“BENTON MCKAYE”
[VERSE I]
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Benton McKaye
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Oh happy day
C G
You bring the gear
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I shall appear
C G
20 green in the pack
C D
This feels light on our back
C G
I hope you know where we are heading
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Cause We’re already pretty higgghhhh
[CHORUS]
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party is here
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party has begun
[VERSE II]
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We stumbled on the mountain,
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Onward we climbed
C G
To see what adventures we could find
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Once we left civilization behind
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And out of the woods what do We See?
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A lonesome white horse a riding, there he be!
[CHORUS]
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party is here
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party has begun
[VERSE III]
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The camp was perfect and lovely
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We ate and feasted all night
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Captain Dave was building the fire
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A psychedelic delight
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The sudden warmth and joy faded,
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is that a sprinkle I feel?
C G
A night we won’t shake,
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the sky led open the floodgates
[CHORUS]
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party is here
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party has begun
[VERSE IV]
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Four billy goats nestled in there nets
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Naked and afraid, I was cold and wet
C G
I hopped in the tent, sipping on some camomile tea
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Happy and healthy, free as young man should be
C G
Dreaming about the day When it’s my darling and me
[CHORUS]
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party is here
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party has begun
[BRIDGE]
Bm Am
Driving to work
Bm Am Em
Wishing you were in the rain for real
Bm Am Em
The freeness is something they can’t steal
[OUTRO]
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party is here
Em Am
Oh look it’s rain
C G Am
Now the party here to stay
