Ray Ray Rain Bettie Serveert
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
In [G]front of m [Cadd9] - [G]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
Cause [Cadd9]both our minds
Are occupied by [G]memo [Cadd9] - [G]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
As I [Cadd9]picture you
And call it your pe[G]roga [Cadd9] - [G] 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
And [Cadd9]that's the truth
It's in the [G]way we li [Cadd9] - [G] ve
Chorus:
Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords-mess with the 1st 3 strings)
Gtr. 1
[D]Ray, ray, rain
If you [C]feel the same
Give me a [G]si - [F]gn
We're running [C]out of time[Cmaj7] [C]
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
And [Cadd9]don't you know
In my [G]fanta [Cadd9] - sie[G]s
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
In[Cadd9]sultingly
With your [G]jealous [Cadd9]ha - [G]te(?)
Chorus:
Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords)
Gtr. 1
[D]Ray, ray, rain
If you [C]feel the same
Give me a [G]si - [F]gn
Give me a [C]sign[Cmaj7] [C]
[D]Ray, ray, rain
So you [C]feel the same
It's [G]written in that
[F]I can't wait an[C]other day[D]
Gtr. 1 only
And no it's [G5]not okay[F5]
Explain your[C]self and say[Cmaj7] [C]
[G5]Now no one ever [F5]said that life was [C]fair[Cmaj7] [C]
G(barre) C
At six times in a row
G(barre) C
The winner starts to go
[G]Walking up and [F]down the builder's [C]square(?)[Cmaj7] [C]
G(barre) C
Right down from the start
G(barre) C
And right down from the heart
[G]Finding words that [F]no one thought were [C]there[Cmaj7] [C]
Chorus:
Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords)
Gtr. 1
[D]Ray, ray, rain
If you [C]feel the same
Give me a [G]si - [F]gn
Give me a [C]sign[Cmaj7] [C]
[D]Ray, ray, rain
So you [C]feel the same
It's [G]written in that
[F]I can't wait an[C]other 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] xxx [G5] xxx xx[D]o x [C] o o[F]
*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
gilajon@minna.acc.iit.edu
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