Raincoat Song Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays403

Raincoat Song by The Decemberists is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, C/G, Amaj7/F, F, Fm, C/B, Am and Am/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			(ª casa) 


     C      C/G 
E|---0-----0--------| 
B|----1------1----1-| 
G|-------0-----0----| 
D|------------------| x4 
A|-3----------------| 
E|---------3--------| 

     Amaj7/F 
E|---0-----0--------| 
B|----1------1----1-| 
G|-------0-----0----| 
D|------------------| x4 
A|---------3--------| 
E|-1----------------| 

(intro)  C  (4x) 
         Amaj7/F (4x) 

(verse) 
C 
Caroline you're angry 'cause you sleep like a spinster and you're 28 
Amaj7/F 
you've been thinkin' late 
C 
you couldn't catch a cold 

C 
bend your head double in the goose down piling all the pillows high 
Amaj7/F 
heave your fiercest sigh 
C 
and see if that'll work 

(verse) 
        F                 Fm 
and the raincoat that you wore 
C 
when it rained today 
        F                 Fm 
and the raincoat that you wore 
C 
when it rained today 

  C             C/B        Am     Am/F 
i think it only made it rain more 
  C             C/B        Am     Am/F 
i think it only made it rain the more 

(verse) 
C 
and if the water's all wickin' up your pant leg better wear your britches tight 
Amaj7/F 
i should teach you right 
C 
to be so down at heel 

C 
goin' off half-cocked not shot full of arrows from the cherubim 
Amaj7/F 
oh, the nerve of them 
C 
to not draw their bows 

(verse) 
        F                 Fm 
and the raincoat that you wore 
C 
when it rained today 
        F                 Fm 
and the raincoat that you wore 
C 
when it rained today 

  C             C/B        Am     Am/F 
i think it only made it rain more 
  C             C/B        Am     Am/F 
i think it only made it rain the more 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante