Band:Blind Melon
Song: No Rain
Album: Blind Melon
Intro:
Acoustic: E E E
Electric: (with delay)
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"oooh
E D E D
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oooh
E D E D
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Chorus:
E Em D Dsus4 D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A G E E7 E E7 E
I like watching the puddles gather rain
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E D Dsus4 D
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
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A G E E7 E
And speak my point of view but it's not sane
E
It's not sane (*Fig. 1 starts here)
Verse 1: E D with *Fig. 1 x2
I just want someone to say to me no oh oh oh
"I'll always be there when you wake" yeah
You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made. (I'll have it made)
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Chorus:
E D Dsus4 D
And I don't understand why I sleep all day
A G5 E E7 E E7 E
and I start to complain that there's no rain.
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E D Dsus4 D
and all I can do is read a book to stay awake and it
A G E
rips my life away but it's a great escape
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E E E
escape escape escape
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Solo:
E D E D
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E D
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E D
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E D
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E D E
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D E
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D
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Chorus:
Acoustic strums once a bar, except last: |---x-x-x---x-x-x-|
Electric
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
You don't like my point of view but I'm insane
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It's not sane It's not sane
Fig. 1. x2
Repeat Verse 1.
2nd ending:
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D E
I'll have it made (ad lib)
Outro Solo:
E D E D
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E D
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E D
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D E
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D
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