No Rain (mandolin) tab by Blind Melon

Guitar tabs with lyrics

• Tuning: Standard tuning

Tuning GDAe. I transposed this song to the mandolin from the guitar. The recording features
an acoustic and an electric guitar. From their 1992 debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7DdpA

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INTRO LEAD, transposed from guitar 0:01

e|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|
D|-7-7-7/9--2-|-7-7-7/9--2-|-7-7-7/9--2-|
G|------------|------------|------------|

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-0------------------|-0------------------|-0------------------|
D|---6-4-2-0-0-2p0-2--|---6-4-2-0-0-2p0-2--|---6-4-2-0-0-2p0-2--|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|
A|-0--------4/5\4-0---|
D|---6-4-2----------2-|
G|--------------------|


RHYTHM

EE   EE   E7E7 EE
e|-0-|-0-|-0-0-|
A|-2-|-2-|-2-2-|
D|-2-|-2-|-0-2-|
G|-1-|-1-|-1-1-|

^
VERSE 0:20

EE        DD         DD     AA        GG    EE         E7E7 EE  E7E7 EE        EE
e|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-|-5-5-5-5--3-3--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0-|    |-0-|
A|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-|-4-4-4-4--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-5--2--5--2-|    |-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-|-2-2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2-| x2 |-2-|
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--0-0--1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1--1-|    |-1-|
^ ^            ^ ^

We play the E7E7 with the high DD note on the 5th fret of the AA here, and on the low open DD string in the intro,
because the guitar plays the E7E7 as 020100 in the intro and as 022130 at the end of the verse.

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VERSE CONTINUED 0:48, 2:35

E7E7 EE        DD            EE        DD
e|-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|  |-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|  |-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|
D|-0--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|  |-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-| x8
G|-1--1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|  |-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|
^

BRIDGE 2:15

EE   DD   AA   GG     EE   EE   EE
e|-0-|-2-|-5-|-3-3-|-0-|-0-|-0-|
A|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
D|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-0-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
G|-1-|-2-|-2-|-2-2-|-1-|-1-|-1-|


GUITAR SOLO 1 RHYTHM 1:50 + GUITAR SOLO 2 RHYTHM 2:58

EE        DD
e|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|
D|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-| x5
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|


OUTRO 3:14

EE  EE    DD
e|-0--4-4--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2--0-0-0-0-|
D|-2--2-2--0-0-0-0-|  x4
G|-1--1-1--2-2-2-2-|
^ ^

We add the G#G# on the 4th fret of the EE string in there, because the rhythm guitar is playing bar chords.
The EE bar chord is x7999x. The open chord 0221000 misses out on that G#G# on the 9th fret of the BB ?? string.
As it`s very audible in the recording, we add it in for the mandolin, too.


Tab legend:

/  slide up
\  slide down
p  pull off
^  upstroke