Re: [Harp-L] Rain down tears

["Rob Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin....a great call! Butterfield was a Master of less! I just played w/ 
his son on Drums & Vocals this week...he told me Dad's fav saying was "Less 
is Best"

Here's Your Chords,-)

Em=4 bars
A7=4 bars
Verse=A7=/----4----/D7  G9/C7 F9/Bm7 E7/ A7=2bars/

then repeats the whole form....

enjoy & happy new year!

Best
Rob Paparozzi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martin oldsberg" <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:56 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Rain down tears


"Rain down tears" is a blues, originally recorded by Hank Ballard (at least 
AFAIK), that seem to cry out for a harmonica like a baby crying for its 
mamma; and Butterfield supplied this beautifully on the two Levon Helm RCO 
All Stars records. (And, as an aside, that second one, the live record 
from -77, is something of a crash course in how to integrate harmonica in a 
band: he´s present all the time but very careful in his application of fills 
etc, never overbearing.)

For some reason I have trouble working out the chords to the song. I´m 
embarassing myself here, I know (I´m primarily a melody guy -- even when I 
play guitar) but I can´t piece it together convincingly.
Have searched the net but found nothing.

Anybody on board here who´s done the job and would be willing to share the 
results?

Cheers,
Martin

PS Only YT link I could find is from a later, inferior, version w/ Helm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtQUarJx50