Author: Mike Kruft
Artist: Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack
Album:  Welcome
Song:   So You Want It To Rain

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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--------   -----
B------3---3--------3------   --2--
G----2-------2--------2----   --2--
D--0--------------------0--   --2--
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                              D   A
  Just you and me and the rain..



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                              D   A
  Just you and me and the rain..



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...