"Rain" by The Cult--bassline


from the 1996 US greatest hits collection 'High Octane Cult' & 1985's 'Love' album, as well as many 80's compilations
well, Dallas finally got the past 2 weeks what it had been long needing...rain...&, of course, radio stations feel the need to play rain songs, which reminded me of this 'cult' classic...enjoy...also, this band rocks live
Created: March 27, 2000
/=slide up; \=slide down

intro--guitar/drums; wait a few bars, then slide in 8th bar

A-12\-|

figure 1--basic riff for verses & chorus; listen for a few note changes

G---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|---------------------|
E---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|

figure 2--2nd part of verses; "I've been waiting...for her...for so long"

G---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|---------------------|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|---------------------|
E---------------------|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|---------------------|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|

before 2nd verse

G---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5--6-6-8\--|
A---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

bridge--1st bar is just 2 pickups; play 1st line 3 times

G--------|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
D--------|-12-12-12-------------|-12-12-12-------9-|-10-10-10---10/17-17-17--|
A-12-14-|---------------12-14--|--------------12----|-----------------------------|
E--------|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|

play this 4th time
G--------|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D--------|-12-12-12-------------|-12-12-12-------9-|-10-10-10---10/17-17-17-17-17-17-18\--|
A-12-14-|---------------12-14--|--------------12----|---------------------------------------------|
E--------|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|

back to figure 2

ending 2 bars--listen to timing

A-----------------|-5----|
E-3--3--3-3-3---|------|

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