Candlebox - "Rain"
From their Debut Album (1994)
Standard tuning
tabbed by jjhand
For this song have overdrive on your amp and keep the guitar volume low
to keep the sound clean until you get to the faster part.
Intro - v is a upstroke (hi to low strings) Ve|-7---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|B|-7---------------|---10-----10----10-12-12b14~~|--10-12-12-12p10--12p10-|G|-7------7-9-9b11___\----11-----11--------------|----------------11------|D|-7---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|A|-9__\------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|E|-7__\------------|-----------------------------|------------------------| slide after 1 beat
|-------------------||-------------------||-11~~--9\7--6------||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------|
Slow Verse Riff - accent the high strings on beats 2 & 4
V Bm7 Am7 |-7----7----7----7----|-5----5----5----5----|-7----7----7----7----||-7----7----7----7----|-5----5----5----5----|-7----7----7----7----||-7----7----7----7----|-5----5----5----5----|-7----7----7----7----||-7---------7---------|-5---------5---------|-7---------7---------||-9---------9---------|-7---------7---------|-9---------9---------||-7---------7---------|-5---------5---------|-7---------7---------|
Ending 1: Ending 2:|-5----5----7--7------------------| |-5----5----5----5-----||-5----5-------7------------------| |-5----5----5-------5--||-5----5----------9b11r9-7-9-7----| |-5----5----5-------5--||-5----------------------------9~-| |-5---------5----------||-7-------------------------------| |-7---------7----------||-5-------------------------------| |-5---------5----------|
Bridge 1 Gmaj7 F#7e|---------------------------|---------------7--------------|B|---------------------------|---------------7--------------|G|------11--------11-----11--|-------9~~--------9b11r9-7----|D|----9---------9------------|----8----------------------9--|A|-10--------10-------10-----|-9----------------------------|E|---------------------------|------------------------------|
(0:55) Return to Verse|-------------7-----------------|-----------------||-------------7-----------------|-----------------||-7~------------9b11r9-7-9b11r9___b11-----b11~~~~-||------9\-----------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------|-----------------|
Play Verse Again
(1:41) Bridge 2 Gmaj7 F#7 * roll volume to maxe|---------------------------|------------------|B|---------------------------|------------------|G|------11--------11-----11--|-------9~~--------|D|----9---------9------------|----8-------------|A|-10--------10-------10-----|-9-------------9\-|E|---------------------------|---------------9\-|
|-----7---7-7-7--------|-----------------------|-7----7---7-7-7------||-----7---7-7-7--------|------5----5h7----7~~--|-7----7---7-7-7------||-----7---7-7-7--------|------5----5h7----7~~--|-7----7---7-7-7------||-9--------------9-----|-7---------------------|-9--------------9----||-9--------------9-----|-7---------------------|-9--------------9--8-||-7--------------7--6--|-5---------------------|-7--------------7--6-|
|------------|-------------------------||------------|-------------------------||------------|-------------------------||-7----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-5----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
(1:56) Faster Presolo- play 2xe|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|G|------4--4------4-|------4-------4--|-----4--4-----2--|-----4--4----2---|D|------4--4------4-|------4-------4--|-----4--4-----2--|-----4--4----2---|A|-2--2------2--2---|-2--2----2--2----|-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
End with G5, F#5, E5 chords
Solo 1 (2:32) - back to slow tempo, but fast runs here!e|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|G|-9~~--7~~\---7------|---------------------------------------------7------|D|-------------9----7-|----------------------------------------7-----9p7h9-|A|----------------9---|-7b8r7~\------7-7b8r----------7-7b8r-----7b8r-------|E|--------------------|----------7-10------10p7--7-10------10p7------------|
|---------------------------------------7----||-----------------------------7-----------10-||-9b10r9p7-9-7-------9b10r9p7-7-----9b11-----||-------------9-7\--------------9p7----------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------7-10--7----7h10p7-7h10-7h10-7h10--||-9b10r9p7-9-7------9b10r9~-----9--9b11------9----9----9----9-||-------------9p7---------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------||-7-------------7--7p10-7-------7~----------------------||--9b11-7---9-7-7-9------9b11-9-7~-7--7---------7-------||--------9-7------------------------9--9p7-x-7h9--9-7h9-||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10--b13r12p10---||-----------------------------10--12--------------10-||----------------7-----7/9-11------------------------||-----------------9-7h9------------------------------||-8-8~p7-------7-------------------------------------||-------10p7-10--------------------------------------|
