"Shower the People" is the opening track on James Taylor's 1976 album In the Pocket. The song, written by Taylor, features Carly Simon on backing vocals.
"Shower the People" reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. that fall, remaining in the Top 40 for eight weeks. It also topped the Easy Listening chart for one week, Taylor's third song to do so, following 1971's "You've Got a Friend" and 1975's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)".
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#Shower The #People Capo 3 #JamesTaylor
D A
You can play the game and you can act out the part
Bm D/A G
Though you know it wasn't written for you
D A A#dim7
But tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart
Bm D/A G
Ashamed of playing the fool
D A
One thing can lead to an-other;
Bm D/A G
it doesn't take any sac-ri-fice
D A A#dim7
Oh, father and mother, sis-ter and brother,
Bm D/A G (D/F#)
if it feels nice, don't think twice
D/F# Em7 A
Just shower the people you love with love
Em7 A
Show them the way that you feel
Em7 A A#dim7 Bm F#dim7
Things are gonna work out fine if you only will
Em7 A
Shower the people you love with love
Em7 A
Show them the way that you feel
Em7 A A#dim7 Bm C G
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.
D A
You can run but you cannot hide;
Bm D/A G
this is widely known
D A A#dim7
And what you plan to do with your foolish pride
Bm D/A G
when you're all by yourself alone
D A
Once you tell somebody the way that you feel
Bm D/A G
you can feel it beginning to ease
D A A#dim7
I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel
Bm D/A G (D/F#)
always getting the grease.
Em7 A
Just shower the people you love with love
Em7 A
Show them the way that you feel
Em7 A A#dim7 Bm F#dim7
Things are gonna work out fine if you only will
Em7 A
Shower the people you love with love
Em7 A
Show them the way that you feel
Em7 A A#dim7 Bm C G
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.
D/F# Em7 A
Better to shower the people you love with love
Em7 A
Show them the way that you feel
Em7 A A#dim7 Bm F#dim7
Things are gonna be just fine if you only will
Em7 A
Shower the people you love with love
Em7 A
Show them the way that you feel
Em7 A A#dim7 Bm
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.
Em7 A
Shower the people you love with love;
Em7 A
show them the way that you feel (repeat)
Em7 A
They say in every life,
Em7 A
They say the rain must fall
Em7 A
Just like pouring rain
Em7 A
Make it rain
Em7 A Em7 A
Make it rain.... Love, love, love is sunshine.
Em7 A D
Make it rain
