Didn't It Rain (chrom)

by African-American Spiritual · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

DIDN’T IT RAIN chrom
African-American Spiritual
Key: D
Time: 2/4, 3/4

2/4
-5   -5  -5  -6*-7-6*  7   -7
Now, did-n’t it rain, chil-lun
  8   -7  -7   -7    -6*  
God’s gon-na ‘stroy this 

3/4
 -7    7  -6* -6*
world with wa-ter
-5   -5  -5 -6*  
Now, did-n’t it 

2/4
 -7   7   -6*
rain, my Lord
-3   -3  -4  -5  -5   -6 6   -5   
Now, did-n’t it rain, rain, rain
 -5   -5   -6   -5  -5  -5
Well, it rained for-ty days
-5  -5   -6   -5  -5   -5
And it rained for-ty nights
 -5   -7  -7  7   -6
There was-n’t no land,
-5  -6   -5  -5
No-where in sight
-6   -5 -5 -5  -5 -5 -6  -6 -5   -6
God sent a rav-en to car-ry the news
-5  -9   -9   -7   -7 -5 -66 -5  -5
He histe his wings and a-way he flew

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