Have You Ever Seen The Rain? | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| Am | F/C | C/G |
| G (A G E D B) | C | C (C B A G E) |
Verse 1
| C | C | C | C |
Someone told me long ago, there’s a calm before the storm.
| G | G | C | C |
I know it’s been comin’ for some time.
| C | C | C | C |
When it’s over so they say, it’ll rain a sunny day.
| G | G | C | C |
I know shinin’ down like water.
Chorus 1
| F | G | C G/B | Am G |
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
| F | G | C G/B | Am G |
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
| F | G | C | C (C B A G E) |
Comin’ down on a sunny day?
Verse 2
| C | C | C | C |
Yesterday and days before, sun is cold and rain is hard.
| G | G | C | C (C B A G E) |
I know been that way for all my time.
| C | C | C | C |
‘Til forever, on it goes, through the circle, fast and slow,
| G | G | C | C |
I know it can’t stop, I wonder.
Chorus 2
| F | G | C G/B | Am G |
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
| F | G | C G/B | Am G |
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
| F | G | C | C (C B A G E) |
Comin’ down on a sunny day? Yeah!
Chorus 3
| F | G | C G/B | Am G |
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
| F | G | C G/B | Am G |
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
| F | G | C | C (A G E D B) | C |
Comin’ down on a sunny day?
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? chords and progressions
This classic Creedence tune is pretty much as easy as it gets. Playing that is, writing something this simple and timeless is another kettle of fish!
Let’s take a look at the chords from this perfect beginner song. The intro is played using chords that don’t appear in the exact same way again, very unexpected. The bass lines, however, has planted a seed in our mind. These are the chords:
| Am | F/C | C/G |
| G (A G E D B) | C | C (C B A G E) |
You can incorporate the baselines in the open G chord, starting on string 3, and then lower in the open C chord, starting on string 5.
Once the verse kicks in it’s the I – V chords, like this:
||: C | C | C | C |
| G | G | C | C :||
In verse 2, the bass line is included once, like this:
| G | G | C | C (C B A G E) |
The chorus is a IV – V – I. Then move down using V/3 – VI – V. Repeat this, the third time, just stay on chord I, like this:
||: F | G | C G/B | Am G :||
| F | G | C | C (C B A G E) |
In chorus 3, the final line has the other bass line from the intro, like this:
| F | G | C | C (A G E D B) | C |
Strum along with the original recording above and you’ll soon have Have You Ever Seen The Rain’s chords under your belt and another tune on the repertoire.
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