ALL CHORD POSITIONS ARE RELATIVE TO CAPO
|CAPO 2|

(D)(A7)(G)

(VERSE 1)
(D)                      (D7)
Every time my ship comes in
    (G)
A hurricane blows it out again
(D)                       (D7)          (A)   
Stormy weather seems to hang around my door
(D)                 (D7)
My sweet bird of paradise
         (G) 
Flew the coop on me last night
         
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour

        (D)                (D7)
I got a letter from the I.R.S
           (G)                        (D)
They said, son, you're in a hell of a mess
     (D)                  (D7)          (A)
Our computer shows you owe ten-thousand more
      (D)                (D7)
That machine's made a bad mistake
              (G)
'Cause that's more than this poor boy makes

        (D7)            (A7)                (D)
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
(CHORUS)
       (A7)                        (D)
Every time it rains I just wash my car
          (D)
The whole neighbourhood goes 
(D7)                 (A7) 
Swimmin' in my front yard
         (D)                 
Well, my mother-in-law says she's
(D7)                (G7)
Stayin' three weeks more
         (D7)         (A7)                 (D)
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour

(D)                      (D7)
Just got my car out of the shop
     (G)
Two blocks down the street it stopped
   (D)                  (D7)               (A)   
I went to use the telephone at the grocery store
   (D)                 (D7)
I walked back to my Chevrolet
           (G)       
But they towed that sucker away
         (D7)          (A7)                 (D)   
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
(CHORUS)
       (A7)                        (D)
Every time it rains I just wash my car
          (D)
The whole neighbourhood goes 
(D7)                 (A7) 
Swimmin' in my front yard
         (D)                 
Well, my mother-in-law says she's
(D7)                (G7)
Stayin' three weeks more
         (D7)         (A7)                 (D)
Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
(G)     (D)          (A7)                 (D)
Well, every time it rains, Lord don't it pour