Biography:
The Rainmakers are a Kansas City, Missouri-based original rock band whose members include:
Bob Walkenhorst,
Steve Phillips (later a member of The Elders),
Jeff Porter,
Rich Ruth,
Pat Tomek,
Michael Bliss (replaced Rich Ruth in 1995).
Missouri has long boasted of being the home of two of America's greatest artists, Mark Twain and Chuck Berry. However, it wasn't until The Rainmakers thundered into the national music spotlight in 1986
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[Verse]
A B C#m A
Older than I used to be, younger than I'm gonna be
A C#m E
Fewer things puzzle me than when I was young
A
But when my pace is falling slack
B C#m A
I catch myself thinking back
A
A certain night, a certain summer
C#m E
Long gone long
{Interlude]
A B C#m A A C#m E
A
August she was swinging low
B C#m A
Town of about a thousand-so
A C#m E
Out of school, ready to get out of here
A B C#m A
Off to farm, off to State, each going our separate ways
A C#m E
Graduation message still sweet in our ears
[Chorus]
E C#m A C#m A B
Oh oh oh, come singin' now, clocks are slow
E C#m A
And hearts beat on and on and
C#m A B
Long gone long
[Verse]
A
Got into a car that night
B C#m A
Drove out past the signal light
A C#m E
Past the city limits, guess it wasn't that far
A
Stopped out on a rural route
B C#m A
Gooch got out his .22
A C#m E
Shooting at a freight train that was hauling new cars
A
Drinking underneath the stars
B C#m A
Watching counting meteors
A C#m E
Robert said you know those fell a hundred years ago
A
The light is just now reaching earth
B C#m A
I said man for what it's worth
A C#m E
I think you are wrong and you really don't know
[Chorus]
E C#m A C#m A B
Oh oh oh, come singin' now, clocks are slow
E C#m A
And hearts beat on and on and
C#m A B
Long gone long
[Bridge]
A B
Is something going on, I tell you nothing's going on
C#m A E
Nothing's going on, going on, going on
A B
Is something going on, I tell you nothing's going on
C#m A B A
Nothing's going on, going on
{Interlude]
A B C#m A A C#m E
[Verse]
A B C#m A
Goodbye to the home team, goodbye to the rinky-dinks
A C#m E
Goodbye to a girl, down my street heading home
A B C#m A
She stepped out from behind a tree, tears running down her cheeks
A C#m E
Goodbye to more than either of us could have known
[Outro]
repeat 6 times
A
Li la la la la la la
B C#m A
Li la la la la la la
A
Li la la la la la la
C#m E
La la li li li li
A B C#m A
Older than I used to be, younger than I'm gonna be
A C#m E
Fewer things puzzle me than when I was young
A
But when my pace is falling slack
B C#m A
I catch myself thinking back
A
A certain night, a certain summer
C#m E
Long gone long
{Interlude]
A B C#m A A C#m E
A
August she was swinging low
B C#m A
Town of about a thousand-so
A C#m E
Out of school, ready to get out of here
A B C#m A
Off to farm, off to State, each going our separate ways
A C#m E
Graduation message still sweet in our ears
[Chorus]
E C#m A C#m A B
Oh oh oh, come singin' now, clocks are slow
E C#m A
And hearts beat on and on and
C#m A B
Long gone long
[Verse]
A
Got into a car that night
B C#m A
Drove out past the signal light
A C#m E
Past the city limits, guess it wasn't that far
A
Stopped out on a rural route
B C#m A
Gooch got out his .22
A C#m E
Shooting at a freight train that was hauling new cars
A
Drinking underneath the stars
B C#m A
Watching counting meteors
A C#m E
Robert said you know those fell a hundred years ago
A
The light is just now reaching earth
B C#m A
I said man for what it's worth
A C#m E
I think you are wrong and you really don't know
[Chorus]
E C#m A C#m A B
Oh oh oh, come singin' now, clocks are slow
E C#m A
And hearts beat on and on and
C#m A B
Long gone long
[Bridge]
A B
Is something going on, I tell you nothing's going on
C#m A E
Nothing's going on, going on, going on
A B
Is something going on, I tell you nothing's going on
C#m A B A
Nothing's going on, going on
{Interlude]
A B C#m A A C#m E
[Verse]
A B C#m A
Goodbye to the home team, goodbye to the rinky-dinks
A C#m E
Goodbye to a girl, down my street heading home
A B C#m A
She stepped out from behind a tree, tears running down her cheeks
A C#m E
Goodbye to more than either of us could have known
[Outro]
repeat 6 times
A
Li la la la la la la
B C#m A
Li la la la la la la
A
Li la la la la la la
C#m E
La la li li li li
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