's just
Chorus
C C/B Am
Gone and overdue
Harmonica solo:
Am G F
Am C/B
Am F
C
Riff x2
Am C G Am
In a cold desert corner, don't appear on no map
C G Am
Coyotes scream rips the night in half
C G Am
He hears the devil calling, footsteps on the path
C C/B G Am
So he chews off his own leg, to get out of the trap, and he's
Chorus
C C/B Am
Gone and overdue, hey hey hey
Riff x2