Verse
D# A#
Her pride and his joy was raven black
G# A# D#
It ran like a river of silk down her back
D# A#
She brushed it every morning one hundred times
G# A# D#
And he washed it for her on Saturday nights
[Verse 2]
D# A#
Then drought struck the heartland in 1935
G# A# D#
They didn’t have water for Saturday nights
D# A#
It all seemed so hopeless so she cut it with the shears
G# A# D#
And he held her close and said through her tears
[Chorus]
G# A# D#
I’ll build you a barrel to catch the rain
G# A#
To wash out the dust of the Kansas plain
G# A# G#
I swear you’ll never have to cut your hair again
G# A#
If it’s the last thing I do on this earthly plane
G# A# D#
I’ll give you a barrel of rain
[Verse 3]
D# A#
So he worked in the evenings when he finished up the chores
G# A# D#
He cut out some staves from a chest of drawers
D# A#
He bound them with leather, sealed them with tar
G# A# D#
Then he got to his knees and prayed in the yard
[Chorus]
G# A# D#
I’ve built this barrel to catch the rain
G# A#
To wash out the dust of the Kansas plain
G# A# G#
If you give me this, Lord, I’ll never ask for nothing again
G# A#
Just a little thundercloud now and then
G# A# D#
To give her a barrel of rain
[Verse 4]
D# A#
But the rain never came, the barrel sat dry
G# A# D#
She watched as the truth of it ate him alive
D# A#
Then God took the crops, and the bank took back the land
G# A# D#
When his spirit broke, he just folded his hands
[Chorus]
G# A# D#
As the sun beat down on his thirsty grave
G# A#
She thought of the fields that he plowed in vain
G# A# G#
She screamed at the sky with all her rage and pain
G# A#
He didn’t want much and he never complained
G# A# D#
Dear God, he just wanted a barrel of rain
[Verse 5]
D# A#
Her pride and his joy is now white as milk
G# A# D#
And it runs down her back like a river of silk
D# A#
All that she brought to these Oregon shores
G# A# D#
Was a barrel made out of an old chest of drawers
[Chorus]
G# A# D#
The neighbors all whisper that she’s insane
G# A#
The way that she stares at the driving rain
G# A# G#
And waits for the gutters to fill it up again
G# A#
Then on Saturday nights if the sky is tame
G# A# D#
She washes her hair in a barrel of rain
- 1. Chord Gitar Berkley Hart - Barrel Of Rain Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar E)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Berkley Hart - Barrel Of Rain Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar E)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan