Blind Melon — No Rain bass tabs

Band: Blind Melon
Song: No Rain
Album: Blind Melon
Tuning: Standard


Well I've had a look at the two other No Rain (well, one was 'No Rains') tabs on this site, 
and neither really resemble the way I play it. When I first wanted to learn to play it I 
looked at many tabs for it over the web, but not many seemed right. I think this is more 
a bunch of them mixed together than my own work. Some was by my own ear, but as I say other 
bits & bobs I took from other tabs which only seemed partly correct. I give credit to all 
the people who have tried to tab it out, because all of their attempts have obviously 
helped me to make this tab. :)
I have no idea if this is the way Brad Smith actually plays it. He's brilliant, though...


Intro.
G|——————————————————————|
D|——————————————————————|
A|——7~—————————7~———————|
E|——————————————————————|


Verse 1.                    x4
G|——————9~———————————————————|
D|o————————676———7——————————o|
A|o——7~————————5———4—0h45~——o|
E|———————————————————————————|


Chorus 1.                                          x2
G|—————|———————9~—————————7~————————————————————————|——/9~—7~———————————|
D|—————|o—————9—9~———————7—7~———————7~—————————————o|—————————9~—7~—————|
A|—————|o—7~—————————5~————————————7—7~————————————o|———————————————7~——|
E|———0—|————————————————————————5———————3~—0h3—0~———|———————————————————|


Verse 2.                    x8
G|——————9~———————————————————|
D|o————————676———7——————————o|
A|o——7~————————5———4—0h45~——o|
E|———————————————————————————|


Chorus 2.                                          x2
G|—————|———————9~—————————7~————————————————————————|————————————————————————|
D|—————|o—————9—9~———————7—7~———————7~—————————————o|————————————————————————|
A|—————|o—7~—————————5~————————————7—7~————————————o|——7~———————7~———————7~——|
E|———0—|————————————————————————5———————3~—0h3—0~———|————————————————————————|


Solo.
The solo is just the same as verse 2.You could just play the verse riff over, 
but here are some alternatives I like to play:
1.
G|——————9~———————————————————|
D|—————————676———7—————7—9———|
A|———7~————————5———7—9———————|
E|———————————————————————————|

2.
G|——————————————————————————|
D|——————7~—454——————————————|
A|———5~————————5—0h4h5—7~———|
E|——————————————————————————|

3.
G|——————————————————————————————|
D|——————————6h7p6———7~——————————|
A|———9—7h9~———————5————4—0h5~———|
E|——————————————————————————————|
And any other variations you can think of, but there should be about 8 bars of it.


Outro.                 x4
G|———————9~—————————————|
D|o—————————6h7p6——————o|
A|o———7~——————————5~———o|
E|——————————————————————|


That should be all. :) Hope you enjoy this tabulature and playing this song!
It's a great song to just groove along to and improvise around, so use your bass
and your skills to their full potential!

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