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FALLING OF THE RAIN by BILLY JOEL Featured on the album COLD SPRING HARBOR (1971; remixed 1983) INTRO: F F/E F/Eb Bbmaj7 C VERSE 1:
FOnce upon a Gtime in the Ebland of misty Eb/Csatin Bbdreams There stood a Chouse and a Gmman F/Awho Bbpainted Bb/Cnature Fscenes He painted Gtrees Eb and fields and aniEb/Cmals and Bbstreams and he Cstayed And he Gmdidn't F/Ahear the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain
REFRAIN 1:
F Caug/EAhhhhhhhCm/Ebhhhhh DAh No he Gmdidn't F/Ahear the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain
[REPEAT INTRO] VERSE 2:
FIn the forest Ggreen lived a Ebgirl who put her Eb/Chair in Bbbraids And she Csang as she Gmwalked F/Aall Bbaround the Bb/Cwooded Fglade She was Gglad when the Ebrain came falling Eb/Con her Bbface and she Csang 'Cause she Gmdid not F/Amind the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain
REFRAIN 2:
F Caug/EAhhhhhhhCm/Ebhhhhh DAh No he Gmdidn't F/Ahear the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain
F Am CHORUS 1:
Will it always be the Fsame as we recall? Am Does it touch you when the Frain begins to fall? Am Ah, but I don't Fwant to know and BbI don't F/Awant to Gsee F/CAnother rainy Cday without you F/Clyin' next to Cme
[REPEAT INTRO] VERSE 3:
FHigh upon a Ghill far Ebaway from all the Eb/Cdusty Bbcrowd is a Cboy With his Gmeyes F/Aon the Bbground; his Bb/Chead is Fbowed; he is a Gfool And his Ebmind is filled with Eb/Chopeless Bbdreams and he Cwaits But he Gmwill not F/Asee the Bbfallin' Bb/Cof the Frain
REFRAIN 3:
F Caug/EAhhhhhhhCm/Ebhhhhh DAh No he Gmdidn't F/Ahear the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain
F Am CHORUS 2:
Will it always be the Fsame as we recall? Am Does it touch you when the Frain begins to fall? Am Ah, but I don't Fwant to know and BbI don't F/Awant to Gsee F/CAnother rainy Cday without you F/Clyin' next to Cme
VERSE 4:
F So now the Gboy becomes the Ebman who sits and Eb/Cpaints all Bbday But the gCirl with the Gmbraids F/Ain her Bbhair has Bb/Cgone aFway And it Gseems that Ebtime has brought things Eb/Cto an Bbend; nothing's Cchanged 'Cause you Gmcan't F/Astop the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain.
REFRAIN 4:
F Caug/EAhhhhhhhCm/Ebhhhhh DAh No he Gmdidn't F/Ahear the Bbfalling Bb/Cof the Frain