G
Oh, I wish it would rain
      G      C     G
and wash my face clean.

I want to find some dark clouds
           D
to hide in me here.
              G
Oh, love in a memory
    G         C/G G
sparkles like dia-monds.
                  G     D              C/G  C2/G
When the diamonds fall, they burn like te-- ars.
                  G     D                G
When the diamonds fall, they burn like a tear.

G                          Gsus4   G
Once I had a love from the Georgia pines
     D             G
who only cared for me.
       C                G
Gonna find that love of twenty-two
               D
here at thirty-three.
         G                     C         G
I got a heart on my right and one on my left
     D                Em
but neither suits my needs,
           C      G       C
'Cause the one I love is way out west
        D              G
and he never will need me.

N.C.          G
Oh, I wish it would rain
      G      C     G
and wash my face clean.

I want to find some dark clouds
           D
to hide in me here.
              G
Oh, love in a memory
    G         C/G G
sparkles like dia-monds.
                  G     D              C/G C2/G
When the diamonds fall, they burn like te--ars.
                  G     D               G
When the diamonds fall, they burn like a tear.

G                      C            G
I'm gonna pack up my two-steppin' shoes
     D                        Em
and head for the Gulf Coast plains.
          C                      G
I want to walk the streets of my own hometown
                         D
Where everybody knows my name.
G                              C/G  G
I wanna ride the waves down in Galveston
         D               Em
When the hurricanes blow in,
             C                       G
'Cause that Gulf Coast water tastes sweet as wine
          D                           G
when your heart's rollin' home in the wind.

N.C.          G
Oh, I wish it would rain
      G      C     G
and wash my face clean.

I want to find some dark clouds
           D
to hide in me here.
              G
Oh, love in a memory
    G         C/G G
sparkles like dia-monds.
                    G   D              C/G C2/G
When the diamonds fall, they burn like te--ars.
                    G   D              G
When the diamonds fall, they burn like tears.