Tabs
July 15, 2014
Rainy Night in Georgia by Brook Benton
The Boz Scaggs version of this song (in Dbmaj7) is worth listening to.
Tab: in word document format video: Rainy Night in Georgia
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com Song: Rainy Night in Georgia By: Brook Benton [intro:] 2 X |Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 | [verse: 1] Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 Hovering by my suitcase, trying to find a warm place |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 | to spend the night Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 Heavy rain is falling, seems I hear your voice calling Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 | It's all right [chorus:] Bm7 |F#m | A rainy night in Georgia Bm7 |F#m | A rainy night in Georgia Em G |Dmaj7 | It seems like it's raining all over the world Em G |Dmaj7 | I feel like it's raining all over the world [verse: 2] Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 Neon signs a-flashing, taxi cabs and busses |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 | Passing through the night Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 | A distant moaning of a train seems to play a sad refrain Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 | Into the night [chorus:] Bm7 |F#m | A rainy night in Georgia Bm7 |F#m | A rainy night in Georgia Em G |Dmaj7 | It seems like it's raining all over the world Em G |Dmaj7 | I feel like it's raining all over the world [bridge:] Em |F#m | How many times I've wondered Em |F#m | And it still comes out the same G F#m |Em No matter how you look at it or think of it | / / / / | |G F#m D |A | It's life, and you just gotta play the game [:] 2 X |Cmaj7 |Dmaj7 | [verse: 3] Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 | I find me a place in a boxcar, so I take my guitar Dbmaj7 |Dmaj7 | To pass some time Dmaj7 |Cmaj7 | Late at night when it's hard to rest, I hold your little picture to my chest Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 | And I feel fine [chorus:] Bm7 |F#m | But it's a rainy night in Georgia Bm7 |F#m | Baby it's a rainy night in Georgia Em G |Dmaj7 | I feel it's raining all over the world Em G |Dmaj7 | And I'm lonely now and it's raining all over the world [coda:] Em G |Dmaj7 | I believe it's raining all over the world Em G |Dmaj7 | And it's raining all over the world 2 x |Em G |Dmaj7 | {or as many time as you wish} chords: A 002220 or 577655 Bm7 224232 Cmaj7 032000 or 335453 D 000232 or 557775 Dmaj7 557675 or xx0222 Em 022000 or 779987 F#m 244222 G 320003 or 355433