Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

album: Travelling Man (1999)

Live performance

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilElCSa81g (recording at his home in Cornwall, 31st May 2012) [Intro] D G A D G D G Em7 A7 [Verse 1]

^DCome on ^Em7now and ^A7dry your ^Deyes ^G Time will ^Dease a-^Em7way the ^A7pain ^D Clouds dis^Bmperse and ^Ashow the ^Dclear skies The ^Gearth smells sweeter ^Em7 ^A7 after ^Drain

[Verse 2]

^DThere has ^Bmnever ^Abeen ^Ga ^Ddeluge ^GThat could ^Dwash out ^Em7every ^A7stain. ^D In cracked ^Bmpavements ^Aweeds ^Gfind ^Drefuge But the ^Gearth smells sweeter ^Em7 ^A7 after ^Drain

[Bridge 1]

The ^Gworld is ^Dvast ^Gbut ^Apain’s ho^Drizon ^GWrapped a-^Dround us ^Emmakes it ^A7small ^DIf you break out^Dm ^Em from this prison De^E7pending ^Gwhere the ^Emteardrops ^Afall

[Verse 3]

^DOut of ^Bmbarren-^Aness re^Dnewal ^GHope is ^Djust a ^Em7tiny ^A7grain ^DIro - ^Emny is ^A7often c^Druel But the ^Gearth smells sweeter ^Em7 ^A7 after ^Drain

[Verse 4]

^DDebris ^Bmleft where ^A7floods re^Dceded Was ^Gsurely ^Dbound to ^Em7cause you ^A7pain ^D Just ig^Emnore all ^Athat's ^Gnot ^Dneeded ^GEarth smells sweeter ^Em7 ^A7 after ^Drain

[Bridge 2]

^GSadness ^Dis a ^A7poor heart ^Dteacher You're ^Gnot a-^Dlone we're ^Eall the ^A7same ^DRunning ^Dmdown the ^Groad to ^E7meet her ^E7Palace ^GGate or ^Em7Factory ^A7Lane

[Verse 5]

^DJoy is ^Bmnot to ^A7one con^Dfined ^GNeither ^Dthen is ^Em7grief and ^A7pain ^DWater ^Bmonly ^Adraws the ^Dline And the ^Gearth smells sweeter^Em7 ^A7 after ^Drain

[Outro] Dm Gm Em

^A7 After ^Drain.

Ralph McTell - After rain