Rhythm Of The Rain Chords

KeyAb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays608

Rhythm Of The Rain by Johnny Rivers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, Fm, C#, Eb, Bbm7 and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Ab
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16
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INTRO:  Ab Fm (2x) 

 
Ab                           C# 
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, 
Ab                               Eb 
telling me just what a fool I've been. 
  Ab                               C# 
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain, 
    Ab        Bbm7  Eb Ab 
and let me be alone a..gain. 

 
Ab                             C# 
The only girl I care about has gone away.. 
Ab                      Eb 
lookin' for a brand new start. 
    Ab                                 C# 
But little does she know that when she left that day.. 
Ab                 Bbm7 Eb Ab 
along with her she took my heart. 

 
C#                           Cm 
Rain please tell me now does that seem fair.. 
    C#                              Ab 
for her to steal my heart away when she don't care? 
  Fm                         Bbm7        Eb        Ab  C# Eb 
I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away. 



 
Ab                             C# 
The only girl I care about has gone away.. 
Ab                      Eb 
lookin' for a brand new start. 
    Ab                                 C# 
But little does she know that when she left that day.. 
Ab                 Bbm7 Eb Ab 
along with her she took my heart. 


(INTERLUDE:HARMONICA:) 

BRIDGE:
 
C#                             Cm 
Rain won't you tell her that I love her so, 
C#                             Ab 
please tell the sun to set her heart aglow. 
Fm                            Bbm7    Eb            Ab  C# Eb 
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow. 

 
Ab                          C# 
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, 
Ab                               Eb 
telling me just what a fool I've been. 
  Ab                               C# 
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain, 
    Ab        Bbm7  Eb Ab 
and let me be alone a..gain. 

OUTRO:
 
Ab                Fm 
Oh, listen to the falling rain. (2x) 
Ab                     Fm 
Pitter, patter, pitter patter. 
Ab                Fm 
Oh, listen to the falling rain. (2x) 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante