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WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN?

Malvina Reynolds

 

[C] Just a little rain [Dm] falling all a-[G]-round.

[G] The grass lifts its [Em] head to the [G] heavenly [C] sound.

[Am] Just a little rain, [Em] just a little rain.

[F] What have they done to the [G] rain?

 

[C] Just a little boy [Dm] standing in the [G] rain

The [Em] gentle rain that [G7] falls for [C] years

And the [Am] grass is gone, the [Em] boy disappears

And [F] rain keeps falling like [C] helpless tears

And [Dm] what have they done to the [G] rain?

 

[C] Just a little breeze [Dm] out of the [G] sky,

[G] The leaves nod their [Em] heads as the [G] breeze blows [C] by,

[Am] Just a little breeze with some [Em] smoke in its eye,

[F] What have they done to the [G] rain?

 

[C] Just a little boy [Dm] standing in the [G] rain

The [Em] gentle rain that [G7] falls for [C] years

And the [Am] grass is gone, the [Em] boy disappears

And [F] rain keeps falling like [C] helpless tears

And [Dm] what have they done to the [G] rain?

 

 

A beautiful song about nuclear fallout, from the Sixties. Covered by the Searchers, and many others.

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