Requested By Bettye

Scale: G Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 87
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
Transcribed by David Matthie
c h o r d  z o n e . o r g
[INTRO]
Lead singer starts in immediately singing in G. 
No Instrumental intro. 
The entire song is in  

C     G   and G7.

[VERSE]
 G
Lord…Its gonna rain.

3 backup singers(C):
  G
Its gonna rain.

Unison(U):
 C                                      G
You better get ready and bear this in mind.

G                                               C
God showed Noah. L: Showed Him. U: The rainbow sign.
                    G        C                   G
L: He said. U: It won’t be water, but fire next time.

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                                        C
L: Listen. Way back in the Bible days, Noah told the people
            G                              G7          C
Its gonna rain. But when he told em, they paid him no mind; 
 G             C                       G7
And when it happened, they was left be-hind. I tell ya.

[CHORUS]
                                     G
U: Its gonna rain. L: Get ready. U: Its gonna rain.
                   C                                G
L: Lord you – U: Better get ready and bear this in mind.
                                                C
God showed Noah. L: Showed him. U: The rainbow sign.
                   G7        C                  G7
L: He said: U: It won’t be water but fire this time.

[VERSE]
                                               G
L: Listen church. They tell me when the water began to pour, 
       C                                         G
They knocked on the winda, they knocked on the door.
                   G7            C        G        C
They didn’t know exactly what to do. Now you don’t want this
              G
Ta happen to you.
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[CHORUS]
                 G           G7
L: I tell ya. U: Its gonna rain. L: Do you believe. U: It’s 
C                      
Gonna rain. L: Lord you, U: better get ready and bear this in
  G                                C
Mind. God showed Noah the rainbow sign. L: He said: U: It 
 G        C                            G
Won’t be water but fire next time – L: This is what Noah told 

                                  G7      C
Them. Noah said: I’m sorry, my friend; God got the key, you
          G                                              C
Can’t get in. If somethin don’t happen to the hearts of man;
     G     C                     G
The same thing is gonna happen again. I tell ya.

[CHORUS]      G7
     G
U: Its gonna rain. L: Children. U: Its gonna rain. L: You’d…
    C                                 G
U: Better get ready and bear this in mind. God showed Noah.
                              C
L: Showed him—U: The rainbow sign. L: He said: U: It won’t 
                        G
Be water but fire this time. //

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