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APRIL SHOWERS
1921
Words by B. B. DeSylva (Info)   Music by Louis Silvers  (Info)


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4-Bar Intro

Verse 1

                G       Am7   D6       D7          G    Gmaj6  D7
                LIFE IS NOT A HIGH-WAY STREWN WITH FLOW-ERS,
                  G        Am7     D6      D7       G
                  STILL IT HOLDS A GOOD-LY SHARE OF BLISS.
                 Bm       Em6       Bm     F#7-9  Bm       E7
                 WHEN THE SUN GIVES WAY TO A-PRIL SHOW-ERS
               D/A                   A7                D7
               HERE'S THE POINT THAT YOU SHOULD NEV-ER MISS.

Verse 2

             G      AM7        D6         D7        G     Gmaj6 D7
             I HAVE LEARNED TO SMILE WHEN SKIES ARE GLOOM-Y,
               G        Am7       D6        D7      G
               SMILE AL-THOUGH MY HEART'S A-BOUT TO BREAK,
                Bm     Em6       Bm         F#7-9   Bm    E7
                WHEN I KNOW THAT TROUB-LE'S COM-ING TO ME,
                  D/A               A7           D7
                  HERE'S THE HAP-PY AT-TI-TUDE I TAKE.

Chorus

                 D7                                   G
                 THOUGH A-PRIL SHOW-ERS MAY COME YOUR WAY,
                               D7                     G
                 THEY BRING THE FLOW-ERS THAT BLOOM IN MAY;
                              E7                   Am
                   SO IF IT'S RAIN-ING, HAVE NO RE-GRETS
                             Em6
                 BE-CAUSE IT IS-N'T RAIN-ING RAIN YOU KNOW,
                            D7   C#  Am  E#° D7
                       IT'S RAIN-ING VI -O-  LETS,
                 D7            D9                   G
                 AND WHERE YOU SEE CLOUDS UP-ON THE HILLS,
                              E7                   Am
                 YOU SOON WILL SEE CROWDS OF DAF-FO-DILS;
                                            Am7
                   SO KEEP ON LOOK-ING FOR A BLUE-BIRD
                           G          Em      A9
                       AND LIS-T'NING FOR HIS SONG,
                       Am    Am7    D9              G
                  WHEN-EV-ER A-PRIL SHOW-ERS COME A-LONG

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