A Good Rain tab by Dan Seals

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A Good Rain

Dan Seals

The song is in G# on the recording, and I've provided guidance to play it in that key,
but there is a descending bassline when he sings "and says 'hoooooold oooooon we've seen
tougher times'" that works better when the song is played in Cmaj.

I love this song and I was surprised no one had even put the chords up for it.  I guess
they're simple enough.  Hope you enjoy it.

More accurate G# version with broken bassline:


Capo 3 (chords as w/o capo)

Intro:

    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    F
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|------2---------------2-----------|------2---------------2-----------|
D|--------------3---------------3---|--------------3---------------3---|
A|----------3---------------3-------|----------3---------------3-------|
E|--1---------------1---------------|--1---------------1---------------|


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    C                                  F
e|----------------------------------|-------------------1~~~~~~~~~~~---|
B|------1---------------1-----------|----------------------------------|
G|--------------0----------------0--|------2---------------------------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|---------------3------------------|
A|--3---------------3---------------|----------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|


    |       |       |       |          |       |       |       |
    C                                  F
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|------1---------------1-----------|----------------------------------|
G|--------------0----------------0--|--etc.----------------------------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|----------------------------------|
A|--3---------------3---------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

            He  is          a          Far - mer...


       Bf

That's what he likes to do

F                       C

  So was his father...  and his grand-dad too


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    C9                                 F
e|------------------0---------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------3-------3-----------|-------------------1--------------|
G|----------0---------------0-------|---------------2-------2----------|
D|------2-----------------------2---|----------3----------------3------|
A|--3-------------------------------|------3---------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|

            He looks    out        on         his       fields     and


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    Bf
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|------3-------3-------3-------3---|------3--------3-------3-------3--|
D|----------3---------------3-------|----------3----------------3------|
A|--1---------------1---------------|--1----------------1--------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    All     the work    he's           done


           F            C

Curses his luck and the unrelenting sun




    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    C9                                 F
e|------------------0---------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------3-------3-----------|----------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------0-------|------2---------------------------|
D|------2-----------------------2---|---------------3---etc.-----------|
A|--3-------------------------------|----------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|


                    His                Wife


A

  Comes to his side, and says   (bass line notes denoted by asterisks)


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    F
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------1------------------|
G|------2---------------2-----------|------2----------------0-------0--|
D|--------------3---------------3---|-*0------------------------2------|
A|----------3---------------3-------|----------3-------*3--------------|
E|-*1--------------*0---------------|----------------------------------|

    Hoooooooooooooooooooooold          Onnn


Bf                 C9 arpeggio x two measures

We've seen tougher times

    Bf     F         C    F(Bf?)

And all we need is a good rain

        Bf               F

And the troubles of this world

F             C

Will all melt away

       Bf     F

We can start again

     C    Bf

With help from the heavens

Bf     F         C Bf Dm

All we need is a good rain


Interlude:


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    Dm
e|----------------------------------|------0-------1--------3-------1~~|
B|----------3-------3---------------|--3-------------------------------|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2---|----------0--------0-------0------|
D|--0-----------------------0-------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    Bf
e|--~~~~~~~~~~----------1-----------|--------------1----0--------------|
B|--------------3-------3-------3---|---------------------------3------|
G|----------3-----------------------|----------3-----------------------|
D|------3---------------------------|------3---------------------------|
A|--1---------------1-------1-------|--1--------------------1-------1--|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    F                                  F
e|----------------------------------|-------------------1---0---1------|
B|----------------------1-----------|----------------------------------|
G|--2-3-2-0-2-------------------2---|--------------2-------------------|
D|--------------3-----------3-------|----------3-----------------------|
A|------------------3---------------|------3---------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|



    |       |       |       |          |       |        |       |
    C9
e|--0-------0-1-0---0-------1-------|--3----------------3--------------|
B|----------------3-----------------|---------------1-------1----------|
G|----------------------0-------0---|----------0----------------0------|
D|------2---------------------------|------2------------------------2--|
A|--3---------------3---------------|--3-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


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I play it in C major as below for a continuous bassline and no
barred A-shape chords.  I'll show my picking pattern for each chord and
then the bassline thing in C.  The rest should fall into place.



    |       |       |       |
    C
e|------0---------------0-----------|
B|--------------1---------------1---|
G|----------0---------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|--3---------------3---------------|
E|----------------------------------|


    |       |       |       |
    F
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------2---------------2-----------|
D|--------------3---------------3---|
A|----------3---------------3-------|
E|--1---------------1---------------|


    |       |       |       |          |       |       |       |
    C
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------1---------------1---|--------------1---------------1---|
G|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
D|------2---------------2-----------|------2---------------2-----------|
A|--3---------------2---------------|--0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------3---------------|


    |       |       |       |          |       |       |       |
    F                                  G
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------1-------------------|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------------------2-----------|-----------------------0----------|
D|------3-----------------------3---|------0------------------------0--|
A|----------3---------------3-------|----------2----------------2------|
E|--1---------------1---------------|--3---------------3---------------|


The interlude is the same pattern, VI, IV, I, V, so now it's Am, F, C, G

Make up your own picking patterns, vary it as you go along.  I could tab
out what I do but it's nothing fantastic.  Have fun!