Due to the time period in which it was made and the resigned but somewhat angry feeling of the song, many see &quot;Who'll Stop the Rain&quot; as a thinly-veiled protest against the Vietnam War, with the final verse lyrics and its references to music, large crowds, rain, and crowds trying to keep warm, being about the band's experience at the Woodstock Festival in August of 1969. There is also a line during the song's second verse about &quot;five-year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains&quot; that may indicate a general cynicism altogether about politicians.

Cosmo's Factory 


G                      C                G
Long as I remember the rain been comin' down
G                         C                G
Clouds of myst'ry pourin' confusion on the ground
C                     G    C                  G
Good men through the ages, tryin' to find the sun
C             D               Em              G
and I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain
G                            C                G
I went down Virginia seekin' shelter from the storm
G                        C                 G
Caught up in the fable I watched the tower grow
C                   G          C                 G
Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chain
C             D               Em              G
and I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain

G                          C                  G
Heard the singers playin', how we cheered for more
G                             C              G
The crowd has rushed together tryin' to keep warm
C                   G        C             G
Still the rain kept pourin', fallin' on my ears
C            D              Em
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain.


Repeat and Fade

G//// ////  Em//// ////

Who'll Stop The Rain

Intro
G G G G G G G C D D C G G G C D D C G

G                        G    C    D
You think it's fair, to walk right up
D                 D   C   G
Take my life and fuck it up
G                      G     C     D
I don't care if every drops been drunk
D                      D    C    G 
I don't care it every wars been won

Second verse same

G
Oh, you think you're dangerous
G
Oh, so very dangerous
G
Oh, I think you're special
G
Oh, so very special

(pause)

G                        D   C  D
So why'd you have to go fuck it up
D                      D   C  G
Why'd you have to go fuck it up
G                        G   C  D    
Seems you always gotta fuck it up
D                       D    C  G                
So why'd you always go fuck it up


Repeat all that, then

G     C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G   
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G    
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D     C  G
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G
Fuck it up

Fuck It Up 

Intro: E - A - E - A


E                   A
Tú endulzas mi canción
                   E
Le das un buen sabor,
               A
a cada situación
         E  A  E  A
Siempre Tú

  E                   A
¿Quién podría ser mejor?
                 E
Contigo sale el sol
                A
Sazonas mi interior, siempre


E
Se derrite el corazón
     F#m       A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
     F#m             A       B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                    A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
    E             B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E            A
Uuh uh uh uh uh
E             A
uuh uh uh uh uh



E                  A
Tú, tú mi inspiración
               E
Receta de pasión
                A
Amor sin condición, siempre



E
Se derrite el corazón
    F#m        A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
    F#m              A      B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     C#m
Oh oh oh oh oh

                 A
Una probada y nomás
                   C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                 A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  C#m
Así me quiero quedar
                 A
Una probada y nomás
                  C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                  A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  F#m       B7
Así me quiero quedar, Contigo


E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E    A    E     A    E

Chocolate

Am                              Am
       In a Manner of speaking 
                     Am/G
I just want to say
                    Am/G                 F
That I could never forget the way
                      Dm
You told me everything
                  E7/G#
By saying nothing

Am                              Am
        In a manner of speaking
                  Am/G
I don't understand
                  Am/G                           F
How love in silence becomes reprimand
                            Dm
But the way that i feel about you
     E7/G# 
Is beyond words

  Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                    E7/G#
That tell me nothing
Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                   E7/G#
That tell me everything

In a manner of speaking
Semantics won't do
In this life that we live we live we only make do
And the way that we feel
Might have to be sacrified
So in a manner of speaking
I just want to say
That just like you I should find a way
To tell you everything
By saying nothing.

O give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me nothing
O give me the words...
Give me the words
Give me the words

best with Low G

In A Manner Of Speaking

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Waiting Around To Die

Intro: Am7   Em x3
       D     E7
         
Am7              Em
Goin' out of my mind
Am7                Em
Don't even know my own name half the time
Am7              Em
How'd I get so blind that I couldn't se
D         E7 
What was right in front of me?

Am7          Em
Wish I was wrong
Am7                   Em
I wish that you were right here lyin' in my arms
Am7         Em
Deep down inside I got to face the truth
D     E7            
That you're not comin' home


Am7       Em
This looooove is over
F     E      Am7        Em
       This love is over

Am7   Em

Am7          Em
God knows I tried
Am7           Em
Everything I could to keep you satisfied
Am7      Em                        D
Bein' my baby was just a part you played
     E7 
It was all some kind of game

Am7              Em
And just like a child
Am7          Em
Just like a child you got to have your way
Am7      Em                  
Nothin' ventured, nothing gained
D             E7 
Now there's nothin' left to say


Am7       Em
This looooove is over
F     E      Am7        Em
       This love is over

Am7   Em x2
D     E7

Am7      G              C 
Baby, I know I'll get along
                      E
Sometimes you got to make it on your own
Am7                 G                  C  
It's more than my pride that's got me all tied
      E                      
Up inside, girl, it's all the lyin'

F            E 
Guess, It's time to close the door
F             E  
I don't wanna cry anymore
F                   E               Am7    Em   
It's just not worth fightin' for this loooooove
   F      E       Am7      Em 
It's over, this love is over 

Am7    Em

This Love Is Over

C Cm

Cm                       Bbm
  Betty came by on her way
                         Ab
Said she had a word to say
                   C
About things today
And fallen leaves.

