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I Think Its Going To Rain Today

by Randy Newman

Biography:

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.

Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.

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...I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN TODAY... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Randy Newman' (1968)*

*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: A)

Intro:

G G/B C C/D, G G/B C, D7sus

Verse 1:

G G/B C G
Broken windows and empty hallway,
G/B D/F# G/B D9 G9 G/D
A pale dead moon, in the sky, streaked with grey.
Bm7 Em C G/B Csus C
Human kindness, is o-over-flowing;
Esus Asus Dsus G
And I think it's going, to rain to-day.

Interlude:

G G/B, C C/D

Verse 2:

G G/B C G
Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles,
G/B D/F# G/B D9 G9 G/D
With fro-zen smiles, to chase love a-way.
Bm7 Em C G/B Csus C
Human kindness, is o-ver-flowing;
Esus Asus Dsus G
And I think it's going, to rain to-day.

Bridge:

G
Lonely, lonely.
Gm9 Eb9
Tin can at my feet; think I'll kick it down the street.
Bbsus Bb C G, C Eb
That's the way to treat a friend.

Verse 3:

G G/B C G
Bright be-fore me, the signs im-plore me;
G/B D/F# G/B D9 G9 G/D
To help the needy, and show them the way.
Bm7 Em C G/B Csus C
Human kindness, is o-ver-flowing;
Esus Asus Dsus G
And I think it's going, to rain to-day.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G G/B C C/D D7sus D/F# D9

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x20033 x32010 x00010 xx0213 2x0232 x5455x

G9 G/D Bm7 Em Csus Esus Asus

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3232xx xx0003 x24232 022000 x33011 022200 x0223x

Dsus Gm9 Eb9 Bbsus Bb Eb

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0233 353335 x6566x 688866 688766 x68886

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])