Reggie Young's Rainbow Road Intro
The beautiful Dan Penn-Donnie Fritts tune in its first and best iteration. The opening two bars of this piece intro are played on the top 3 strings. No backing track @2:17 Keep scrolling for the chords.
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Eb- I was born
Cm-a dirt poor man
Gm- All my life I've had
Eb -hard working
Eb7- hands
Ab -But I sang my song
Abm- as I carried my load. Cause
Eb- I had a dream about
Ab- rain, rainbow
Eb - road....Bb
Eb -Then one day, a
Cm- man came along
Gm- Heard me playing and
Eb- singing my
Eb7 - songs
Ab- Bought me fine clothes
Abm - paid every debt I owed
Eb - and sent me, yes he did, on my
Ab - way, down rainbow
Eb - road...Bb
BRIDGE
Cm-Then one night
Bb - a man with a knife
Ab - pushed me till I
Eb - had to take his life
Ab- Fast as falling
Fm7b5** -all my friends were gone. That old
Eb - judge traded me a
Ab - sentence lord for a
Cm - song ....Bb
Eb - Living with
Cm -this ball and chain, and I
Gm - had to wear a number lord before they
Eb - even knew my
Eb7- name
Ab- like my dream
Abm - I've grown old
Eb - But still we dream about
Ab - rain, rainbow
Cm- road
Bb -Lord, we
Ab- dream about you rain bow
Eb- road. We
Cm- dream about you rainbow
Bb - road. We
Ab -dream about you
G note -rain
F note - bow
Eb-road
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