Cm                             Bbm
  Said she hadn't heard the news
                           Ab
Hadn't had the time to choose
             C
A way to lose
But she believes.

Cm                         Bbm
  Going to see the river man
                          Ab
Going to tell him all I can
             C
About the plan
For lilac time.

Cm                          Bbm
  If he tells me all he knows
                            Ab
About the way his river flows
                   C
And all night shows
In summertime.

[solo]  Cm C Ab C

Cm                          Bbm
  Betty said she prayed today
                       Ab
For the sky to blow away
            C
Or maybe stay
She wasn't sure.

Cm                                  Bbm
  For when she thought of summer rain
                        Ab
Calling for her mind again
                C
She lost the pain
And stayed for more.

Cm                         Bbm
  Going to see the river man
                          Ab
Going to tell him all I can
             C
About the ban
On feeling free.

Cm                          Bbm
  If he tells me all he knows
                             Ab
About the way his river flows
               C
I don't suppose
It's meant for me.

Cm
Oh, how they come and go
Oh, how they come and go

River Man

Intro 
G Bm Em Bm Am Bm Am D7 x2


G        Bm        Em          Bm
Currency can ruin friendships

 Am           Bm      Am    D7
A mattress will do it too

        G              Bm          Em      Bm
And you know that it's time to be leaving

        Am             Bm        Am       D7
When the stuff in your cup is controlling you


         Am      Bm           Em     Bm
I'm on a raft of brand new beginnings

           Am            Bm            Am      D7
Won't be a sports car in three feet of grass

           Am         Bm         Em          Bm
And like a cupboard of bills I am waiting
                                                               
 C                                           G 
I'm just waiting to see if this thing will last


G Bm  Em  Bm  Am  Bm  Am D7


G        Bm              Em          Bm
I wanna ride through the marshes

Am      Bm              Am    D7
There's things I should do

G        Bm              Em          Bm
I wanna ride through the marshes but

Am     Bm      Am    D7
       Without you



     Am      Bm           Em     Bm
On a raft of brand new beginnings

          Am             Bm            Am     D7
Won't be a sports car in three feet of grass

           Am          Bm         Em          Bm
And like a cupboard of bills I am waiting

 C                                           G
I'm just waiting to see if this thing will last


G Bm  Em  Bm        Am  Bm  Am D7
         Could it last?

G Bm  Em  Bm  Am  Bm  Am D7 x2


          G          Bm        Em          Bm
Well it's hard to be in this together

       Am             Bm         Am      D7
But we both know that it's hard apart

           G          Bm         Em          Bm
And it's a storm I am willing to weather

           Am           Bm
But it's a storm that I
Am           D7
     Recognize


     Am      Bm           Em      Bm
On a raft of brand new beginnings

           Am            Bm            Am     D7
Won't be a sports car in three feet of grass


           Am          Bm         Em      Bm
And like a cupboard of bills I am waiting

C                                           G
I'm just waiting to see if this thing will last


G Bm  Em  Bm        Am  Bm  Am D7
           Could it last?

         G    Bm  Em
Could it last?

Bm   Am  Bm  Am D7
Could it last?

Ending guitar: Am Bm Am G

Hackney Marsh

Bb C  Dm          Bb     C
A wild ride, over stony ground 
   Dm             Bb   C Dm                  Bb       C      
Such a lust for life, the circus comes to town 
      Dm           Bb   C  Dm                Bb      C
We are the hungry ones, on a lightning raid 
      Dm         Bb     C  Dm                 Bb     C
Just like a river runs, like a fire needs flame 
    Dm
I burn for you 

B        F#           C#         
I gotta feel it in my blood whoa oh
B               F                         C#
I need your touch don't need your love whoa oh 

        F#           E
And I want and I need 
        B        A
And I lust animal 
       F#             E
And I want and I need 
         B               A
And I lust animal

        Bb C  Dm          Bb     C
I cry wolf, given mouth to mouth
   Dm             Bb   C Dm                  Bb       C
Like a movin' heartbeat in the witching hour
   Dm             Bb   C Dm                  Bb       C
I'm runnin' with the wind, a shadow in the dust
   Dm             Bb   C Dm                  Bb       C
And like the drivin' rain Yeah, like the restless rust
     Dm
I never sleep


B        F#           C#         
I gotta feel it in my blood whoa oh
B               F                         C#
I need your touch don't need your love whoa oh 

        F#           E
And I want and I need 
        B        A
And I lust animal 
       F#             E
And I want and I need 
         B               A
And I lust animal


#SPECIAL


       A   Gb   G
Huh!
        A   Gb  G
Oh!
G   Gb   F
Cry wolf baby
G    Gb    F
Cry tough
Gonna hunt you like an, uh, uh, animal
Gonna take your love n' run

#SOLO
Bb   C  Dm

B        F#           C#         
I gotta feel it in my blood whoa oh
B               F                         C#
I need your touch don't need your love whoa oh 

        F#           E
And I want and I need 
        B        A
And I lust animal 
       F#             E
And I want and I need 
         B               A
And I lust animal

And I want.....

Animal

A                D
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
     Bm
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
     G
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
   D
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
    Bm
but now it's come to distances and both of us must try,
     G
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
A                              D A 
Hey, that's no way to say good bye.

        D
I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
Bm
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
G
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
     D
it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
    Bm
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
     G
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
A                              D A
Hey, that's no way to say good bye.

  D
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
     Bm
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
     G
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
   D
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
    Bm
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
     G
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
A                              D A
Hey, that's no way to say good bye.

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