CAPO ON THE 1ST FRET.
G Em C D
Rain is falling from the sky
G Em
It touches everything
C D D
Brings new life...
G F F C C
G Em
He came in April
C D
The month of rain
G Em
Sweeter than anything
C D
It changed my life
G Em
To know what love is
C D
Love in the water
G Em
Our hearts were happy then
C D D
Loving each other
D D
There is sorrow
C C
in the eyes
D D
Of the people
C C
in my life
D D
They are hungry
C C
They can't see
F
Pray for a flood
C
To swallow us up
G Em C D
G Em C D
G Em C D
G Em C D D
D D C C
D D C C
D D C C
F C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_gentle_waves/flood_tab.html ]
G Em
He left in June you see
C D
Left me dry
G Em
Blood chilled with bitterness
C D D
There was another...
G Em
With the storm clouds above me
C D
I wait for rain
G Em
And look to the mountaintops
C D D
To hear his voice
D D
There is sorrow
C C
in the eyes
D D
Of the people
C C
in my life
D D
They are hungry
C C
They can't see
F F
Pray for a flood
C C
Pray for a flood
F F
Pray for a flood
C C
Pray for a flood
F F C C
F F C C
F F C C
F F C C
F F C
This is how I do the fingering for each chord
G Em C D F
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|-3-----------||-0-----------||-------------||-------------||-1-----------|