Raining In My Heart Chords

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Raining In My Heart by Buddy Holly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, C7, G, G7, F and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			RAINING IN MY HEART  
(BMI Work #001226895) 
Written by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant 
Published by House of Bryant Publications 
Recorded by Buddy Holly (1959) 
 
Instrumental Intro (Orchestral!) 
     	C / / / C / / / Am / / / C7 / G G7 
 
         C               C  
     The sun is out, the sky is blue, 
	             Am             C7 
     	There's not a cloud to spoil the view, 
	              F              G             C      C  Am G7 
     	But it's raining,       Raining in my heart! 
 
 
     The weatherman   says clear today 
     	He doesn't know   you've gone away 
     	And it's raining,       raining in my heart! 
 
Bridge: 
     	F       G             C  C  Am  C7 
     	Oh, misery,      Misery 
     	Dm                    G          G7   C  Am  G7 
     	What's        gonna become    of me? 
 
     	I tell my blues   they mustn't show, 
     	But soon the tears   are bound to flow 
     	'Cause it's raining,       raining in my heart! 
 
Instrumental:  (do twice) 
     	C / / / C  / / / Am / / / C7 / / / 
     	     F              G             C        C  Am G7 
     	It's raining,       Raining in my heart! 
 
Repeat Bridge 
 
Tag: 
     	G             C        C  G7 
     	Raining in my heart! 
     	G             C        F  C 
     	Raining in my heart! 
 
 
 
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| Muchos Kudos to the staff and management of the COWPIE Newsletter!| 
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| This is my first hack at this. I found the "Complete Buddy Holly" | 
| 2-disk CD {UNI/MCA 7674 80000 4}. I put it in C for my own use,   | 
| you might need to Capo/Transpose! Anyway, if anyone has a better  | 
| one of it PLEASE post it!! Keep on Pickin' --Bob   | 
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