Apr22024

The Bloomvilles – The Rain And The River Chords on Piano and Ukulele

ChordsA Dsus2/A G/D D Fmaj13/A D7sus2/A Dm Dmaj7sus2/AGEm7/B C Cmaj7/B Cmaj9/BG/FA/EA/GC6sus2/A Bm7/F#

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These are The Rain And The River by The Bloomvilles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.

[Versse 1]
A            Dsus2/A
 You are the rain,
A           G/D   D
 Washing me clean
A    Dsus2/A
 You are the
A     G/D  Dsus2/A
river
A            Dsus2/A
 All the mistakes
A            G/D  D
 That I will make
A    Dsus2/A
 You smooth them
A    G/D  Dsus2/A
over

[Bridge]
Fmaj13/A     A
 I’ve got no money
D7sus2/A  A      Dm
 Only got time......
Dmaj7sus2/A       G
 And I want to see you
                 A    Em7/B
every day of my life

[Chorus]
C   Cmaj7/B A
 My darling I
C
Miss you when I’m
Cmaj9/B
with you
     A
It’s hard to believe how
          C
far we’ve come
    Cmaj7/B  A
The Earth is dry
D7sus2/A
 When you’re not
Dsus2/A A
pour -  in'
  Dsus2/A  A  Dsus2/A
......

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[Verse 2]
A             Dsus2/A
 Gone are the days
A       G/D     D
 Nobody stayed.......
A    Dsus2/A    A
 You stopped to hear
    G/F  Dsus2/A
me...........

[Bridge]
Fmaj13/A     A
 I’m missin' fortitude
D7sus2/A      A      Dm
 But I've got time......
Dmaj7sus2/A       G
 And I want to see you
                A   Em7/B
every day of my life

[Chorus]
C   Cmaj7/B A
 My darling I
C
Miss you when I’m
Cmaj9/B
with you
     A
It’s hard to believe
              C
how far we’ve come
    Cmaj7/B  A
The Earth is dry
D7sus2/A
 When you’re not
Dsus2/A A  Dsus2/A  A
pour -  in'..........

[Interlude]
Dsus2/A A/E A Dsus2/A
A    A/G   D7sus2/A

[Bridge]
Fmaj13/A    A
I've got no money
D7sus2/A     A      Dm
But I've got time........
Dmaj7sus2/A       G
 And I want to see you
                A    Em7/B
every day of my life

[Outro]
C   Cmaj7/B A
 My darling I
C
Miss you when I’m
Cmaj9/B
with you
     A
It’s hard to believe
              C
how far we’ve come
    Cmaj7/B  A
The Earth is dry
D7sus2/A
 When you’re not
   C6sus2/A D7sus2/A
 pour -  in'........
D7sus2/A         Bm7/F# A
 When you're not pour - in'

How to play The Rain And The River: key, chords and progression

The Rain And The River by The Bloomvilles is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 18 chords: A, Dsus2/A, G/D, D, Fmaj13/A, D7sus2/A, Dm, Dmaj7sus2/A, G, Em7/B, C and Cmaj7/B and 6 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – Dsus2/A – A – G/D (V – Isus2 – V – IV in D major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: D7sus2/A, Cmaj9/B and Bm7/F# are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.