Tabs
"Rain King" by Counting Crows
-This TAB file you're looking at is my attempt to illustrate how "Rain
King" is played. Send all questions, comments, inquries, supeonas and
please no flames to: [email protected]
Chords used:
D(open): 000232 G(open): 320003 A(open): 002220
A/C#(open): 032220 Esus: 022200
B-(power chord): 024400 E(open): 022100
* I'm leaving it up to you to incorporate the chords of this song into the
rythm. It's not hard. The song is fairly easy and comes in parts:
Part 1: (Verse)
D MajorD 
A/C#A/C# B- 
A augmentedA
E---2------------0------------------0------------------0---------------------|
B---3------------2------------------0------------------2---------------------|
G---2------------2------------------4------------------2---------------------|
D---0------------2------------------4------------------2---------------------|
A---0------------3------------------2------------------0---------------------|
E---0------------0------------------0------------------0---------------------|
* When Adam starts to sing it's the same verse(part 1) just more quiet.
Part 2: (Bridge)
*Hit the bass line of these two chords lightly and then pick through the
last three notes. The B- and the 
G+G in the bridge is played twice before the
chorus comes in, the rest is only played once.
B- G+G D MajorD 
EsusEsus 
E MajorE
E----------0-----------------1---------2--------0-----------0----------------|
B----------0-----------------0---------3--------0-----------0----------------|
G----------4-----------------0---------2--------2-----------3----------------|
D----------4-----------------0---------0--------2-----------2----------------|
A----------2-----------------2---------0--------2-----------2----------------|
E----------0-----------------3---------0--------0-----------0----------------|
Part 3: (Chorus)
A augmentedA B- D MajorD E MajorE
E-------0----------0---------2--------0--------------------------------------|
B-------2----------0---------3--------0--------------------------------------|
G-------2----------4---------3--------3--------------------------------------|
D-------2----------4---------0--------2--------------------------------------|
A-------0----------2---------0--------2--------------------------------------|
E-------0----------0---------0--------0--------------------------------------|
***Here the verse and the bridge are repeated once again**
Part 4:(Bridge 2)
*You have to pick through all 3 chords here.
B- D MajorD A augmentedA
E-------0--------------2-----------------0-----------------------------------|
B-------0--------------3-----------------2-----------------------------------|
G-------4--------------2-----------------2-----------------------------------|
D-------4--------------0-----------------2-----------------------------------|
A-------2--------------0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
E-------0--------------0-----------------0-----------------------------------|
*** From here on the chorus and bridge 1 is repeated again**
Simple. Ta da!
Jay Collins
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The difference between the perfect world and the almost-perfect world, is
like the difference between fire and the firefly. -Mark Twain-
Jeremy Collins
[email protected]
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