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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain Chords

Chord reference Am, F, C, G, C7, Em
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]Someone told me long ago There’s a calm before the storm, I [G]know And it’s been coming [C]for some time

[C]When it’s over so they say It’ll rain a sunny day, I [G]know Shinin’ down like [C]water [C] [C7]

[F]I want to [G]know Have you [C] [C]ever [Em] [Em]seen the [Am]rain [G] [F]I want to [G]know Have you [C] [C]ever [Em] [Em]seen the [Am]rain [G] [F]Comin’ [G]down on a sunny [C]day (da da dut dut da [C]daaa)

[C]Yesterday and days before, Sun is cold and rain is hard. I [G]know, Been that way for [C]all my time (da da dut dut da [C]daaa)

[C]‘Til forever on it goes Through the circle fast and slow, I [G]know And it can’t stop. I [C]wonder [C] [C7]

[F]I want to [G]know Have you [C] [C]ever [Em] [Em]seen the [Am]rain [G] [F]I want to [G]know, Have you [C] [C]ever [Em] [Em]seen the [Am]rain [G] [F]Comin’ [G]down on a sunny [C]day (da da dut dut da [F]daaa)

[F]I want to [G]know Have you [C] [C]ever [Em] [Em]seen the [Am]rain [G] [F]I want to [G]know, Have you [C] [C]ever [Em] [Em]seen the [Am]rain [G] [F]Comin’ [G]down on a sunny [C]day ( [G]da da dut dut da [C]daaa)

Artist Creedence Clearwater Revival
Album Pendulum
Genres Rock, Classic Rock
Year 1971
Key C

How to Play Have You Ever Seen the Rain on Guitar?

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain can be played in the key of C using the Am, F, C, G, C7, Em chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Have You Ever Seen the Rain with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.