From mmb02@students.stir.ac.uk Wed May 17 12:42:38 1995

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  The seventy sevens
  'the Rain kept falling in love'
  from 'pray naked'
   
  There are two guitars  on the track one plays the rhythm bits 
  and another plays the 'riffs' or mini solos 
  The second guitar seems to be a clean strat but I can't 
  figure out what the first is.
 
  Verse chords :(very syncopated listen to cd to get it right)
  | Am | F | C | G | (play it round and round)
  They're too syncopated for me to put them along with the text. Sorry!
  
  VERSE 1
     
  I curse the sun in the summer burns me up till I'm dry 
  I curse the cold in the winter but I don't really mind 
  If they asked any money I would give any money 
  To the sun and the wind and the rain to be kind 
   
  VERSE 2
  Prayed the rain to keep up but it kept falling down ( play riff A)
  Washed my hands of it all but its all over town (play riff B then riff B')
  I would give any money to see the sky get sunny ( end of riff B')
  But let the rain really pour salt my tears let me drown (play riff C)
  
  Riff A :
  e|----RB------------------------------|
  B|----6\5---------H-P-P------H-P--|
  G|---------7-5---4-5-4-0----2-4-2--|
 
  Riff B :
  e|-----8-7-5---------------sl-sl----|
  B|-------------8-6-5-------3/5\3--|
 
  Riff B'(the bars are NOT for rhythmic division here
  e|----sl--3------|------------------|---sl---3----|----5---------|
  B|---3/5-----6---|-------------5-8--|--3/5-----6--|-------6------|
  G|---------------|---------5-7------|-------------|---------5----|
  D|---------------|------------------|-------------|-----------7--|
  A|---------------|------------------|-------------|------------7-| 
 
  Riff C 
  e|------------------------------|
  B|------------------6-8-6-5-----|
  G|-----------sl--5----------5-7-|
  D|------------/7----------------|

  CHORUS
  
  Raaain onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
         C                F
  Raaain onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
         G                Am
  Raaain onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
         C                F
  Raaain on  oh the rain kept falling in love
         G            F                  Am
 
  Now play this riff over verse chords
        Am  F       C    G
  e|--------------------------|
  B|----5---6-------5----3----|
  G|----5---5-------5----4----|
  D|--------------------------|
  
  play three times (I think)
 
  VERSE 3
  Can the dirt in the ground sprout a seed all alone ?
  Can the dirt in my heart go away on its own ? (riff B' but silence bar 2 or 4)
  If you ask me for money I would give you the money
  To make the rain wash the stain take my shame and go home 
  
  CHORUS AD LIB
  
This an updated version under Word of a previous
transcription I did a year or so ago. This version has got my
new email address (the university had the brilliant idea to
change them all).  Right  now i'm working on other
transcriptions of the 77s but being completely illiterate
computerwise it usually takes me hours to get anywhere so...