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Song title:       Black Rain
Original Album:   Strangeland

Words and Music by Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes and Jessie Quin
Copyright © 2012 Island Records (UK) Limited
Published by BMG Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
Ab     466544
Bbm    688666

[play: Ab  Bbm]  [x2]


VERSE:
  Ab      Bbm              Ab
I open my eyes, everything shines
Ab          Bbm                   Ab        
Swim as the breeze blows down the coast
Ab         Bbm                Ab
Down on my luck, breathing my last
Ab        Bbm            Ab
Dirty old hands carry me home


CHORUS:
Chords:
Fm     88 10 10 98 or 133111
Cm     8 10 10 888 or 335543
Bb     688766      or 113331
Eb     668886
Eb7    668686

Fm      Cm
Red sky turning round
C#         Cm
Black rain falling down
   Bb                           Eb                Eb7
If you’ve got love you'd better hope that that's enough

Fm        Cm
Sandstorm cuts your skin
C#          Cm
Black cloud circling 
   Bb                           Eb                Eb7
If you’ve got love you'd better hope that that's enough


VERSE:
    Ab            Bbm                Ab
You came from the south to Lebanon's Shore
Ab          Bbm                 Ab
Folding our clothes, dived into peace
    Ab          Bbm             Ab
The blackest of seas glittering red
Ab         Bbm           Ab
Lit by the fire over our heads


CHORUS:
Fm      Cm
Red sky turning round
C#         Cm
Black rain falling down
   Bb                           Eb                Eb7
If you’ve got love you'd better hope that that's enough

Fm        Cm
Sandstorm cuts your skin
C#       Cm
Sunbirds circling 
   Bb                           Eb                Eb7
If you’ve got love you'd better hope that that's enough


[play:  Fm  Cm  C#  Cm]


Bb               Eb                Eb7
Ohhh, you better hope that that's enough

Ab   Bbm     [repeat x3]
Oooooooh

Fm   Cm   C#   Cm   Bb  Eb  Eb7
Ooooooh   Ooooooh   Ooooooooooh

[repeat to fade]