THE CANTON SPIRITUALS – It’s Gonna Rain Chords and Lyrics

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This song is from the album The Greatest Hits(1999), released on 01 April 1999.

SongRating: 8.5/10


Requested By Joe

Scale: E Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 80
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
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Transcribed By David Matthie

[INTRO]

Lead(L): starts singing immediately: no instrumental intro.

[VERSE]
   Em   G              E                           A
L: You know what Noah said: Common and feel it, Children.
    E               A       
C: It’s gonna rain.
     E          D            A
L: Common, and feel it, children.
                
C: It’s gonna rain.
   
                             
L: Common, and feel it, children.
          
C: It’s gonna rain.
                             C#m 
L: Lord, just common and tell them.
    C#m
C: The Lord said to Noah…
     C#m         F#        A
L: Here is the reason, He said-a:
    A             E   A   G   E   A
C: Its gonna rain. …(Electric guitar)…
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[VERSE]
              A                    G               E
L: (Speaking) “You know what Noah said, he surely said:

Common, and feel it, children.
                   
C: It’s gonna rain.
    A                     E           A
L: Common, and just feel it, children.
    A          Em
C: It’s gonna rain.
                                 D     E
L: Common, and just feel it, children.
    
C: It’s gonna rain. 
                          G#        C#m
L: But they didn’t believe Brother Noah.
    C#m
C: Oh, Lord.
   C#m             F#                   A  E       G  Em
L: He kept on tellen them; year after year. Hooooo.
  E                  G                Em
Then Noah told em; he said: There’s safety. 
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[VERSE]
                  
Just feel it, children.
                   
C: It’s gonna rain.
    A        EM         D                  E
L: There’s safety. Can you feel it, children?
    A           E
C: it’s gonna rain.
            EM                          A
L: There’s safety. Can you feel it, children?
    
C: it’s gonna rain.
  Em                         G#      E           F#
L: Ya all want ta put your hands together. Give God praise.
           
Give Him praise.
                
C: It’s gonna rain.

[VERSE]
    E              G           E
L: But they just paid Noah no mind. They didn’t pay em…

But do you know what Noah did?
           
Noah went and got his family.
                    
He got the animals two-by-two.
                   A
He hot ox and the camel and the kangaroo.
                                C#m      E
Noah looked at his family, and said: Common …

C: Common, Children.
          
L: It’s gonna rain.
          A     E
C: It’s gonna rain.
      
L: Common, Children. 
         Em
C: Common, Children.

[VERSE]
  Em
L: It’s gonna rain!
  Em
C: It’s gonna rain.
  Em
L: Hey, you know what; It’s gonna rain!
                                    Em
C: Common children, it’s gonna rain.
                    
L: For forty days. And forty nights.

C: Common, my children.

L: Drippin and droppin.
                               Em (for five lines)                          
C: It’s gonna rain. Common Children.

L: Drippin and droppin, the rain kept falling.

C: it’s gonna fall, children.

L: Listen…hear…hear that rain.

C: Listen, children; it’s gonna rain.
                                  Em
L: Hear that rain. Hear that rain.
 Em
Noah looked up and told em: common.
                 
C: Common. Feel it.

L: Common.

C: Common, children.
          
L: Common.

C: Common, children.

L: Common—a.
               E            Em
C: Common, children. It’s gonna rain. It’s gonna rain.

L: Common Melvin

[VERSE]

C: It’s gonna rain. It’s gonna rain. It’s gonna rain.

It’s gonna rain.
     
L: Hear that rain.
       EM
C: It’s gonna rain.
       
L: I said: Hear that rain! I said: Hear that rain.

C: It’s gonna rain.
                  
L: Hear that rain.
    
C: That rain. It’s gonna rain.

L: He said: It won’t be water.

C: It’s gonna rain.
                                  Em
L: But fire, next time. It won’t be water.

C: It’s gonna rain.

L: It’s gonna be, fire next time.

C: It’s gonna rain.

L: I wonder if you’re ready.

C: It’s gonna rain.
                        E                       
L: Are you ready for the rain?

C: It’s gonna rain.
                                 Em
L: Feel the single rain on your hand.

C: It’s gonna rain.
                                         
L: Listen as it starts to splatter rain now.
 
C: It’s gonna rain.
                 
L: Aawww. It’s gonna rain, now.

C: It’s gonna rain.

L: Aawww. It’s gonna rain.

C: It’s gonna rain.
                             
L: Aawww. It’s gonna rain, now. Sure enough, gonna rain.
               E                 A      E
C: It’s gonna rain. Common, children.
      
L: Common, now.

C: Common, children.
            Bm
L: Common, now.
     Bm             E
C: Common, children.
    
L: Don’t ya wanna go home!

C: Common. Children.

L: Don’t yaw anna go…Aawwwh.

C: It’s gonna rain.

L: It’s gonna rain. It’s gonna rain.

C: Ohh. Ohh. Aw.
               Em    E
L: It’s gonna rain. It’s gonna rain. It’s gonna rain.
                                    
2 L’s U: Can ya say—Ya! It’s gonna rain.

[VERSE]
                   
And everybody say: Ya!
           
Everybody say: Ya!
     Em
Put your hands together—say, ya—ya!

L: You know what man is!

2nd L: Ya!
                                
L: God showed Noah, a rainbow sign.
       E (Five lines)
2nd L: A rainbow sign.

L: He said: It won’t be water.

2nd L: He said: It won’t be water.

L: I said: It won’t be water.

2nd L: I said: It won’t be water.
       
L: I said: It won’t be water.

2nd L: I said: It won’t be water.
    
L: It won’t be.

2nd L: It won’t be.

L: It won’t be.

2nd L: It won’t be.

L: It won’t be.

2nd L: It won’t be.

L: It won’t be.
               Em
2nd L: It won’t be.

L: Water. But fire next time. Thank you, Jesus.

C: Thank you. It’s gonna rain.

L: But fire next time. Can I get a witness? (Cheering)

C: It’s gonna rain.
                  
L: It’s gonna be fire next time.

C: It’s gonna rain.
                  Em
L: Oh owwoh. Yes, I am.

C:It’s gonna rain.

2nd L: Ohh. Hey.

C: Common, children.

2nd L: Common, now. Common children. Common children.

[VERSE]

C:  Common, children.

L: It’s gonna rain.
                
C: It’s gonna rain.
               Em            A
L: Ya. I like it. Oooh. Aa. Ya.

U: Ya. Ya ya. Ya ya ya ya. (Cheering). 
                                      
It’s gonna be fire next time, ya. Children.

(Guitar ending with audience cheering)

L: It’s gonna rain.

(Electric guitar)

L: Halleluiah. // 

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