Howard Mcbane(Chords)

	        
         Em                   C 
There's a man in my town named Howard McBane 
D                             C               Em 
Twenty years ago he said he'd come to make it rain 
      Em                                C 
(The) crops they all were dying back in eighteen ninety three 
D                                 C                 Em 
Howard came to town and told them put your faith in me 
   Em                      C 
He rode in on a train from east of the big river 
       D                                C                 Em 
It was so damn hot that morning still I couldn't help but shiver 
Em                              C 
Daddy told me he wa'n't nothing but a snake oil dealer 
D                                 C                   Em 
to these desperate farmers Howard seemed like a faith healer 


Em                             C 
Howard told the people if they wanted to have water 
D                                     C              Em 
sign the dotted line, bring him their money wine and daughters 
Em                                     C 
common folk get desperate when there's nowhere left to turn 
     D                            C               Em 
last summer was a scorcher, their fields were sun burned 
   Em                                C 
so they gave him what he wanted what else could they do 
   D                                      C               Em 
he winked and laughed and told them, I'll make it rain on you 
     Em                             C 
then Howard climbed the hill on the southern edge of town 
       D                             C                 Em 
and he ranted and he chanted and the rain came pouring down 


Em                            C 
Howard McBane rode in on that train 
                D 
come to make it rain 
                            Em 
this town will never be the same 

Em                            C 
Howard McBane rode in on that train 
                D 
come to make it rain 
         Em 
Howard McBane 

Em                             C 
There's a man in my town named Howard McBane 
D                             C               Em 
Twenty years ago he said he'd come to make it rain 
    Em                                C 
Now there ain't no woman in this town Howard ain't defiled 
      D                             C                  Em 
Ain't nothing that he don't own for two hundred square miles 
     Em                              C 
(We) thought he was a miracle, (but) he was no messiah 
D                       C                Em 
no amount of holy water can put out this fire 
Em                                    C 
train that came up straight from hell twenty years ago 
   D                            C             Em 
is heading back to Hades with a cargo of lost souls 


Em                       C 
Howard he is heading to another dried up town 
              D                              C                   Em 
where they'll sign his dotted line and he'll make that rain come down 
         C         D             C          D 
Howard McBane is a demon, an archangel from hell 
           C          D               C             Em 
drain your soul for a couple drops of water in your well 
         C             D            C                 D 
now your seeds are all dying in the ground where they fell 
         C                                 D 
and he's off to find more suckers who need rain 
         Em 
Howard McBane 
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