Raindrops Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays370

Raindrops by Roy Orbison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em7, A, Bm, E and Am7. 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 

 D   G      D   G 
(Raindrops, raindrops) 

#1. 
C             Em7                  C   G 
I look out my window and what do I see? 
D   G      D   G      C 
Raindrops, raindrops..they mark the pathway  
Em7          C  G 
to my destin-y. 
D   G      D   G 
Raindrops, raindrops. 

#2. 
     A 
Yes, rain, like the tears that fell from my  
           D 
heart..the day you said, we'd have to part. 
    A 
And now what's left for me to do? 
    D                         Em7      Bm  G Em7 G 
But watch those raindrops and cry over you. 


INTERLUDE: C E Am7  G D G D  G  

#3. 
C                            Em7    C   G 
You've stolen my love and my heart away.. 
D   G      D   G 
Raindrops, raindrops. 
    C                          E          Am7 G 
And I'll feel the same for the rest of my days. 
D   G      D   G 
Raindrops, raindrops. 

#4. 
           E                         A 
Well, I've tried, yes, I've tried, I want you  

to know. 
  D 
I did what you asked, I loved you so. 
      A 
But I knew in my heart, it wouldn't be long 
D                Em7 G        D  G 
til I'd look up, and you'd be go-ne. 


OUTRO: Em7 G Em7 G (x3)(Fade.) 



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

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