Art Garfunkel – What I Love About Rain Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Art Garfunkel – What I Love About Rain Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAEDF#mC#mEsus4Bm7F#m7Bm

Key
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[Intro]
(A)  (E) (D)
 (A)  (E) (D)

A    E  D
  A    E  D

[Verses 1]
           A
I love the rain
E
Love the way it falls
        F#m
 on everything
C#m
 Its way of turning
 D              F#m
brown to green
           Esus4
And gray to blue
E
 That's what
              D
I love about rain
E
 That's what I
            A
love about you
[Verse 2]
E  D        A
 I love the sun
E
Love the way it shines
        F#m
 on everyone
C#m
 The way it makes
        D         F#m
 the morning come
      Esus4
And colours true
E
 That's what I love
           D
 about the sun
E
 That's what
              A
 I love about you

[Chorus]
         D
I don't know why
  F#m       C#m
 mountains crumble
D              A
 Or what could hold
     Bm7    E
the stars apart
F#m7
 And I may never know
     C#m
 but still I wonder
D       A      Bm7
 Why you let me in
      Esus4  E
your heart

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[Verse 3]
      A
I love the rain
(Love the rain)
E
Love the rain it washes
      F#m
something clean
                     C#m
(Washes something clean)
                D       F#m
Pushes rivers to the sea
        Esus4          E
To fall anew (To fall anew)
That's what I love
       D
about rain (Rain)
E                         F#m
 That's what I love about you

[Instrument]
C#m   D   F#m
 Esus4   E

[Chorus]
            D
I don't know why
  F#m       C#m
mountains crumble
   D          A
Or what could hold
     Bm     E
the stars apart
F#m
 And I may never know
    C#m
 but still I wonder
D       A      Bm7     Esus4  E
 Why you let me in your heart

[Verse 4]
           A
I love the rain
E
Love the way it washes
          F#m
 something clean
C#m                  D
 And pushes rivers to the sea
F#m      Esus4
 To fall anew
E
 That's what I love
       D
about rain ('Bout rain)
E
 That's what I love
       F#m
about you (you)

[Outro]
              E
That's what I love
       D
 about rain (Rain)
E
 That's what I love
       A     E   D    A
 about you

Watch: What I Love About Rain

From Art Garfunkel - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play What I Love About Rain: key, chords and progression

These are What I Love About Rain chords by Art Garfunkel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

What I Love About Rain by Art Garfunkel sits in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯), and you need 9 chords to play it: A, E, D, F#m, C#m, Esus4, Bm7, F#m7 and Bm.

Most of the song cycles through A – E – D – A (I – V – IV – I in A major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em, Bm, Dsus4, Am7, Em7, Am (89% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 44% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
Esus4 chord on guitar (022200)
Esus4E A B
Bm7 chord on guitar (x24232)
Bm7B D F♯ A
F#m7 chord on guitar (242222)
F♯m7F♯ A C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯

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What I Love About Rain chords: questions

What key is What I Love About Rain in?

What I Love About Rain by Art Garfunkel is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in What I Love About Rain?

What I Love About Rain uses 9 chords: A, E, D, F#m, C#m, Esus4, Bm7, F#m7, Bm.

What is the chord progression of What I Love About Rain?

The main progression is A – E – D – A (I – V – IV – I).

Is What I Love About Rain easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em, Bm, Dsus4, Am7, Em7, Am (89% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 44% without a capo).

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