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Oh, my glory, this song is one of my life’s favorites. As soon as I wrote it, I knew we would be together for a long time… I wrote Rainy Morning as one of the very first songs of the #100songs project. It was on a beautiful early Autumn day after dropping my daughter off at school and walking home in a light misting rain. It was just a perfect and lovely morning. I walked in and picked up the pen and paper, wrote the words and went up to bed for a nap. After the nap I wrote the music to the lyrics. I didn’t think it was going to be good, and actually it didn’t even seem like a very good song as I was writing it, but when I reviewed it a day or two later I couldn’t stop playing it. It has been that way since.

I feel extremely lucky to have great musicians who surround me in my life. On this track I was blessed with the drumming of Dominic Marini (who I actually met at a show I was playing because he loved the song), the banjo playing of Shaun Jones (a member of Heck Yup and 23 Psaegz), and Michaele Lynne Jacot (a friend of 23 Psaegz tuba player Brett Gobe, and now a friend of mine as well!). The rest of the instruments and voices are mine, ha! Thank you all for subscribing. You’re helping me make dreams come true!

RAINY MORNING – © ⓟ 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
C         F   C       Dmin    G   F
Rainy morning, slow me down
C                 F   C        Dmin    G   F
Make me thoughtful, make me peaceful
C             F   C   Dmin       G   F
Calm my spirit, make me thankful
C                 G  C
I’m dry and home
C                 G  C
I’m dry and home
C                 F
I’m dry and home

G      C
Rainy days make the plants grow
G    C
Make the soil fresh
C               F   C
Bring life forward
G     C
Give me an excuse to nap

C                    F   C      Dmin    G   F
Gray cloudy morning, slow me down
C               F   C   Dmin    G   F
Make me sleepy, let me rest
C            F   C   Dmin    G   F
Give me calm, grow my spirit
C                 G  C
I’m dry and home
C                  G  C
I’m dry and home
C                 F
I’m dry and home

G      C
Rainy days make the plants grow
G    C
Make the soil fresh
C               F   C
Bring life forward
C              F   C
Bring life forward
C                 F   C
Bring life forward!!!

C    Emin       Amin      F
C    Emin       Amin      F
Though sometimes it’s tough to feel down
Let the weather go and push me around
The sound of the gentle, lulling pitter patter
As the sum of all the single splatters
Lets my mind rest and disintegrate
For the rest of my morning
C               F             Amin                 F
All I do is, all I do is dream, dream, dream

C    Emin       Amin      F
C    Emin       Amin      F
Rainy morning, slow me down
Make me thoughtful, make me peaceful
Grow my spirit, make me thankful
I’m dry and home

C    Emin       Amin      F
Rainy days make the plants grow
Make the soil fresh
Bring life upward
Give me an excuse to nap and dream

C    Emin       Amin      F
Gray cloudy morning, slow me down
Make me sleepy
C    Emin       Amin      F
The sound of your gentle, lulling pitter patter
As the sum of all the single splatters
Lets my mind rest and disintegrate
For the rest of my morning
C               F             Amin                F
All I do is, all I do is dream, dream, dream

C                          Emin                   Amin                 F
All I wanna do is, all I wanna do is dream, dream, dream!

C    Emin       Amin      F
Rainy morning, slow me down
Make me thoughtful, make me peaceful
Calm my spirit, make me thankful
I’m dry and home