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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

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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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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