More songs by Gordon Lightfoot


This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
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"RAINY DAY PEOPLE" by Gordon Lightfoot www.lightfoot.ca
From his 1975 album Cold on the Shoulder
Written by Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Capo 2

A   C#m/A   Bm/A    A


A                %
Rainy day people always seem to know
             Bm
   when it's time to call
D                      E
Rainy day people don't talk they just listen
        A                         %     /B  /C#
   till they've heard it all
D                      E
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you
  D                       A    E7/B   A/C#
   they've been down like you
D                      E
Rainy day people don't mind
                      D       A   C#m/A   Bm/A    A
   if you're cryin' a tear or two


A                 %
If you get lonely all you really need
           Bm
   is that rainy day love
D                    E
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow
        A                     %     /B  /C#
   they can't rise above
D                      E
Rainy day lovers don't love any others
  D                  A    E7/B   A/C#
   that would not be kind
D                    E
Rainy day people all know
                     D        A    C#m/A   Bm/A    A
   how it hangs on a piece of mind


A      .      %      .      Bm     .      %      .
D      .      E      .      A      .      %      /B /C#

D                      E
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you
  D                        A    E7/B   A/C#
   they've been down there too
D                      E
Rainy day people don't mind
                      D       A   C#m/A   Bm/A    A
   if you're cryin' a tear or two


A                %
Rainy day people always seem to know
               Bm
   when you're feeling blue
D                           E
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters
       A                         %     /B  /C#
   sometime need one too
D                      E
Take it or leave it or try to believe it
      D                    A     E7/B   A/C#
   if you've been down too long
D                      E
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside
             D       A   C#m/A   Bm/A    A
   they just pass it on


D                      E
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside
             D       A
   they just pass it on

Transcribed 2023-05-01 by T-rev
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x02220 A
x06650 C#m/A
x04430 Bm/A
x24432 Bm
xx0232 D
022100 E
x2013x E7/B
x42220 A/C#

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