Rain Day Man

James Taylor

Compositor: James Taylor

Tom: F

Intro: C  Gm7/C

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What good is that happy lie?
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All you wanted from the start was to cry, girl.
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It looks like another fall.
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Your good friends they don't seem to help at all.
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You're feeling kind of cold and small,
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just look up your rainy day man.
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It does you no good to pretend, a child.
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You've made a hole much too big to mend.
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And it looks like you lose again, my friend,
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Call on your rainy day man.
     Dm   C            Bb7+          Am
Now rainy day man, he don't like sunshine,
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he don't chase rainbows,
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he don't need good times, no.
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Grey days rolling, then you'll see him, empty feeling,
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now you need him.
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All those noble thoughts, they just don't belong.
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You can't hide the truth with a happy song.
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And since you knew where you stood all along,
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just look up your rainy day man.
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Now simple pleasures they all evade you,
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store-bought treasures, none can save you.
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Look for signs to ease the pain,
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ask again, go on and pray for rain.
Gm       C7            F7+  Dm
It looks like another fall.
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Your good friends they don't seem to help at all.
Gm          C7               F7+       Aº
when you're feeling kind of cold and small,
      Gm           C7       F7+
just look up your rainy day man,
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all I need to do is look up your rainy day man.
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Now what good is that happy lie
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When all you wanted from the start was to cry