I wish it would rain Nanci Griffith (guitar+tamborine> G G |C G | Oh, I wish it would rain, wash my face clean G G G D D I want to find a dark cloud to hide in here G G |C G | Love in a memory sparkles like diamonds G G D Em C~ When the diamonds fall... they burn like tears G D G G When the diamonds fall... they burn like tears (+Bass) G | C G | D Em Once I had a love from the Georgia pines, who only cared for me C G G D I wanna find that love of twenty-two here at thirty-three G |C G | D Em I've got a heart on my right and one on my left, neither suits my needs C G D G G^ No, the one I love lives a-way out west and he never will need me G |C G | D Em I'm gonna pack up my two steppin' shoes, and head for the Western plains C G I wanna walk the streets of my own home town G D where everybody knows my name G |C G | D Em I wanna ride the waves down in Galveston, when the hurricanes blow in, C G 'Cuz that Gulf Coast water tastes sweet as wine D G G^ when your heart's rollin' home in the wind G G |C G | Oh, I wish it would rain, wash my face clean G G G D D I want to find a dark cloud to hide in here G G |C G | Love in a memory sparkles like diamonds G G D Em C~ When the diamonds fall... they burn like tears G D Em C~ When the diamonds fall... they burn like tears G D G |G D G| When the diamonds fall.. they burn like tears