Southern Rain

G D Am G D Am G D Times were rough when times were lean, C G D Am C Most of the time nobody seemed to care. G D No more peace in a southern breeze, C Whistlin' through the willow trees G D Am G/B And I see you standin' there. C G/B Am G/B And I reach out to touch your face, C G/B Am D But the cold hard facts of life put me in my place. C D G G7 Southern rain, fallin' down on me. C D G G7 Think I'm back to yesterday and the way things used to be. C D G F#m Em Sweet Home on the radio, why do things have to change? C D C D G Oh Lord, what I would not give to feel that southern rain. --- G D Am C G D C Watermelon growin' on the vine, the sweet taste of homemade wine, G D Am C And the soft touch of your fingertips. G D Layin' down by the riverside, C Do you recall how we used to hide, G D Am G/B So I could taste your lips? C G/B Am G/B Though the winds of change took me from home, C G/B Am D So many years just pass me by, and now I'm all alone. C D G G7 Southern rain, fallin' down on me. C D G G7 Think I'm back to yesterday and the way things used to be. C D G F#m Em Sweet Home on the radio, why do things have to change? C D C D G G7 Oh Lord, what I would not give to feel that southern rain. F C G F G You said that we could last forever, F C G F G But I had my wild oats yet to sow. F C Em For every storm and each endeavour, C G/B Am D The past and the love we found just will not let me go. C D G G7 Southern rain, fallin' down on me. C D G G7 Think I'm back to yesterday and the way things used to be. C D G F#m Em Sweet Home on the radio, why do things have to change? C D C D Em G Oh Lord, what I would not give to feel that southern rain. C D C D G Oh Lord, what I would not give to feel that southern, southern rain. D Am C G D Am C G Oh to feel that southern rain. (repeat to finish)