Stranger To The Rain

Chords

Standard

(F, Dm, C, F, Dm, C)
(C) Shed no tears for me                               
There'll be (Am) rain enough (G)today
I'm (C) wishing you godspeed
As I (Em) wave you on your (G)way
(Dm) This won't be the (F) first time
I've (C) stayed behind to (F) face
The (Dm) bitter conse- (F)quences
Of an (C)ancient fall from (F)grace
I'm a (Dm) daughter of the (F) race of (G) Cain
(F)I am not a (Dm) stranger (G) to the (C) rain

(C)Orphan in the storm
That's a (Am) role I've played (G)before
(C) I've learned not to (Dm)tremble
When I (Em)hear the thunder (G) roar
I don't (Dm) curse what I can't (F) change
I just (C) play the hand I'm (F) dealt
When they (Dm) lighten up the (F) rations
I (C) tighten up my (F)belt
I won't (Dm) say I've never (F) felt the (G) pain
But (Dm) I am not a (F)stranger (G) to the (C) rain

(Am) And for the boy who's given me the (Dm) sweetest love I've (G) known
(Am) I wish for him another love so (Dm) he won't be (G) alone
But (Dm) I am bound to (Am) walk among the (F) wounded and the (G) slain
And (Dm) when the (Am) storm comes crashing on the (G) plain
I will (Dm) dance before the (Am) lightning to music (Em) sacred and (G) profane

Oh, (C) shed no tears for me
Light no (F)candle for my (C)sake
This (F) journey I'll be (C) making
Is (F) one we all must (Dm) make
(Am) Shoulder to the (F) wind
I'll turn my (Dm) face into the (F) spray
And (Am) when the heavens (F) open
Let the (Dm) drops fall where they (F) may
If they (Dm) finally wash a (Am)way the (F)stain
From (Dm) a daughter of the (Am) race of (G) Cain

(C) I am not a stranger (G) to the rain (F,Dm, C, F,Dm, C)
Let it (F) rain (Dm, C, F, Dm, C)