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Band: Blind Melon
Song: No Rain
Album: Blind Melon
Tuning: Standard


Well I've had a look at the two other No Rain (well, one was 'No Rains') tabs on this site, 
and neither really resemble the way I play it. When I first wanted to learn to play it I 
looked at many tabs for it over the web, but not many seemed right. I think this is more 
a bunch of them mixed together than my own work. Some was by my own ear, but as I say other 
bits & bobs I took from other tabs which only seemed partly correct. I give credit to all 
the people who have tried to tab it out, because all of their attempts have obviously 
helped me to make this tab. :)
I have no idea if this is the way Brad Smith actually plays it. He's brilliant, though...


Intro.
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|--7~---------7~-------|
E|----------------------|


Verse 1.                    x4
G|------9~-------------------|
D|o--------676---7----------o|
A|o--7~--------5---4-0h45~--o|
E|---------------------------|


Chorus 1.                                          x2
G|-----|-------9~---------7~------------------------|--/9~-7~-----------|
D|-----|o-----9-9~-------7-7~-------7~-------------o|---------9~-7~-----|
A|-----|o-7~---------5~------------7-7~------------o|---------------7~--|
E|---0-|------------------------5-------3~-0h3-0~---|-------------------|


Verse 2.                    x8
G|------9~-------------------|
D|o--------676---7----------o|
A|o--7~--------5---4-0h45~--o|
E|---------------------------|


Chorus 2.                                          x2
G|-----|-------9~---------7~------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----|o-----9-9~-------7-7~-------7~-------------o|------------------------|
A|-----|o-7~---------5~------------7-7~------------o|--7~-------7~-------7~--|
E|---0-|------------------------5-------3~-0h3-0~---|------------------------|


Solo.
The solo is just the same as verse 2.You could just play the verse riff over, 
but here are some alternatives I like to play:
1.
G|------9~-------------------|
D|---------676---7-----7-9---|
A|---7~--------5---7-9-------|
E|---------------------------|

2.
G|--------------------------|
D|------7~-454--------------|
A|---5~--------5-0h4h5-7~---|
E|--------------------------|

3.
G|------------------------------|
D|----------6h7p6---7~----------|
A|---9-7h9~-------5----4-0h5~---|
E|------------------------------|
And any other variations you can think of, but there should be about 8 bars of it.


Outro.                 x4
G|-------9~-------------|
D|o---------6h7p6------o|
A|o---7~----------5~---o|
E|----------------------|


That should be all. :) Hope you enjoy this tabulature and playing this song!
It's a great song to just groove along to and improvise around, so use your bass
and your skills to their full potential!

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