Capo 3 Frets

Unusual Chords:
F#7 244520 (use thumb on 6)
A11 x00000
Bm/A x04432

A                C             A          C

Em7                                           Dmaj7
It's late De-cem-ber and the New Year's nev-er com-ing,
           Em7                               Dmaj7
time pass-es slow-ly in a two-room walk-up flat,
            Bm                              F#7
The sun is silent there's a cold rain's gonna come on,
           G              A              D
No one to talk to but my lady's yellow cat.

           Em7                         Dmaj7
Raindrops falling on the flowers in the window box,
         Em7                     Dmaj7
Plastic roses that I planted yesterday.
          Bm                                    F#7
I didn't think they'd die so soon but they're all withered now,
           G          A11                      D
Seems like everything I touch turns out that way.

Chorus 
         F#7
Well, I guess I'll just go walking,
     Bm                 Bm/A
The cat's no Good for talking to,
    E7
He don't know what I'm saying
         Em                        A            C      A     /
And the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind.


Street lights drifting through the blinds that cover window panes
blending softy with the bare lights overhead.
Then together they run swiftly through my memory
An eerie image in a strange and empty bed.


The wind is whippin' up the papers in the street below
I got some books to read but it seems they've all been read
Clouds are crowded in a misty drifting sky above
I wish to hell I could remember what I said.

Repeat Chorus


One crystal wine glass on a table filled with scarlet stains
Stands alone and empty where there once were two
The jug is silent on the table by a broken plate
The wine is gone, my lady, and so, my love, are you.

         F#7
Well, I guess I'll just go walking,
     Bm                Bm/A
The cat's no Good for talking to,
    E7
He don't know what I'm saying
         Em                        A           C           A        C
And the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind, on my mind

Copyright 1968, 1971 Cherry Lane Music