by Silvers and de Sylva – Key of A

Composed by Louis Silvers and written by B.G. De Sylva, this song debuted in the 1921 Broadway musical Bombo and was performed by Al Jolson.

This song became a popular cover by several jazz and traditional pop singers, including Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Margaret Whiting, Eddie Fisher, Eydie Gorme, Mel Torme and Cab Calloway. R&B/Soul singer Jackie Wilson also included the song on his Al Jolson tribute album, Nowstalgia…You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet, in 1961.

This song was featured in the 1948 film musical April Showers, starring Jack Carson and Ann Sothern as a married couple in a struggling vaudeville act.

This song has a rare claim to fame in that it was sung in a courtroom (by a judge). According to a report in the March 7, 1953 issue of the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper filed from Detroit, “Circuit Judge Vincent M. Brennan gave his decision in a contract suit between a singer and an orchestra leader,” and after recessing the court, “stepped down from the bench and sang ‘April Showers’ to prove he was ‘musically qualified’ to decide the case.”

Intro: (one downstroke on each chord of first verse) 
[C] Life is [G] not a [C] highway [G] strewn with [C] flowers [G] 
[C] Still it [G] holds a [C] goodly [G] share of [C] bliss [B7] 
[Em] When the [B7] sun gives [Em] way to [B7] April [Em] showers [A7] 
[Dm] Here's the point that [D7] you should never [G] miss [Gdim] [G7] 
{c: } 
[NC] Though April [G7] Showers may come your [C] way 
They bring the [G7] flowers that bloom in [C] May 
So if it's [A7] raining have no re[Dm]grets 
Because [D7] it isn't raining rain you know 
It's [G7] raining violets 
{c: } 
[NC] And where you [G7] see clouds upon the [C] hills 
You soon will [A7] see crowds of [Dm] daffo[A7]dils [Dm] 
So keep on [F] looking for a [Fm] bluebird 
And [C] listening for his [A7] song 
When[Dm]ever April [G7] showers come a[C]long [Gdim] [G7] 
{c: } 
KAZOO INSTRUMENTAL: 
{sos}
[NC] Though April [G7] Showers may come your [C] way 
They bring the [G7] flowers that bloom in [C] May 
So if it's [A7] raining have no re[Dm]grets 
Because [D7] it isn't raining rain you know 
It's [G7] raining violets 
{eos} 
[NC] And where you [G7] see clouds upon the [C] hills 
You soon will [A7] see crowds of [Dm] daffo[A7]dils [Dm] 
So keep on [F] looking for a [Fm] bluebird 
And [C] listening for his [A7] song 
When[Dm]ever April [G7] showers come a[C]long [C] [G7] [C]
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