
I found this song on Shout to the Lord: The Platinum Collection. I love it and as I learnt guitar, I thought it would go well with Michael W. Smith's "Let it Rain", which I already know in C. But I couldn't find it in C. So, (with a friend's help!) I put in C!!!
So, how this song works in my head is to fingerpick the following during the first 2 lines and then fairly slow single strums for reach of the chords until we get to the second “Holy Spirit rain down”, when we do some mellow strumming, with the song building as you go along. The fingerpick has a very lovely sound that I think sounds well with the gently sung petition that God rain down His Presence. And as the outpour swells, so does the song, as the verses are repeated and it goes into the bridge. My idea is, after singing this song for the desired number of times, to go from the bridge into "Let it Rain". It's very easy to go from "Let it Rain" back into the bridge, too. Hope this is easy to understand. It's great for personal or communal worship.
rain... down.
e|---------0-------|---------0-------|
b|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|
g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
Rain down
e|---------0-------|---------0-------|
b|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|
g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
D|-3---------------|-3---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
Am C
Holy Spirit rain down
G Dm
Rain down
C F
Oh, Comforter and Friend
C G
How we need Your touch again
Am C
Holy Spirit rain down
G Dm
Rain down
C
Let Your power fall
Am
Let Your voice be heard
C
Come and change our hearts
G
As we stand on Your word
Am Em C
Holy Spirit rain down
Am F
No eye has seen, No ear has heard
C G
No mind can know what God has in store
Am F
So open up heaven, open it wide
C G
Over Your church and over our lives
"Holy Spirit Rain Down" is is © 1997 Russel Fragar/Hillsong Publishing
This arrangement (chords, etc) is mine, not the lyrics or melody.
If you don't know the song, you can listen to it here:
Be blessed,
~Ken
thanks for the chords,it is useful for me.GBU
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