So You Want it to Rain

Song

Author: Mike Kruft

Artist: Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack

Album: Welcome

Song: So You Want It To Rain

feel free to email me at evenwallsfalldwn@hotmail.com

If you're looking at this then bless you for liking good rock and roll.

(due to requests I'm adding more doyle tabs!)

^ - slight bend

* - major bend

p - pull off

h - hammer on

/ - slide up

~ - vibrato

Intro:

e--------3-----2--2--------   ----- -----0-|
B------3---3--------3------   ---2- ----3--|
G----2-------2--------2----   --2-- ---0---|
D--0--------------------0--   -2--- -/4----|
A--------------------------   ----- -------|
E--------------------------   ----- -------|

Dsus2 D A

(repeat once)

Verse:

Dsus2 D A

So you want it to rain...

Dsus2 D A

Just sit here with me and watch the clouds come in..

Dsus2 D A

Wash away all pain yeah...

E

Need a place to go..

E

A place to call our own..

E

Just you and me

and the rain..

e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G-----------6-----4--------------|
D-----------0-----0--------------|
A-----------7-----5--------------|
E--------------------------------|

Dsus2 D A

Your skin is so sweet and warm..

Dsus2 D A

And damp is the air and the clouds outside..

Dsus2 D A

Everything has a story, a story to tell...

E

We Need a place to go..

E

A place to call our own..

E D A

Just you and me and the rain..

Chorus: (Chords)

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------7------4-----6------7-----9-----|
D-------7---------5----------7------4-----6------7-----9-----|
A-------7---------5----------5------2-----4------5-----7-----|
E-------5---------3------------------------------------------|

A G D B G# D E

riff: (I'm kind of sketchy about this)

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------3---2-------------------------------------|
A-----0---2---3------------3---2-----------------------------|
E----------------------------------3----2---0----------------|

A G D

<riff>

A G D

<riff>

A G D

It's a beautiful day for the rain.. <riff>

A G D

it's a beautiful day that we came.. <riff>

A G D

no where to run, everything is plain to see..

A G D

such a beautiful day for the rain..

Verse:

Dsus2 D A

Gonna leave it all behind..

Dsus2 D A

And never look back, going all the way..

Dsus2 D A

This overcast day, and overcast ways..

E

We've got a place to go..

E

A place to call our own..

E

Just you and me

and the rain..

e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G-----------6-----4--------------|
D-----------0-----0--------------|
A-----------7-----5--------------|
E--------------------------------|

Chorus:

A G D

<riff>

A G D

<riff>

A G D

It's a beautiful day for the rain.. <riff>

A G D

it's a beautiful day that we came.. <riff>

A G D

no where to run, everything is plain to see..

A G D B G# D E

such a beautiful day for the rain..

Solo: (continue chorus chords)

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------12----------------------------------------------------------|
A----12--14-------14---12--------12---14---12------12---14^p12------12----|
E---------------------------14-----------------14---------------14--------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
A---14-12-------14-12-------14-12-------14-12-------14-12-----------14----|
E--------14-12-------14-12-------14-12-------14-12-------14-12------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--12--12--12--12---14-14-14-14-12--------14-14-14-12---------------------|
A----------------------------------14-12--------------14-12---------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---14^-14^-14*-12--------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------14-12-----12-------------12--12------------------------|
E-------------------------------14--12--14--------------------------------|

(That's not the entire thing, but you can ad-lib the last part of the solo)

Chorus:

A G D

Such a beautiful day for the rain.. <riff>

A G D

it's a beautiful day that we came.. <riff>

A G D

no where to run, everything is plain to see..

A G D B G# D E

such a beautiful day for the rain..

B G# D E

rain...

B G# D E

rain...

Outro:

Dsus2 D A

Dsus2 D A

So you want it to rain...