Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Rain on the rail, freezing to die and I swear that I can’t go.
Am F G C Am
What did you find out on the line in the wind and the snow?
[Chorus 1]
G F
Rain on the rail in a cloud before she left,
G F
keeping the drugs you love
F C C
while your lover’s bereft.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Am F G C F
Rain on the rail, I can’t tell if it’s morning or if it’s night.
Am F G C Am
It’s all the same, taking the blame feels like nothing all the time.
[Chorus 2]
G F
Rain on the rail, I just sit here and wait,
G F
thinking just about bad blood.
G F
Cold wind haunted all the treetops
G F
and the leaves fall down, down, down
F C C
into the mud.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Am F G C F
Rain on the rail, I can’t tell what will come after this.
Am F G C Am
Keep on thinking I waited to try once I wasn’t such a mess.
[Chorus 3]
G F
Cold wind, Black Mountain hollow,
G F
I ain't never been out to the sea.
G F C C
If you see poems all around you there write one for me.
G F (Am)
Take you a picture of California and send it to me.
[Outro]
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