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Buckets Of Rain Lyrics

" Buckets of Rain " is a song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1975 on his critically acclaimed album Blood on the Tracks .

In the officially released studio recording, "Buckets of Rain" is played in the key of E major. Instrumentally there are only two: acoustic guitar and bass guitar. The guitar is not in standard tuning; rather, it is in "Open E" tuning.

Lyrically, "Buckets of Rain" is relatively simple, with five short verses addressing a lover. Oliver Trager describes the song thus:

Lyrics are bright yet heartbroken:

Like your smile and your fingertips

Like the way that you move your hips.

I like the cool way you look at me.

Everything about you is bringing me misery.

"Buckets of Rain" was included on the Wonder Boys Soundtrack , which was released in 2000. Dylan also sang this song in a recording with Bette Midler on her 1976 album Songs for the New Depression . Dylan has only performed this song one time live, as a surprise opener at a November 18, 1990 concert in Detroit.

Covers

"Buckets of Rain" has been covered by many musicians, including:

• Happy Traum: American Stranger (1978), Bucket of Songs (1983)
• Wendy Bucklew: The Times They Are A-Changin' (1992), After You (2002)
• Jimmy LaFave: Road Novel (1998)
• Steve Howe: Portraits of Bob Dylan (1999)
• Mary Lee's Corvette: Blood on the Tracks (2002)
• Various artists (performed by Bette Midler): Doin' Dylan 2 (2002)
• Various artists (performed by Wendy Bucklew): May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Volume 3 (2003)
• Various artists (performed by Neko Case): Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs (2005)
• Beth Orton and M. Ward : "Confidentially Speaking" Live recording @ "Largo" Los Angeles CA. Sept 30, 2003
• Chris Martin at the Union Chapel, London, November 27th 2006. Martin then dedicated it to Lily Allen.
• David Gray: During many live concerts.
• Sarah Softich: Duluth Does Dylan Revisited (2006)
• Martin Simpson at the Union Chapel, London, November 13th 2007.
• The Wood Brothers: Loaded (2008)

References

• Bob Dylan's official page. Retrieved 03/15/2006.
• Cowe, Matt and Dick, Arthur. Acoustic Masters for Guitar . Wise Publications, 2004.
• Trager, Oliver. Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia . Billboard Books, 2004.