Hands Like Rain Chords
Hands Like Rain by James McMurtry is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, G, Dm, Bm, Dbm, Db and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro A D A G
Verse
Dm D
Slowly crawling 'cross the floor
Bm
Comes a shadow through the window
A D
From the house next door and the dust specks dancing
Bm D A
In the last of the light one more evening passing
Dbm D
She walked on tiptoes on a gravel bar
Bm A
Wet skin pale as the evening star
D A Bm
The North Platte winding like a silver eel
G D
Hands like rain on August fields
D A Bm G D A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G D A Bm G D G D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain
Verse
Bm D G D
Now I stand on stiff legs and I clutch the cane
Bm A
And I search the sky for a sign of rain
D A Bm D
As if it matters as if it makes a damn
A
just an old man's habit
D G D
Down the street the schoolboys play
Bm A
Dime novel heroes from another day
G D
Who now are nothing more than faceless names
G D A
And a nameless face with hands like rain
D A Bm G D A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G D A Bm G D G D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain
Db D G D Bm
We'd run by night and we'd hide by day
A
so the papers used to say
D A G D A
On stolen horses and borrowed time dancing girls and brandy wine
Bridge
A
I can hear them calling they're calling me
D A
I can here them calling but I still can't see (no I can’t see it)
D A Bm G D A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G D A Bm G D G D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain
Bridge
A G D G D
Life and legend are an awkward pair
Bm Em A
And there ain't much magic anywhere
D G
Except in moments we can't often steal
D A D
Hands like rain on August fields
D A Bm G D A
Hands like rain falling soft to ease the drought inside
G D A Bm G D G D
As memory fades not much remains but hands like rain