Jimmie Standing In The Rain(Chords)

	        



verse 1: 
C#m           Gdim 
Third-class ticket in his pocket 
D#m                    Adim 
Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets 
C#m                       G#                  C#m 
Tweed coat turned up against the fog 
...                            Ddim 
Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor 
F#m                                                               G# 
Between the very memory and approaches of war 

Prehorus 1: 
C#m                      F#m 
Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter 
C#m                          F#m 
Loose change lonely, not the right amount 


C#m                          F#m 
Forgotten man of an indifferent nation 
C#m                                  F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m            Gdim 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         Adim 
The sky is falling 
...           C#m                  F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 


C#m 

verse 2: 
C#m      Gdim 
Nobody wants to buy 
D#m                            Adim 
a counterfeited prairie lullaby 
C#m     G#      C#m 
    In a colliery town 
...                         Ddim 
The hip flask and fumbled skein 
F#m                                                              G# 
Of some stage door Josephine is all he'll get now 

PreChorus 2: 
C#m          F#m 
Eyes going in and out of focus 
C#m                 F#m 
Mild and bitter from tuberculosis 

C#m                 F#m 
Forgotten man, indifferent nation 
C#m                                 F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m            Gdim 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         Adim 
The sky is falling 
...           C#m                 F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 


C#m     F#m     C#m 

Bridge: 
E 
Her soft breath was gentle on his neck 
... C#m      G#                         C#m 
If he could choose the time to die 
...      G# 
Then he would come and go like this 
C#m              F#m       C#m 
Underneath a painted sky 
E              G#7/D#                 C#m 
She woke up and called him 'Charlie' by mistake 
...                               F#m    C#m 
And then in shame began to cry 
E 
Tarnished silver band peels off a phrase 
G#7/D# 
And then warms their hands around the brazier 


C#m                 F#m 
Forgotten man, indifferent nation 
C#m                                 F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m            Gdim 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         Adim 
It's finally dawning 
...           C#m                 F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 


C#m  F#m  C#m  F#m  C#m 

verse 4: (played sparsely) 
C#m           Gdim 
Brilliantine glistening 
D#m                     Adim 
Your soft plaintive whistling 
C#m               G#             C#m 
And your wan wandering smile 
                            Ddim 
Died down at The Hippodrome 
F#m 
Now you're walking off to jeers, 
                E             Fdim 
the lonely sound of jingling spurs, 
                   F#m                     B                                G# 
The 'toodle-oos' and 'Oh, my dears' down at The Argyle 

PreChorus 3: 
C#m                                  F#m 
Vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety 
C#m                                                     F#m 
There's no place for a half-cut cowboy in polite society 

C#m                 F#m 
Forgotten man, indifferent nation 
C#m                                 F#m 
Waiting on a platform at a Lancashire station 
C#m            Gdim 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         Adim 
It's finally dawning 
...           C#m                 F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 
C#m            Gdim 
Somebody's calling you again 
D#m         Adim 
It's finally dawning 
...           C#m                 F#m 
Jimmie's standing in the rain 


C#m    F#m    C#m
	        

Written by Elvis Costello