From: Porl
Okay — here’s ‘Rain’ (a ‘really’ easy song…) — and look at that ultra-complex
Solo! Wow! Still, each to his own…
Here goes…
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‘Rain’ — The Cult (Astbury/Duffy)
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Song Pattern:
Intro x2
Main riff x2
Chords x2
Main riff x2
Crunched x1
Chords x2
Main riff x4
Solo intro x1
Funky chord x1
Solo
Main riff x4 (final main riff: hold final
Few notes longer to stress finale!)
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Intro:
(this takes the form of four simple chords (D, Am, C, and G) with
Only three notes of each played, one at a time, so it runs as follows…)
E:—3——1——————-
B:—2——2———————
G:-0——0——-0————-
D:—————2——0——-
A:————-3——2———
E:——————-3———
(D) (Am) (C) (G)
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Main Riff:
E:-1-0——1-0—33-1-0——-0———
B:——33-3—-1——-11-1-3-313——
(Here comes the rain…oh here comes…)
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Chords (for Verses):
DDDDDDD-C———-DDDDDDDC-CCCCCCC-G-GGGGGGG-D (x2)
Hot sticky scenes, You know what I mean…
Like the desert sun that burns my skin…
D-D-D-D-F—F-F-F-C—C-C-C-G—G-G-G (x2)
I’ve been waiting…so long, for her…
Open the sky, and let her come down…
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Crunched Chords (After 1st Chorus):
(Y’know how to do these — hand resting on strings over bridge, just
Shutting them off…etc.)
DDDDDDDC—DDDDDDDC—DDDDDDDD-D-D-FF-G—-
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Solo Intro:
E:——————————————-
B:-3-1-0——0-3—10——3-1-0——0-3—310-
G:——-2-01———2———-2-01———
D:———————-0———————
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Funky Chord (!):
(Basically just a D (barred on the 10th fret) only just play top 3
Strings, eg:)
E||—|—|— — — — —|-o-|—|—
B||—|—|— — — — —|-o-|—|—
G||—|—|— — — — —|—|-o-|—
D||—|—|— — — — —|—|—|—
A||—|—|— — — — —|—|—|—
E||—|—|— — — — —|—|—|— — —
10th
Fret
Play in a «funk» fashion (ie. strumming a constant rhythm (a fast one)
Lifting fingers away from frets to ‘kill’ the strings and create rhythm
Patterns) for 8 bars…
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Solo:
E:-10—10—-1-0——1-331-0—-10———1-0—10—-1-331-0—10——-
B:—-3—-33——33-3———3——33-313-3—33—33-3———3—-33-313
G:—————————————————————————
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C’est finis.
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As for Floorshow — keep at it! It’ll click eventually, it’s all about
Rhythm (and blagging it!)
All the best.
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