Gone like rain
Am - G - Am
(2x)
Am C G Am
1. With damn cursed eyes,
the multitude sat,
C G -
Am
as
the kettle cars pulled along the rusty tracks.
C G Am
One raised his hat in the
fading light
-
C G G Am
said,
“Excuse me, sir, this doesn't seem
right.
- Am G
D Am
Now he's gone like
whispers, gone like rain,
G D Am
gone like the faithful while the
faithless remain,
G
D C
gone like the stone the builder
refused.
C - G Am
Gone and overdue. + Am - G - Am
(2x)
Am C G Am
2. There's a river in Texas with a strong
undertow,
C G Am
no
one crosses it to freedom, no one pans for gold,
C G Am
it’s
waters are clear, it’s waters are cold,
C G G Am
it’s current is
swift and no one knows where it goes.
- Am G
D Am
It’s just gone like
whispers, gone like rain,
G D Am
gone like the faithful while the
faithless remain,
G D C
gone like the stone the builder
refused.
C
- G Am - C - G Am
Gone
and overdue, gone and
overdue.
+ Am - G -
F - Am - G - Am - F
- C - Am
+ Am - G - Am
(2x)
Am C G Am
3. In a
cold desert corner, don't appear on no map,
C
G - Am
coyote’s
scream rips the night in half.
C G Am
He hears the devil calling,
footsteps on the path,
C G G - Am
so he
chews off his own leg, to get out of the trap.
- Am G
D Am
And he's gone like whispers, gone like rain,
G D Am
gone like the faithful while the
faithless remain,
G D C
gone like the stone the builder
refused.
C
- G Am - C - G Am
Gone
and overdue, gone and overdue.
+ Hey, hey, hey ! + Am - G - Am (2x)
(The Nightwatchman)