IntroDGADGDGEm7A7Verse 1DEm7A7D
Come on now and dry your eyes
GDEm7A7
Time will ease a-way the pain
DBmAD
Clouds disperse and show the clear skies
GEm7A7D
The earth smells sweeter after rain
Verse 2DBmAGD
There has never been a deluge
GDEm7A7
That could wash out every stain.
DBmAGD
In cracked pavements weeds find refuge
GEm7A7D
But the earth smells sweeter after rain
Bridge 1GDGAD
The world is vast but pain’s horizon
GDEmA7
Wrapped a-round us makes it small
DDmEm
If you break out from this prison
E7GEmA
Depending where the teardrops fall
Verse 3DBmAD
Out of barren-ness renewal
GDEm7A7
Hope is just a tiny grain
DEmA7D
Iro - ny is often cruel
GEm7A7D
But the earth smells sweeter after rain
Verse 4DBmA7D
Debris left where floods receded
GDEm7A7
Was surely bound to cause you pain
DEmAGD
Just ignore all that's not needed
GEm7A7D
Earth smells sweeter after rain
Bridge 2GDA7D
Sadness is a poor heart teacher
GDEA7
You're not a-lone we're all the same
DDmGE7
Running down the road to meet her
E7GEm7A7
Palace Gate or Factory Lane
Verse 5]
DBmA7D
Joy is not to one confined
GDEm7A7
Neither then is grief and pain
DBmAD
Water only draws the line
GEm7A7D
And the earth smells sweeter after rain
OutroDmGmEmA7D
After rain.
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