A Cat In the Rain Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][D][C]

[Verse 1]
With [G]a midnight
sky and your [Em]big brown eyes
Did [C]you stumble on [G]a pearl?
[D]Wake me from a thousand meter [C]stare
With a [G]halo hanging just [Em]a little too heavy
and an[C]other evening's [G]curls
[D]Mixed up with the morning and your [C]hair
Like [G]a country girl [Em]who came
across [C]a cat out in the [G]rain
Like [D]a country girl you
played it true [C]to form
Gonna [G]lay a little pity on [Em]a prodigal son
who [C]parted with his [G]name
A little [D]shelter for a stray out in a storm
[C]

[Verse 2]
You [G]can try to put [Bm]the past behind
It's [C]on your clothes [G]like burning pine
[Am]Is it gin or t[C]urpentine you
[G]keep in your [D]canteen?
If [G]pressure makes a dia[Em]mond babe,
I [G]still might [D]come out clean
[C]

[Verse 3]
In [G]the simple solit[Em]ary joy
of [C]temporary com[G]fort
Well, I [D]closed my eyes and felt I'd slept
a [C]hundred- thousand years
[G]Awaking I would [Em]disregard the term
[C]s of my sur[G]render
Took [D]every bad fork in the road and
[C]look who's standing here
We were vic[G]tims of etern[Em]al love
for al[C]most half a morn[G]ing
Said [D]I know you can't go home
again [C]but tell me where you land
Oh, [G]here's to yet [Em]another chance
you get [C]to be re[G]born
And [D]here's to greener,
higher hills to [C]make your final stand

[Verse 4]
You can [G]try to put [Bm]the past behind
It's [C]on your clothes [G]like burning pine
[Am]Is it gin or t[C]urpentine you
[G]keep in your [D]canteen?
If [G]pressure makes a dia[Em]mond babe,
I [G]still might [D]come out clean

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am][C][G][D][G][Em]
[G][D][C]

[Verse 5]
For a walk[G]ing ghost,
that [Em]southern coast was [C]a lawless piece of heav[G]en
There [D]were bayou dives and oyster
knives [C]and liquor for to drown
In [G]the Q beam lights and [Em]rooster fights
[C]and months I don't remem[G]ber
My [D]winning hand went busted and
my [C]luck was winding down
In [G]the southeast Texas set[Em]ting sun,
[C]I sat surveying dam[G]aged done
[D]We wish you luck and fortune hon,
we're [C]closing in an hour
[G]Backed up to [Em]the trinity with
no [C]more road [G]to run
No [D]longer can I wander all
[C]alone on my own power

[Verse 6]
And [G]try to put the [Bm]pas t behind,
per[C]haps it's only [G]in your mind
[Am]They close the doors at
[C]nine at General [G]Market [D]17
If [G]pressure makes a dia[Em]mond babe,
I [G]still might [D]come out [C]clean[G]
Tejanos curse in [Em]Spanish and a Cajun
[C]eyes the[G] weather
There's [D]black mud on the belly
of the [C]yellow colt I ride
[G]Never thought I'd [Em]catch myself
[C]so calm out in the [G]open
As a gulf [D]storm deals in bucket
loads and [C]hits from every side