Chord Jimmie Standing In The Rain by Elvis Costello

mr . macmanus "fingerpicks" this song , though it can hardly be described this way since all the strings are picked at once . i pick the bass string on each beat and occasionally the off - beat to add some color , but the bass guitar does takes care of this in the recording and elvis audibly only really hits the bass once before the first chord of the song . he uses four different diminished chords as he is wont to do in a couple different positions . all the chords are tabbed at the bottom of the page . the song also has a very jazzy rhythm which tends to stray from 4/4 from time to time because the song is so lyric - based . it also makes it nearly impossible to play without having the recording as a reference . one last note , even though the chord seems to want to change from F#m to Gdim at the end of the first few verses , it does not , and this keeps the song from becoming too predictable as it would be with a consistently rising bass line . probably a result of t - bone burnett’s masterful production . or elvis’s songwriting for that matter . not a bad pair . * lyrics from songmeanings . com C#m verse 1 : C#m Gdim third - class ticket in his pocket D#m Adim punching out the shadows underneath the sockets C#m G# C#m tweed coat turned up against the fog . . . Ddim slow coaches rolling o’er the moor F#m G# between the very memory and approaches of war prehorus 1 : C#m F#m stale bread curling on a luncheon counter C#m F#m loose change lonely , not the right amount chorus1 : C#m F#m forgotten man of an indifferent nation C#m F#m waiting on a platform at a lancashire station C#m Gdim somebody’s calling you again D#m Adim the sky is falling . . . C#m F#m jimmie’s standing in the rain C#m verse 2 : C#m Gdim nobody wants to buy D#m Adim a counterfeited prairie lullaby C#m G# C#m in a colliery town . . . Ddim the hip flask and fumbled skein F#m G# of some stage door josephine is all he’ll get now prechorus 2 : C#m F#m eyes going in and out of focus C#m F#m mild and bitter from tuberculosis chorus 2 : C#m F#m forgotten man , indifferent nation C#m F#m waiting on a platform at a lancashire station C#m Gdim somebody’s calling you again D#m Adim the sky is falling . . . C#m F#m jimmie’s standing in the rain C#m F#m C#m bridge : E her soft breath was gentle on his neck . . . C#m G# C#m if he could choose the time to die . . . G# then he would come and go like this C#m F#m C#m underneath a painted sky E ch G#7/D# /Ch C#m she woke up and called him "charlie" by mistake . . . F#m C#m and then in shame began to cry E tarnished silver band peels off a phrase G#7/D# and then warms their hands around the brazier chorus 3 : C#m F#m forgotten man , indifferent nation C#m F#m waiting on a platform at a lancashire station C#m Gdim somebody’s calling you again D#m Adim it’s finally dawning . . . C#m F#m jimmie’s standing in the rain C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m verse 4 : played sparsely C#m Gdim brilliantine glistening D#m Adim your soft plaintive whistling C#m G# C#m and your wan wandering smile Ddim died down at the hippodrome F#m now you’re walking off to jeers , E Fdim the lonely sound of jingling spurs , F#m B G# the "toodle - oos" and "oh , my dears" down at the argyle prechorus 3 : C#m F#m vile vaudevillians applaud sobriety C#m F#m there’s no place for a half - cut cowboy in polite society chorus 4 : C#m F#m forgotten man , indifferent nation C#m F#m waiting on a platform at a lancashire station C#m Gdim somebody’s calling you again D#m Adim it’s finally dawning . . . C#m F#m jimmie’s standing in the rain C#m Gdim somebody’s calling you again D#m Adim it’s finally dawning . . . C#m F#m jimmie’s standing in the rain C#m F#m C#m