Kentucky Rain

(E. Rabbitt / D. Heard)













Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago
I reached out one night and you were gone
Don't know why you'd run
What you're running to or from
All I know is I want to bring you home


So I'm walking in the rain
Thumbin' for a ride
On this lonely Kentucky back road
I've loved you much too long
Our loves too strong
To let you go, never knowing what went wrong


* Kentucky rain keeps falling down
And up aheads another town that I'll go walking through
With the rain in my shoes
Searching for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain


Showed your photograph
To some old grey bearded men
Sitting on a bench outside a general store
They said yes, she's been here
But their memory wasn't clear
Was it yesterday? No wait, the day before


Finally got a ride
With a preacher man who asked
Where're you bound on such a cold, dark afternoon
As we drove on through the rain
As he listened I explained
And he left me with a prayer that I'd find you


* Repeat


In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain
In the cold Kentucky rain

[C]Seven lonely [G]days and a [C]dozen towns a[F]go, 
I [C]reached out one [F]night and you were [C]gone.[C7]
[F]Don't know why you'd [G]run, what you're [C]running to or [Am]from, 
[D7]all I know is I want to bring you [G7]home. 

So I'm [C]walking in the [G]rain, [C]thumbing for a [F]ride on this 
[C]lonely Ken[F]tucky [C]backroad.[C7]
I've [F]loved you much too [G]long and [C]my love's too [Am]strong 
to [D7]let you go, never knowing what went [G7]wrong.[Fmaj7]

[D7]Kentucky rain keeps pouring [C]do[Bm]wn [Em]and up ahead's another [Am]town
[G]that [F]I'll [Em]go [F]walking [C]thru [Fmaj7]with the [C]rain in my [Em]shoes,[Am][Em][C]
[Am]searchin [Am7]for [F]you [G7]in the cold Kentucky [C]rain, [Em][F]
in the [G7]cold Kentucky [C]rain.

[C]Showed your photo[G]graph to some [C]old gray bearded [F]men 
sitting [C]on a bench out[F]side a gen'ral [C]store.[C7]
They said "[F]Yes, she's been [G]here" but their [C]mem'ry wasn't [Am]clear, 
was it [D7]yesterday, no, wait the day be[G7]fore.

So I [C]fin'ly got a [G]ride with a [C]preacher man who
[F]asked: "Where you [C]bound on such a dark [F]after[C]noon?"[C7]
As we [F]drove on thru the [G]rain as he l[C]istened 
I ex[Am]plained and he [D7]left me with a prayer that I'd find [G7]you.[Fmaj7]

[D7]Kentucky rain keeps pouring [C]do[Bm]wn [Em]and up ahead's another [Am]town
[G]that [F]I'll [Em]go [F]walking [C]thru [Fmaj7]with the [C]rain in my [Em]shoes,[Am][Em][C]
[Am]searchin [Am7]for [F]you [G7]in the cold Kentucky [C]rain, [Em][F]
in the [G7]cold Kentucky [C]rain[Em][F], in the [G7]cold...

(fade)