Clapton Eric - Let It Rain Chords & Tabs

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* "LET IT RAIN" BY ERIC CLAPTON *
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TAB by: Bigjtut
Tuning: Regular
Time Measure: 4/4
Notes: 
 When you see this in my tabs
           (hq)
 that is how I portray notes tied together.
 This example is a half note tied with a 
 quater note (three beats).

 w = whole note     e = eighth note
 q = quarter note   s = sixteenth note
 / = slide up

 Read this TAB straight through.  This was a pretty tough one to
 write because the timing is very important with this song.  Pay
 attention to the repeats.  Sorry about all of the "REPLACE LAST
 TWO MEASURES" stuff in here, but it was just easier than writing
 the whole thing out again.  But this song is a lot of fun for a
 bass player because bass is the bulk of this song.

REST FOUR BEATS THEN...

INTRO:             
|:    REPEAT 3x EVERY TIME    :|
|: q q  s  s  e  e  e    w    :| h   e e e e   
|:------14-14-14-------|------:|-------------|
|:--------------/14-14-|------:|-------------|
|:-r-r-----------------|-12---:|-r---r-----4-|
|:---------------------|------:|-------5-7---|


VERSE: (REPEAT TWICE EVERY TIME PLAYED)
   q  e e e e e e (qe) e e e e e   q  e e e e e (ee) e e e e e e e 
|:----------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------:|
|:----------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------:|
|:-5--5---5-5-4---|------7-------|-3--2-0---2-3-5|5--5-5-5-5-----3-:|
|:------5-------7-|-5--5---5-7-7-|--------3------|-----------3-5---:|


CHORUS: (REPEATED TWICE)
   q  e q  e e e   q  e q  e e e   q  e e e e e (e e) e e e e e e e 
|:---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------:|
|:----7------7---|----7----------|----------------|-----------------:|
|:-5-------------|-5-------------|-3--2-0---2-3-5-|5--5-5-5-5-----3-:|
|:------5--5---5-|------5--5-5-7-|--------3-------|-----------3-5---:|

PLAY VERSE AGAIN

PLAY CHORUS AGAIN (REPEATED TWICE), BUT 2nd TIME THRU, REPLACE LAST 
TWO MEASURES WITH...

 q  e e h    w 
-----------|-----|
-----------|-----|
-3--2-0----|-0---|
--------3--|-----|


PLAY INTRO AGAIN, BUT REPLACE THE LAST MEASURE WITH...

 h   e  e  e   e  
-------14--------|
----------/14-14-|
-r---r-----------|
-----------------|


SOLO:
 q e e e (es) s e   e (es) s e e (es) s e  
------------------|-----------------------|
------------------|-----------------------|
-r-r---9--9-----9-|-8--8-----8-8--8-----8-|
-----9--------9---|--------8----------8---|

 e (es) s e e (es) s e   e q  e e e e e
-----------------------|----------------|
-----------------------|----------------|
-7--7-----7-7--7-----7-|-6-6--5---------|
--------7----------7---|--------7-6-7-6-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/clapton_eric/let_it_rain_btab.html ]
  q  e e e e e e   q  e e  e e e e  (qe) e  e e e e  (qe) e  e e e e
-----------------|-----------------|-------/9-7-----|----------------|
-------------5-6-|-7--7---/9-7-----|-----7------9-8-|-7-----/9-7-----|
-/7--7---7-7-----|------7------9-8-|-7--------------|-----7------9-8-|
-------7---------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|

(qe) e  e e e e  (qe) e  e e e e                                   
-------/9-7-----|----------------|
-----7------9-8-|-7-----/9-7-----|
-7--------------|-----7------9-8-|
----------------|----------------|

PLAY VERSE AGAIN

PLAY CHORUS 4X, BUT FOURTH TIME THROUGH, REPLACE LAST TWO MEASURES
WITH.....

 q  e e h    w (hold thru to next measure)       
-----------|-------|
-----------|-------|
-3--2-0----|-0-----|
--------3--|-------|

 h  s  s  e  e  e    w   (hq)  q   
----14-14-14-------|----|-----/14-|
------------/14-14-|----|---------|
-0-----------------|-12-|-r-------|
-------------------|----|---------|

(hqe) (e he) s  s  e  e     w   h e e e e 
--------|----14-14-14----|----|-----------|
--------|-------------14-|----|-----------|
-12---10|10--------------|-12-|-r-r-----5-|
--------|----------------|----|-----3-4---|

REPEAT THE FOLLOWING LINE 4 TIMES
  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e 
|:----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------:|
|:--------7-7-----|--------5-5-----|--------5-5----|--------7-7-----:|
|:----4-7-----7-4-|----2-5-----5-2-|----2-5-----5-2|----4-7-----7-4-:|
|:5-5-------------|3-3-------------|3-3------------|5-5-------------:|

**********************************************************************
* WHEN REPEATING ABOVE LINE, PLAY A FEW EXTRA NOTES AT TOP/BOTTOM OF *
* THE SCALES.  ALSO, TRY A SCALE RUN LIKE:                           *
*                                                                    *
*  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e                                 *
* -----------------|-----------------                                *
* -------4-7-4-----|-------2-5-2-----                                *
* ---4-7-------7-4-|---2-5-------5-2-                                *
* -5---------------|-3---------------                                *
**********************************************************************

NOW REPEAT THE BELOW RIFF UNTIL THE END OF THE SONG

  e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e e e e
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------/9-7----|--------/7-5----|--------/7-5----|--------/9-7----|
|----4-7------9-7|----2-5------7-5|----2-5------7-5|----4-7------9-7|
|5-5-------------|3-3-------------|3-3-------------|5-5-------------|

IF YOU WANT TO GET TECHNICAL, PLAY THIS AT THE END OF THE SONG:
PLAY ALL NOTES SHORT
  (downbeats)       (upbeats from here to end of song)
 q  q  q  q    e q  q  q (e  e) q  q  q (e  e) q  q  q    
-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------
-7--7--7--7--|---5--5--5--5-|5--5--5--5--5-|5--7--7--7--7---
-------------|-r------------|--------------|----------------
-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------

THEN START GOING UP THE SCALE AND MESS AROUND UNTIL YOU END THE SONG.