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The Soft Rains of April

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RockAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em○○○○
A×○○
G○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
D××○
F#m7Diagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C×○○
Gmaj7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                  Em                A            G           F# 
The soft rains of april are over 
    Em               A           G        F# 
The soft rains of April are over, over 
D 
Anybody home now 
F#m7                      Bb 
I am on the phone now, please... 
        Em                A            G           F# 
The soft rains of April are over 
        Em                     A            G           F# 
The ferry across the water to Dover, over 
D 
Anybody home now 
F#m7                        Bm7         C 
I am on the phone, oh I'd like to go back 
        Em               Emadd9 
Is it raining back home 
G           Gmaj7 
I'm so alone 
D 
Just got up today 
                F#m 
And my thoughts are miles away 
          B 
With you 
Em   A     C      F#m 
                   Em                A 
Well, they gave me four years 
G                          F# 
Three more to go 
Em                  A 
Keep writing letters 
G                      F# Em      A 
Time's passing so slow 
G                       F#  Em      A 
Time's passing so slow 
G

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Chord set

Em · A · G · F# · D · F#m7 · Bb · Bm7 · C · Gmaj7 · F#m · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.