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Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 18:05:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jonathan Gilana 
Subject: TAB: "Ray Ray Rain" by Bettie Serveert

"Ray Ray Rain" by Bettie Serveert
Transcribed by Jonathan Gilana
June 3, 1995



Gtr. 1 (clean tone)
Gtr. 2 (slightly distorted)

h=hammer-on
/=slide up
\=slide down
/\/\/\=vibrato(use whammy bar)



Verse 1:

Gtr. 1 (during Cadd9 chord, periodically go from E to D on the D string)
Cadd9
  Moving   on   a    pale   moonlight

Gtr. 2 (riff A)
e----------------------------------------------
B----------3----------------3------------------
G--------------0--0------------0--0------------
D------2----------------2----------------------
A---3----------------3-------------------------
E----------------------------------------------



Gtr. 1 (during G chord, periodically go from B to A on the A string)
G
  Staring  at  the   tail lights of the

Gtr. 2 (riff A-cont'd)
e----------10--------10----8--7\---------------
B--------------8-------------------------------
G-------9---------9----------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A---10-----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------



Gtr. 1
Cadd9
  Truck that  rips   the road apart

Gtr. 2 (riff A-cont'd)
e----------------------------------------------
B----------3----------------3------------------
G--------------0--0------------0--0------------
D------2----------------2----------------------
A---3----------------3-------------------------
E----------------------------------------------



Gtr. 1
     G           Cadd9   G
  In front of m     -    e

Gtr. 2 (riff A-cont'd)
e----------------10----------------------------
B----------8---------8-------------------------
G-------9-----9--------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A---10-----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------



Verse 2:

Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)

Gtr. 1
Cadd9
  I watch your right hand shifting gear
G
  Wondering what I'm doing here
        Cadd9
  Cause both our minds
                  G        Cadd9   G
  Are occupied by memo      -      ries



Solo:

Gtr.2                                                              (let ring)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---/11--9--11/12----12/14--12--14/16----12h14/16-------------12h14/16-------
D--------------------------------------------------10-------------------9\---
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr. 1:
Cadd9                 G                            Cadd9           G  Cadd9 G



Verse 3:

Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)

Gtr. 1
Cadd9
  Like a forest in my eye
G
  Are the pillars of the sky
       Cadd9
  As I picture you
                     G        Cadd9   G
  And call it your peroga       -      tive



Verse 4:

Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)

Gtr. 1
Cadd9
  Time and time again it seems
G
  We're always somewhere in between
      Cadd9
  And that's the truth
              G            Cadd9   G
  It's in the way we li      -      ve



Chorus:

Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords-mess with the 1st 3 strings)

Gtr. 1
  D
  Ray, ray, rain
         C
  If you feel the same
            G        F
  Give me a si   -   gn
                C          Cmaj7  C
  We're running out of time


Gtr. 2                                                           (let ring)
                                                           /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
e---x--0--2--3--2--0--x--0--2------x--0--2--3--2--0--3--0--2------
B---3--------3--------3-----3------3--------3--------3-----3------
G---2--------2--------2-----2------2--------2--------2-----2------
D---0--------0--------0-----0------0--------0--------0-----0------
A---0-----------------0------------0-----------------0------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr. 1
D



Verse 5:

Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)

Gtr. 1
Cadd9
  Spiders, snakes, and lizard heads
G
  Tell the tale that we'll all be dead
      Cadd9
  And don't you know
        G     Cadd9    G
  In my fanta   -   sies



Verse 6:

Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)

Gtr. 1
Cadd9
  Fading on the tender neath(?)
G
  What we are is what we breathe
    Cadd9
  Insultingly
            G       Cadd9    G
  With your jealous ha   -   te(?)



Chorus:

Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords)

Gtr. 1
  D
  Ray, ray, rain
         C
  If you feel the same
            G        F
  Give me a si   -   gn
            C    Cmaj7   C
  Give me a sign

  D
  Ray, ray, rain
         C
  So you feel the same
       G
  It's written in that
  F              C          D
  I can't wait another day



Gtr. 1 only
              G5      F5
  And no it's not okay
              C            Cmaj7   C
  Explain yourself and say
  G5              F5                 C    Cmaj7   C
  Now no one ever said that life was fair

     G(barre)       C
  At six times in a row
      G(barre)         C
  The winner starts to go
  G              F                  C         Cmaj7   C
  Walking up and down the builder's square(?)
  G(barre)            C
  Right down from the start
      G(barre)            C
  And right down from the heart
  G                  F                   C     Cmaj7   C
  Finding words that no one thought were there



Chorus:

Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords)

Gtr. 1
  D
  Ray, ray, rain
         C
  If you feel the same
            G        F
  Give me a si   -   gn
            C    Cmaj7   C
  Give me a sign

  D
  Ray, ray, rain
         C
  So you feel the same
       G
  It's written in that
  F              C
  I can't wait another day


Gtr. 2                                                           (let ring)
                             /\/\/\
e---x--0--2--3--2--0--x--0--x------x--0--2---------------------------------
B---3--------3--------3-----3------3---------------------------------------
G---2--------2--------2-----2------2---------------------------------------
D---0--------0--------0-----0------0--------------------2----0----0--------
A---0-----------------0------------0--------0--3--2--0---------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr. 1
D



Chords Used:

     G         Cadd9       Cmaj7      G(barre)
    oo        x  o        x  ooo
  IIIIII      IIIIII      IIIIII       *III** - 3
  I*IIII      II*III      II*III       III*II
  *III**      I*II**      I*IIII       I**III


    F5          G5             D           C           F
     xxx         xxx         xxo         x  o o
  *IIIII      *IIIII - 3     IIIIII      IIII*I      *III**
  IIIIII      IIIIII         III*I*      II*III      III*II
  I**III      I**III         IIII*I      I*IIII      I**III


x=not played
o=open



Bass Line:

Intro:
G---7---9---11---12--11--9---7---9---11--------
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

Verses:

    Moving on a pale moonlight
G----------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A---3--2--0--0--3--3--2--0---0-----------------
E----------------------------------------------

    Staring at the tail lights of the
G----------------------------------------------
D---5---5---5/12---12---10---9\----------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

    Truck that rips the road apart
G----------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A---2--2--0--0--3--3--2--0---0-----------------
E----------------------------------------------

    In front of me
G----------------------------------------------
D---5---5---5--0--5---5--0---------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------


Chorus:

    Ray, ray, rain,   if  you feel the same
G---7----9----11--12--11--9---12---11--9------
D---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------

    give  me  a  sign, we're running out of time
G---5--7--5--4--2--0--------------------------------
D---------------------3--2--0-----------------------
A------------------------------3--2--0-----0--2-----
E---------------------------------------3-----------


The rest basically follows the root note of the chord




*sorry, these lyrics may not be totally correct

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