Ray Ray Rain Lyrics

Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 18:05:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jonathan Gilana
Subject: TAB: "Ray Ray Rain" by Bettie Serveert
"Ray Ray Rain" by Bettie Serveert
June 3, 1995
Gtr. 1 (clean tone)
Gtr. 2 (slightly distorted)
h=hammer-on
/=slide up
\=slide down
/\/\/\=vibrato(use whammy bar)
Verse 1:
Gtr. 1 (during Cadd9 chord, periodically go from E to D on the D string)
Moving on a pale moonlight
Gtr. 2 (riff A)
Gtr. 1 (during G chord, periodically go from B to A on the A string)
Staring at the tail lights of the
Gtr. 2 (riff A-cont'd)
Gtr. 1
Truck that rips the road apart
Gtr. 2 (riff A-cont'd)
Gtr. 1
ad
In front of m - e
Gtr. 2 (riff A-cont'd)
Verse 2:
Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)
Gtr. 1
I watch your right hand shifting gear
Wondering what I'm doing here
Cause both our minds
ad
Are occupied by memo - ries
Solo:
Gtr.2 (let ring)
G---/11--9--11/12----12/14--12--14/16----12h14/16-------------12h14/16-------
Gtr. 1:
Verse 3:
Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)
Gtr. 1
Like a forest in my eye
Are the pillars of the sky
As I picture you
ad
And call it your peroga - tive
Verse 4:
Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)
Gtr. 1
Time and time again it seems
We're always somewhere in between
And that's the truth
ad
It's in the way we li - ve
Chorus:
Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords-mess with the 1st 3 strings)
Gtr. 1
Ray, ray, rain
If you feel the same
Give me a si - gn
We're running out of time
Gtr. 2 (let ring)
Gtr. 1
Verse 5:
Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)
Gtr. 1
Spiders, snakes, and lizard heads
Tell the tale that we'll all be dead
And don't you know
In my fanta - sies
Verse 6:
Gtr. 2 (plays riff A throughout verse)
Gtr. 1
Fading on the tender neath(?)
What we are is what we breathe
Insultingly
With your jealous ha - te(?)
Chorus:
Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords)
Gtr. 1
Ray, ray, rain
If you feel the same
Give me a si - gn
Give me a sign
Ray, ray, rain
So you feel the same
It's written in that
I can't wait another day
Gtr. 1 only
And no it's not okay
Explain yourself and say
Now no one ever said that life was fair
G(barre) C
At six times in a row
G(barre) C
The winner starts to go
Walking up and down the builder's square(?)
G(barre) C
Right down from the start
G(barre) C
And right down from the heart
Finding words that no one thought were there
Chorus:
Gtr. 2 (arpeggiate the chords)
Gtr. 1
Ray, ray, rain
If you feel the same
Give me a si - gn
Give me a sign
Ray, ray, rain
So you feel the same
It's written in that
I can't wait another day
Gtr. 2 (let ring)
Gtr. 1
Chords Used:
G Cadd9 Cmaj7 G(barre)
oo x o x ooo
IIIIII IIIIII IIIIII *III** - 3
I*IIII II*III II*III III*II
*III** I*II** I*IIII I**III
xxx xxx xxo x o o
*IIIII *IIIII - 3 IIIIII IIII*I *III**
IIIIII IIIIII III*I* II*III III*II
I**III I**III IIII*I I*IIII I**III
x=not played
o=open
Bass Line:
Intro:
Verses:
Moving on a pale moonlight
Staring at the tail lights of the
Truck that rips the road apart
In front of me
Chorus:
Ray, ray, rain, if you feel the same
give me a sign, we're running out of time
The rest basically follows the root note of the chord
*sorry, these lyrics may not be totally correct
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