Buy For Me The Rain (CHORDS) by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[INTRO]~
G C Cm Bb


C
Buy for me the rain,.. my darling,.. buy for me

   F
the rain!

C
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon

   F
the plain!

                                    G
And I'll buy for you a rainbow and a million
pots of gold!

C             Bb           F             Bb
Buy it for me now,.. babe,.. before I am too old!

         C
(I am too old!)


C              F                C
Buy for me the sun,.. my darling,.. buy for me the
sun!

              Bb                    C
Buy for me the light that falls when day has
just begun!

        F                          G
And I'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from
the day!

C             Bb                             C
Buy it for me now,.. babe,.. before I go away-ay-ay!


C              Bb              F
Buy for me the robin,.. darling,.. buy for me the wing!

C            F
Buy for me a sparrow,.. almost any flying thing!

F                                     G
And I'll buy for you a tree,.. my love,.. where a robin's
nest may grow!

C             Gm             F               Bb
Buy it for me now,.. babe,.. the years all hurry so!

           C
(they hurry so!)


C
I cannot buy you happiness,.. I cannot buy you years!

C                F             C
I cannot buy you happiness,.. in place of all the tears!

         F                            G
But I can buy for you a gravestone,.. to lay behind
your head!

C                             F
Gravestones cheer the living,.. dear,.. they're no use

      Bb                   C
to the dead!!(no use to the dead!)


[OUTRO]~
F C F G C Bb F G