|-12-10---------------------------------|---------------||------10b12r10-------------------------|---------------||--------------11-9-7-10-9-7-9-7-----7~-|-x\------------||--------------------------------9-7----|-x\------------||---------------------------------------|---------------||---------------------------------------|---------------|
Funky Riff (3:03-3:31) - lower volume knob again
play 3x Ending (rhythm varies)|-------7-7-----------7----7-7-| |-------7-7------7--7-7-7-7-||-------7-7-----------7h9--9-9-| |-------7-7------9--9-9-9-9-||-------7-7-----------7h9--9-9-| |-------7-7------9--9-9-9-9-||-------7-7--------------------| |-------7-7-----------------||------------------------------| |---------------------------||-7--7--------7--7--7----------| |-7--7--------7-------------|
End of Funky Riffplay 4x play 4x with full volume|------------7------7-7-7-| |---------------------------||---------9--7------7-7-7-| |---------------------------||---------9--7------7-7-7-| |-----------9--9--9--9\7----||-------------------------| |-9---9-9---9--9--9--9\7----||-------------------------| |-9---9-9---7--7--7--7\5----||-7--7--------------------| |-7---7-7-------------------|"Move it on"... down the line"
(3:51) Play Funky Riff Again
(4:09) Play End of Funky Riff - get more distorted here
(4:28) Solo 2 -
|-7---7-7---7-7--7--7--7-7-|-7-7---7-7-7---9--9~--------||-7---7-7---7-7--7--7--7-7-|-7-7---7-7-7---9--9~----0-0-||-7---7-7---7-7--7--7--7-7-|-7-7---7-7-7---9--9~--------||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7h10p7--7---------7h10p7--7--------||----------10--10b12~--------10--10b12~-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
|-7h10p7--7------7-10----------------------|--------------------------------||-------10-10b12---------------------------|---------7-9~-7-7-9---7-7-9---7-||--------------------10p9p7-10p9p7-9b10r9p7|-9-9-7---7-9~-7-7-9---7-7-9---7-||------------------------------------------|-------9------------9-------9---||------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-9---9-9---9-7-----------7-9-9-7-|-9-9---9-9---7---9-----7-9-9-7---||-9---9-9---9-7---7-------7-9-9-7-|-9-9---9-9---7---9-----7-9-9-7---||---9-----9-----9---9-7-9---------|-----9-----9---9---7-9---------9-||-------------------9-7-9---------|-------------------7-9-----------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||-9p7---7-9-9p7---7---------------|-------------------7---7--7--||-9p7---7-9-9p7---7---------------|-------------------7---7--7--||-----9---------9---9-7-----------|-----------7-9-7--9----------||-----------------------9-7b8r7---|-----5/7-9-------------------||---------------------------------|-5h7-------------------------|
{ play 7x }|------------------------------|--------7h10p7-----------------||-------------------7--7--7-7--|-10b12--------10---------------||-------------------7--7--7-7--|-------------------------------||-----------7-9-7--------------|-------------------------------||-----5/7-9--------------------|-------------------------------||-5h7--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-12b14--12-10-12-10----12-10-----------|--------------------------||--------------------12-------12-10-----|-7-7--------7----9b10r9p7-||-----------------------------------11\-|-7-7--------7----9b10r9p7-||---------------------------------------|------9p7-9---------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-9p7---9b10r9p7-7-7---9b10r9p7-|-9-7--9b10r9p7-9-9b10r9p7------------||-9p7---9b10r9p7-7-7---9b10r9p7-|-9-7--9b10r9p7-9-9b10r9p7---9b10r9p7-||-------------------------------|--------------------------9----------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7----------7--------------|-------------------||-9p7---7-7--------10b12~~---10-7----------|-7~~---------------||-9p7---7-9b11-------------------9b10r9p7--|-7~~-----hold out--||-----9----------------------------------9-|-------------------||------------------------------------------|-------------------||------------------------------------------|-------------------|
Resume Funky part (5:10)|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----9p7-9-9b10r9--7-9-9~----7~---||-9p7---7------------------------7-|-9p7-----------------------9------||-----9---9-8-7---7----------7-9---|----------------------------------||--------------10----10p7-10-------|----------------------------------|
"gonna lay your hat today? I said, what you gonna do..."
|----------------------|-------------------------------||----------7-----------|-------------------------------||--------9-7-----------|---9--7---9--7------9--7-----9-||--9p7-9---------------|-9-------------9p7-------9p7---||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------|"where you gonna go and spend you time to be? Baby ..."
