Box Of Rain

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From: Paul Zimmerman 

 

Box Of Rain
Grateful Dead
Music by Phil Lesh
Words by Robert Hunter
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[INTRO]
(
 A) (
 Bm7/A) (
 A) (
 Asus4)


(
 D)         (
 Am)
Look out of any window
(
 Em)         (
 C)
Any morning, any evening, any day

(
 D)       (
 Am)
Maybe the sun is shining
(
 Em)                  (
 G)                    (
 A)
Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky
(
 D)         (
 G)              (
 Am)           (
 Em)    (
 D)
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
    (
 C)             (
 D)                 (
 Am)
For this is all a dream we dreamed, one afternoon long ago

(
 D)         (
 Am)
Walk out of any doorway
(
 Em)           (
 C)                          (
 G)
Feel your way, feel your way like the day before

(
 D)          (
 Am)
Maybe you'll find direction
(
 Em)
Around some corner where
(
 G)                  (
 A)
It's been waiting to meet you

(
 D)          (
 G)
What do you want me to do?
   (
 Am)                       (
 Em)   (
 D)
To watch for you while you're sleeeeeeeeping?
     (
 Am)                (
 C)                (
 G)          (
 D)
Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too.
(
 D)       (
 Am)
Look into any eyes
(
 Em)             (
 C)                          (
 G)
You find by you, you can see clear to another day

(
 D)        (
 Am)                (
 Em)
Maybe been seen before through other eyes
    (
 G)                   (
 A)
On other days while going home
(
 D)          (
 G)             (
 Am)            (
 Em)     (
 D)
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?
     (
 C)             (
 Em)              (
 D)         (
 G)
It's all a dream we dreamed, one after-noon long a-go

(
 D)            (
 Am)            (
 Em)
Walk into splintered sunlight, inch your way through
(
 C)                    (
 G)
Dead dreams to another land

(
 D)           (
 Am)                  (
 Em)
Maybe you're tired and broken, your tongue is twisted with
(
 G)                    (
 A)
Words half-spoken and thoughts unclear

(
 D)          (
 G)             (
 Am)            (
 Em)     (
 D)
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?

  (
 Am)             (
 C)                (
 G)                (
 D)
A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through.

(
 G)                 (
 Am)     (
 Em)
Just a box of rain, wind and water
   (
 C)             (
 A)             (
 D)
Be-lieve it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on.

(
 G)             (
 Am)     (
 Em)
Sun and shower, wind and rain
(
 C)             (
 D)           (
 Em)          (
 A)
In and out the window, like a moth before a flame

(
 A)      (
 D)           (
 Em)
And it's just a box of rain
(
 Em)     (
 G)             (
 D)
I don't know who put it there;
(
 D)               (
 Bm)        (
 G)             (
 A)
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.

(
 A)      (
 D)           (
 Em)
And it's just a box of rain
(
 Em)   (
 G)           (
 D)
Or a ribbon for your hair
             (
 Em)
Such a long, long time to be gone
      (
 G)               (
 D)
And a short time to be there.


[OUTRO]
(
 D) (
 C) (
 G) (
 D) (
 Asus4)



   
 A                (
 Bm7/A)           (
 Asus4)            (
 D)

  o       o         o o   o           o       o           o
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |
| | * * * |       | | | * | *       | | * * | |       | | | * | *
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | * |       | | | | * |
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |



   
 Am                 
 Em                 
 C                 
 G
  o       o       o     o o o             o   o         x o o o
| | | | * |       | | | | | |       | | | | * |       | | | | | |
| | * * | |       | * * | | |       | | * | | |       | | | | | |
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | * | | | |       * | | | | *
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |



   
 Bm
x
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| ---------  <---- Bar Chord, use index finger to hold all strings
| | | | * |        down in this fret, marked with the -----
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