A Place In The Rain chords

Joe Jackson

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			Intro:  G Dm Bb Gm7 

Verse: 1 

G            F         Bb          C 
Turn off the TV and turn off the light 
Eb           F               C 
Turn off the street lamps as well 
 G            F               Bb                 C 
Turn off the billboards that scream through the night 
Eb              Dm          G 
 And dream the policemen to Hell 

verse: 2 

G              F            Bb           C 
Close all the windows and close all the doors 
Eb             F             C 
Close all the shutters and blinds 
G               F           Bb           C 
Close down the churches and pray to the whores 
Eb                Dm         G 
Lay down and then close your eyes 



     Bb            Eb         F 
It's amazing what comes into view 
    Bb             Eb          F 
As we're finally breaking the chains 
         Bb           Eb 
When the temperature rises 
     F           Dm7         G        F  Dm  G x2 
We'll go to our place in the rain 

Verse: 3 

G              F             Bb           C 
Take down the pictures and take out the trash 
 Eb         F             C 
Take up the tattered old rugs 
 G           F             Bb            C 
Take up the mattress and count all the cash 
     Eb             Dm         G 
And laugh with the last of the drugs 

Verse  4 

G              F         Bb           C 
Burn all the papers and burn all the wood 
 Eb           F          C 
Burn what we can't understand 
G           F          Bb           C 
Run up a flag for the old neighbourhood 
Eb            Dm          G 
Sit back and then take my hand 



     Bb            Eb         F 
It's amazing what lovers  can do 
    Bb             Eb          F 
With just a kiss and a glass of champagne 
      Bb         Eb 
When the rivers run dry 
     F           Dm7         G        F  Dm  G x2 
We'can go to our place in the rain 

Bridge:  G  Dm Bb  Gm7 

Verse 5 

G            F         Bb          C 
Pay off the piper and pay all the bills 
 Eb          F       C 
Pay for the getaway car 
G             F           Bb           C 
Blow out the candles and head for the hills 
Eb           Dm            G 
Pray that we make it that far 

Verse 6 

G              F         Bb           C 
Run from the poison and run from the flames 
Eb           F           C 
Run from the maddening crowd 
  G             F          Bb              C 
Laugh at the whispers of who'll take the blame 
    Eb             Dm         G 
And sing all the sinners out loud 


Bb                Eb         F 
It's amazing what crazy can do 
 Bb             Eb         F 
When every good citizen's sane 
 Bb             Eb 
When heaven's a desert 
 F               Dm7           G 
We'll go to our place in the rain 

Bb  F  Bb F    Bb  F    G 


Bb                 Eb          F 
It's amazing what comes into view 
Bb                       Eb                    F 
When you just connect your heart back to your brain 
Bb              Eb 
When heaven's a desert 
F                Dm7          G 
We'll go to our place in the rain 

F Dm7 G 
F Dm7 G