Dan Seals : "A good rain" Guitar tabs
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A Good Rain
Dan Seals
The song is in G# on the recording, and I've provided guidance to play it in that key,
but there is a descending bassline when he sings "and says 'hoooooold oooooon we've seen
tougher times'" that works better when the song is played in Cmaj.
I love this song and I was surprised no one had even put the chords up for it. I guess
they're simple enough. Hope you enjoy it.
More accurate G# version with broken bassline:
Capo 3 (chords as w/o capo)
Intro:
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F
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|------2---------------2-----------|------2---------------2-----------|
D|--------------3---------------3---|--------------3---------------3---|
A|----------3---------------3-------|----------3---------------3-------|
E|--1---------------1---------------|--1---------------1---------------|
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C F
e|----------------------------------|-------------------1~~~~~~~~~~~---|
B|------1---------------1-----------|----------------------------------|
G|--------------0----------------0--|------2---------------------------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|---------------3------------------|
A|--3---------------3---------------|----------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|
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C F
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|------1---------------1-----------|----------------------------------|
G|--------------0----------------0--|--etc.----------------------------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|----------------------------------|
A|--3---------------3---------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
He is a Far - mer...
Bf
That's what he likes to do
F C
So was his father... and his grand-dad too
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C9 F
e|------------------0---------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------3-------3-----------|-------------------1--------------|
G|----------0---------------0-------|---------------2-------2----------|
D|------2-----------------------2---|----------3----------------3------|
A|--3-------------------------------|------3---------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|
He looks out on his fields and
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Bf
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|------3-------3-------3-------3---|------3--------3-------3-------3--|
D|----------3---------------3-------|----------3----------------3------|
A|--1---------------1---------------|--1----------------1--------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
All the work he's done
F C
Curses his luck and the unrelenting sun
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C9 F
e|------------------0---------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------3-------3-----------|----------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------0-------|------2---------------------------|
D|------2-----------------------2---|---------------3---etc.-----------|
A|--3-------------------------------|----------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|
His Wife
A
Comes to his side, and says (bass line notes denoted by asterisks)
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F
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------1------------------|
G|------2---------------2-----------|------2----------------0-------0--|
D|--------------3---------------3---|-*0------------------------2------|
A|----------3---------------3-------|----------3-------*3--------------|
E|-*1--------------*0---------------|----------------------------------|
Hoooooooooooooooooooooold Onnn
Bf C9 arpeggio x two measures
We've seen tougher times
Bf F C F(Bf?)
And all we need is a good rain
Bf F
And the troubles of this world
F C
Will all melt away
Bf F
We can start again
C Bf
With help from the heavens
Bf F C Bf Dm
All we need is a good rain
Interlude:
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Dm
e|----------------------------------|------0-------1--------3-------1~~|
B|----------3-------3---------------|--3-------------------------------|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2---|----------0--------0-------0------|
D|--0-----------------------0-------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Bf
e|--~~~~~~~~~~----------1-----------|--------------1----0--------------|
B|--------------3-------3-------3---|---------------------------3------|
G|----------3-----------------------|----------3-----------------------|
D|------3---------------------------|------3---------------------------|
A|--1---------------1-------1-------|--1--------------------1-------1--|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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F F
e|----------------------------------|-------------------1---0---1------|
B|----------------------1-----------|----------------------------------|
G|--2-3-2-0-2-------------------2---|--------------2-------------------|
D|--------------3-----------3-------|----------3-----------------------|
A|------------------3---------------|------3---------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
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C9
e|--0-------0-1-0---0-------1-------|--3----------------3--------------|
B|----------------3-----------------|---------------1-------1----------|
G|----------------------0-------0---|----------0----------------0------|
D|------2---------------------------|------2------------------------2--|
A|--3---------------3---------------|--3-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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I play it in C major as below for a continuous bassline and no
barred A-shape chords. I'll show my picking pattern for each chord and
then the bassline thing in C. The rest should fall into place.
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C
e|------0---------------0-----------|
B|--------------1---------------1---|
G|----------0---------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|--3---------------3---------------|
E|----------------------------------|
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F
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------2---------------2-----------|
D|--------------3---------------3---|
A|----------3---------------3-------|
E|--1---------------1---------------|
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C
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------1---------------1---|--------------1---------------1---|
G|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
D|------2---------------2-----------|------2---------------2-----------|
A|--3---------------2---------------|--0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------3---------------|
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F G
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------1-------------------|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------------------2-----------|-----------------------0----------|
D|------3-----------------------3---|------0------------------------0--|
A|----------3---------------3-------|----------2----------------2------|
E|--1---------------1---------------|--3---------------3---------------|
The interlude is the same pattern, VI, IV, I, V, so now it's Am, F, C, G
Make up your own picking patterns, vary it as you go along. I could tab
out what I do but it's nothing fantastic. Have fun!


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