Chords with a " * " symbol next to it is played broken.  

C                          G
Raindrops are fallin' on a sultry summer night
Am                                    C                G
Storms clouds started rollin' in when I turned out the lights.
Am                                       C                    G
Lightning flashes in my bedroom, castin' shadows on the wall.
                                  Am
lightin' up your side of the bed, reminding me that you're gone.


C                                                      G
And that's when the tears just started fallin' and the past came back to me.
      Am                                          C               G
And I remembered the way you loved me was nothing more than a memory.
          Am                                          C              Am
Now yes I know i've done some crazy things and I have only myself to blame.
             C                   G                               Am
But it would be so much easier ...to blame this heartache on the rain.


"Guitar solo" (blues Style)

C                                               G
I tried to cry myself back to sleep, but it was comin' way to slow.
Am                                          C                 G
I heard your voice callin' out my name everytime that thunder rolled.
Am                                   C                      G
I drank a cup of coffee and tried to read the morning news.
                                    Am*
I saw your name under the headlines "Drunk Driver Kills Mother of 2"


C*                                                     G*
And that's when the tears just started fallin' and the past came back to me.
      Am*                                         C*              G*
And I remembered the way you loved me was nothing more than a memory.
          Am                                           C              Am
Now yes I know i've done some stupid things and I have only myself to blame.
             C                   G
But it would be so much easier ...to blame this heartache
         Am                 G                                  Am*
It would be so much easier ..to blame this heartache .. on the rain.

**Instrumental Outro**
C* G* Am*