"No Rain" Words and Music by Blind Melon Transcribed for Guitar World magazine by Jeff Perrin
quarter note= 150 tuning: standard
Note: The music is for two guitars with the chords listed above being played by rhythm acoustic and the tab played by lead electric w/delay.
Figure 1 (played three times at beginning) ***************************************** /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ---------------I---------------I---- -10-----10/12--I---------------I---- ---------------I-9-------------I---- ---------------I---------------I---- ---------------I---------------I---- ---------------I---------------I----
Third time, the last note is cut into a half note and rhythm plays A-based barre chords at faster strum
End Fill for Figure 2 ********************* D h /\/\ ---9-10-9------I ----------10---I -------------9-I ---------------I ---------------I ---------------I
It rips my life away but it's a great escape **Lead plays Figure 1 four times with double E E E whole strums on each escape escape escape enunciation**
W= Whole bend H= Half Bend h= hammer-on p= pull-off \= slide to /\/\/\/= vibrato E h D E D -----------------I-------------------I-12-9---10----9---10-I--10---10--- ------10-9---12--I---9---10----9-----I---------------------I------------ meas -9---------9-----I-----9---------9-9-I------9---------9----I-----9------contd -----------------I-------------------I---------------------I------------ -----------------I-------------------I---------------------I------------ -----------------I-------------------I---------------------I------------
E (all triplet 8ths until *) D --9------I-10-9-9-12-9-9-10-9-9-12-9-9-I-10-9-9-12-9-9-10-9-9-12-9-9-I --9---9--I-10-9-9-12-9-9-10-9-9-12-9-9-I-10-9-9-12-9-9-10-9-9-12-9-9-I ---------I-----------------------------I--9--------------------------I ---------I-----------------------------I-----------------------------I ---------I-----------------------------I-----------------------------I ---------I-----------------------------I-----------------------------I
E (8th note trips until *) D -----------------------------I---------------------------I-------------- --9\7-7--7\5-5--5\3-3--3\2-2-I-2/3-3--3/5-5--5/7-7-7/9/9-I-------------- -----------------------------I---------------------------I-------------- -----------------------------I---------------------------I-------------- -----------------------------I---------------------------I-------------- -----------------------------I---------------------------I--------------
* Eh H /\/\/\ --------9-------9----10---I---9----12----9--9----I---------------------- --9-10----10------10------I-----10------10-10--X-I-9(10)--7---9--7---7-- --------------------------I----------------------I-9(10)--7---9--X---7-- --------------------------I----------------------I----------9------9---- --------------------------I----------------------I---------------------- --------------------------I----------------------I----------------------
D/\/ H R W (8th triplets till end) -------------------7------I--------7-----------------------I-------------- -(7)--7--7--9(10)--X------I-----7-----10-7----7------------I-------------- -(7)--7--7--9(10)--7------I-9(11)----------9--7-9-7--9-7---I-------------- ------9-------------------I------------------------------9-I-------------- --------------------------I--------------------------------I-------------- --------------------------I--------------------------------I--------------
3rd Chorus **This chorus is played with only one strum per chord except for G which is six eighth note strums with eighth rests before the first and fourth strum**
Chords as above
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain You don't like my point of view you think that I'm insane It's not sane It's not sane
(As the old saying goes....Everybody together!!!)
Second verse same as the first!! (I couldn't resist)
(end solo) w/
I'll have it made (I'll have it made) I'll have it made (I'll have it made) I'll have it made (I'll have it made) No no no You know I'm really gonna really gonna have it made (I'll have it made) (I'll have it made) (I'll have it made)
End with Figure one fading.
Thanks for listening....I'm outta here
-Scott Hartig
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Hi, I was just screwing around with my guitar and I came up with an alternate intro to blind melon's "no rain" that's not in the archive. This one's a little more full and folky, if you like that sort of thing. Also, this is the first time I've tried to write in rhythm. bear with me here. The measures are kind of accurate; the spacing of the notes isn't.)
kapo the scond fret. Notation is relative to the kapo (a 3 is really a 5 and such...)
|-0--------------|---------3---2--|-0--------------| repeat one more |---3---1----3-1-|--3----3--------|---3---1----3-1-| time (the rhythm |-----2----------|-----2----------|-----2----------| is practically |-0--------2-----|--0------2-2----|-0--------2-----| immortal) & then |-------3------3-|----------------|-------3------3-| your guess is as |----------------|----------------|----------------| good as mine. Try something based on the other tabs posted here!
The the verses and solo are pretty easy. Just play what the others have modified for a kapo (instead of E major play D major and such...)
