RAINING IN PORT ARTHUR 
by the Gourds
Transcribed by Mike Mazzie  mazzie@sierra.net
http://www.gourds.org

Use a G string hammer-on at the end of lines with the D chord


[D] this afternoon I walked [A] out into a [D] ditch 
the [G] crawfish stirred the [D] water 
the [G] papermill blew in on the [D] Southeastern [G] wind 
and it was [D] raining [A] in Port [D] Arthur 

[D]I pulled a dead limb [A]from a fallen [D]pine 
the sun was [G]dropping on the lower [D]Neches valley 
I called [G]the dogs from out of [D]the woods with a [G]hollar 
and it was [D] raining [A] in Port [D] Arthur 

- guitar solo -

[D]that night my daddy [A]drove us to [D]maw maw's 
He and [G]mama wanted to be [D]alone 
I [G]sat up in that [D]mimosa tree with my [G]brother 
and it was [D] raining [A] in Port [D] Arthur 

the refinerys hum and [A]glow from the [D]road 
and I [G]listen to the dove as she [D]mourns 
I'm [G]standing in the [D]rice fields of [G]Beaumont 
and it was [D] raining [A] in Port [D] Arthur