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||-7------9b10r9p7-9p7---7--------||----9p7--------------9----7---7-||----------------------------9---||--------------------------------| "where you gonna go when I set you free, I said"
(5:21) Play End of Funky Riff Again
(5:39) play this 3x (5:45)|-----------------------| |-7~-7~-----------------------||-7---7-7---7-9~--9~----| |----7~--9-9b10r9~-7h9--7-7~--||-7---7-7---7-9~--9~----| |--------9-9b10r9~-7h9--7-7~--||-----------------------| |-----------------------------||-----------------------| |-----------------------------||-----------------------| |-----------------------------| "baby I said baby" "Ba - ya - yay -by ..."
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-7---------9-7---------7-|-7---------7-7---------7-| |-7---------9-7---------7-|-7---------7-7---------7-| |-----9p7-9-------9p7-9---|-----9p7-9-------9p7-9---| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|"down the line, take your time ... pack your bags & go today mama"
(5:52)|---------------------------------|----------------------------||-9b10r9~-7-9-9---7-9-9-7-9-7-9---|-7-9-10---9---7h9-7---------||-9b10r9~-7-9-9---7-9-9-7-9-7-9---|-7-9----9-----7h9-7---------||---------------------------------|----------------------7h9-7-||---------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------|"what you gonna do, who you gonna see ..."
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||------------------------9-7---|------------------7--------------||----------11------------9-7---|-9b10r9-7-9-9-7---7---7----------||-/9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9p7-------|----------------9---9---9-7h9--9-||-/9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9------------|--------------------------7h9--9-||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(6:02)|---------------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------------|---------9--9--9p7---7----||---------------------7-----------|-----7---9--9--9p7---7----||-7h9---9-9---9-9---7---7-9-9---9-|-7h9-9-9------------------||-7h9---9-9---9-9---------9-9---9-|-7h9---9------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------|"I said baby ..."
|------------------------7h10p7-----------|----------------------------||-9b10r9p7-9p7-------7h10-----------------|--7---7---------------------||-9b10r9p7-9p7---9b11----------9b10r9p7---|--7---7-----7--7------------||--------------------------------------9--|----9---9---7--7-------7----||-----------------------------------------|----------9-------7h9----9--||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
(6:09)|----------------------------x-7-x-|-10-x-10p7p0-10p7p0-------------||-------------------x-7-x-10-------|--------------------10-10----7--||-x-x-------x-7-x-9----------------|---------------------9--9--9-7--||-x-x-7----------------------------|--------------------------------||-------x-9------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|"Where you gonna go, who you gonna see when you lay your hat down tight"
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------10--10--7---9p7--|---------------------------7---7-7-||-9___p7-9p7---9---9---7---9p7--|---------------------------7---7-7-||------------9------------------|-7h9-9-9-9---7h9-7---7---7---------||-------------------------------|-----------9-7h9---9---9-----------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|"Move it on..."
|-------------------------------|------9------10---x-x-x-x-x-x--||-7-7-7-7-7--7--10--10--10--10--|-10---10--10-10---x-x-x-x-x-x--||-7-7-7-7-7--7--9---9---9---9---|-7h9------9-------x-x-x-x-x-x--||-7-7-7-7-7--7------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|"Move it on..."
(6:22) play 8x with ad libs|----------------------------||----------------------------||-------------9--9--9--9\7---||-7h9--9-9----9--9--9--9\7---||-7h9--9-9----7--7--7--7\5---||-7----7-7-------------------|"gotta take it, yeah take it..."
Ending (6:39) - played freely, no rhythm|-----------------------------7------------------------||-----------7--7~---------------10---------------------||-----------7--7~--7-9-9b11~-------9b10r9-7-9-7~-------||-9----------------------------------------------9p7---||-9--------------------------------------------------9-||-7----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7---------7-10-12b14r12-12-10-12-10----||-----------------------------7---7-10b12---------------------------12-||-----------------------7---7------------------------------------------||-------------------7-9---9--------------------------------------------||-8p7p5-8p7p5--7h8h9---------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-10---------------------------------||-------12-10\7~~~~~~-------------------||-----------------------9b11r9-7b8~-----||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend string
| r release bent string
| ~ vibrato
| PH pinch harmonic
| x Mute note
