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Like The Weather
10,000 Maniacs
Intro Riff x2
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
Pre-Chorus (With Intro Riff):
G (½) (D) (½) C D (2)
Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
G (½) (D) (½) C D (2)
A quiver in my lip as if I might cry
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
By the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave
Pre-Chorus
Chorus:
G Am D (2)
What a cold and a rainy day.
G Am D (2)
Where on earth is the sun hid away?
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
I hear the sound of a noon bell chime, well, I'm far behind
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
You've put in ‘bout half a day while here I lie
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge:
D (2)
Do I need someone here to scold me
C (2)
or do I need someone who'll grab and pull me
D (2)
out of four poster dull torpor
C G (hold 6 beats)
pulling downward
G Am C D
For it's such a long time since my better days.
G Am C D
I say my prayers nightly this will pass away
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
The color of the sky is grey as I can see through the blinds
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
Pre-Chorus
Instrumental Verse
Chorus
G Am D (2)
What a cold and a rainy day.
G Am D (2)
I shiver, quiver, and try to wake.
End on G
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.