A Place In The Rain Chords

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A Place In The Rain by Joe Jackson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Dm, Bb, Gm7, F, C, Eb and Dm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:  G Dm Bb Gm7 

Verse: 1 

G            F         Bb          C 
Turn off the TV and turn off the light 
Eb           F               C 
Turn off the street lamps as well 
 G            F               Bb                 C 
Turn off the billboards that scream through the night 
Eb              Dm          G 
 And dream the policemen to Hell 

verse: 2 

G              F            Bb           C 
Close all the windows and close all the doors 
Eb             F             C 
Close all the shutters and blinds 
G               F           Bb           C 
Close down the churches and pray to the whores 
Eb                Dm         G 
Lay down and then close your eyes 



     Bb            Eb         F 
It's amazing what comes into view 
    Bb             Eb          F 
As we're finally breaking the chains 
         Bb           Eb 
When the temperature rises 
     F           Dm7         G        F  Dm  G x2 
We'll go to our place in the rain 

Verse: 3 

G              F             Bb           C 
Take down the pictures and take out the trash 
 Eb         F             C 
Take up the tattered old rugs 
 G           F             Bb            C 
Take up the mattress and count all the cash 
     Eb             Dm         G 
And laugh with the last of the drugs 

Verse  4 

G              F         Bb           C 
Burn all the papers and burn all the wood 
 Eb           F          C 
Burn what we can't understand 
G           F          Bb           C 
Run up a flag for the old neighbourhood 
Eb            Dm          G 
Sit back and then take my hand 



     Bb            Eb         F 
It's amazing what lovers  can do 
    Bb             Eb          F 
With just a kiss and a glass of champagne 
      Bb         Eb 
When the rivers run dry 
     F           Dm7         G        F  Dm  G x2 
We'can go to our place in the rain 

Bridge:  G  Dm Bb  Gm7 

Verse 5 

G            F         Bb          C 
Pay off the piper and pay all the bills 
 Eb          F       C 
Pay for the getaway car 
G             F           Bb           C 
Blow out the candles and head for the hills 
Eb           Dm            G 
Pray that we make it that far 

Verse 6 

G              F         Bb           C 
Run from the poison and run from the flames 
Eb           F           C 
Run from the maddening crowd 
  G             F          Bb              C 
Laugh at the whispers of who'll take the blame 
    Eb             Dm         G 
And sing all the sinners out loud 


Bb                Eb         F 
It's amazing what crazy can do 
 Bb             Eb         F 
When every good citizen's sane 
 Bb             Eb 
When heaven's a desert 
 F               Dm7           G 
We'll go to our place in the rain 

Bb  F  Bb F    Bb  F    G 


Bb                 Eb          F 
It's amazing what comes into view 
Bb                       Eb                    F 
When you just connect your heart back to your brain 
Bb              Eb 
When heaven's a desert 
F                Dm7          G 
We'll go to our place in the rain 

F Dm7 G 
F Dm7 G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante