Box of Rain
The Grateful Dead 

A2 A (x4)  A2
             D                    Am
                Look out of any window
                Em                  C                          G
                Any morning, any evening, any day
              D                 Am
                Maybe the sun is shining
               Em                                G                                 A2       A
                Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky

                              D                     G
                                What do you want me to do
                                    Am                   Em       D
                                To do for you, to see you through
                                      C                 D
                                For this is all a dream we dreamed
                                        Am                     G
                                One afternoon long ago

                Walk out of any doorway
                Feel your way, feel your way like the day before
                Maybe you'll find direction
                Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you

                                What do you want me to do
                                To watch for you while you're slee-ee-eeping
                                         Am                          C
                                Then please don't be surprised
                                                 G                              D
                                When you find me dreaming, too
                                                 *Interlude*   G Am Em C A D
                                                                           G Am Em G D Em A2   A A2

                Look into any eyes
                You find by you, you can see clear to another day
                Maybe been seen before
                Through other eyes, on other days while going home

                                What do you want me to do
                                To do for you, to see you through
                                      C                       Em
                                It's all a dream we dreamed
                                                Am             G
                                One afternoon long ago

                Walk into splintered sunlight
                Inch your way through dead dreams to another land
                Maybe you're tired and broken
                Your tongue is twisted with words unspoken and thoughts unclear

                                What do you want me to do
                                To do for you, to see you through
                                   Am                    C
                                A box of rain will ease the pain
                                       G                          D
                                And love will see you through

                                                 G                              Am          Em
                                                 Just a box of rain - wind and water
                                                     C                    A                       D
                                                 Believe it if you need it - if you don't just pass it on
                                                 G                            Am          Em
                                                 Sun and shower - wind and rain
                                                 G                     D                      Em                   A2 A   A2 A
                                                 In and out the window like a moth before a flame

                                                              D                    Em                  G                         D
                                                 And it's just a box of rain - I don't know who put it there
                                                                            Bm            G                      A
                                                 Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare
                                                               D                   Em           G                        D
                                                 And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair
                                                             Em                                                 G                         D
                                                 Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be there...
                                                                                                                                                              C  G  D  A
      


  Copyright 1970 Ice Nine Publishing, Inc.
  By Robert Hunter and Phil Lesh
  American Beauty





   Chords:
          A2 A   D  Am Em C  G  Bm
      e |-0--0---2--0--0--0--3--2--
      B |-0--2---3--1--0--1--0--3--
      G |-2--2---2--2--0--0--0--4--
      D |-2--2---0--2--2--2--0--4--
      A |-0--0---0--0--2--3--2--2--
      E |--------------0-----3-----







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