Rainy Night in Georgia Boz Scaggs
Beautiful treatment of an all time classic.
From Boz' 2013 Memphis album.
Note the nice shifts from Dmaj7 to D on the turnaround in the verses.
Also... on the album the guitar is shifted down a semitone.
Chords
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D xx0232
Dmaj7 xx0222
Cmaj7 x32000
Em 022000
G 320003
Bm7 x24230
[F#m]Asus [244222]x02230
A x02220
Intro
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[Dmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Dmaj7] [Cmaj7]
Verse 1
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[D]Hoverin' by my suitcase
[G]Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the [Dmaj7]night
A [D]heavy rain's a-fallin'
[G]Seems I hear your voice callin'[Dmaj7] "It's all right"
Chorus 1
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[Bm7] A rainy night in [F#m]Georgia
[Bm7] A rainy night in [F#m]Georgia
[Em] Seems it's rainin' [G]all over the [Dmaj7]world
[G] Feels like it's rainin' all over the [Dmaj7]world
Verse 2
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[D]Neon lights a-flashin'
[G]Taxi cabs and buses passin'[Dmaj7] through the night
The [D]distant moanin' of a train
[G]Seems to play a sad refrain[Dmaj7] to the night
Chorus 2
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On a [Bm7]rainy night in [F#m]Georgia
[Bm7] Rainy night in [F#m]Georgia
[Em] Feels like it's [G]rainin' all over the [Dmaj7]world
[G] Seems it's rainin' all over the [Dmaj7]world
Bridge
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[Cmaj7] How many times I [Dmaj7]wondered
[Cmaj7] But it still comes out the [Dmaj7]same
[G]No matter how you [F#m]think of it or [Em]look at it
It's [G]life and you [F#m]just got to [Em]play the [Asus]ga -[A]ame
Inst
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[Cmaj7] [Dmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Dmaj7]
Verse 3
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[D]Find my place in a box car
So I [G]take my guitar to pass some [Dmaj7]time
[D]Late at night when it's hard to rest
I [G]hold your picture to my chest[Dmaj7] I feel fine
Chorus 3
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On this [Bm7]rainy night in [F#m]Georgia
[Bm7] Rainy night in [F#m]Georgia
[Em] Seems like it's [G]rainin' all over the [Dmaj7]world[/B]
[Em] Feels it's raini[G]n' all over the world[Dmaj7] [/B]
Chorus 4
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[Em] On a [G]rainy [Dmaj7]night in Georgi-[/B]a
[Em] Seems it's [G]rainin' all over the [Dmaj7]world[/B]
[Em] [G] All over my [Dmaj7]world [/B]
[Em] [G] [Dmaj7] [/B]
[Mmmm] [-] [mmmm] [mmmmmmmm]
[Em] [G] [Dmaj7]
[Mmmm] [-] [mmmm] [mmmmmmmm]
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2014
watfordkev@gmail.com
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