Soundgarden - "Black Rain"
From the album "Telephantasm"
Tuning: DADGBe
tabbed by jjhand
This song was originally recorded during the Badmotorfinger sessions.
The sound is raw & Chris's vocals are wailing just like several of their
early hits. Please rate or comment.
Fade In (Ad-lib): Repeat notes followed by ", listen to rhythm on track
e|--------------|---------------------------------------|
B|--------------|---------------------------------------|
G|-5-"-----10p7-|--------11-11-11--10-7-7-5-5/7-9b-9-7--|
D|-0-"-----0----|-0-0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0--|
A|--------------|---------------------------------------|
D|--------------|---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------14-14-14--10-7-7-5-5/7-9b-9-7--|
D|-0-0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0--|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--------12-12-12--11-7-7-5-5/7-9b-9-7--|--------5--5--5--5----10p7-|
D|-0-0-0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0--|-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-----0---|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
replay 2nd bar above before loud guitars come in
Intro/Chorus
(0:20) - one guitar holds D chord
e|------------|----0----------|
B|---3--------|----3----------|
G|---2--------|----2----------|
D|---0--------|----0----------|
A|---0--3-----|----0---0------|
D|------3-----|--------0------|
|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|
|---7----------|-----------------------|
|---7---3------|-----------------------|
|---5---3------|------9-8~-----5-4~----|
|-------3------|-----------------------|
Pre Verse - 2 Guitars play these 3 bars 2x
e --------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G --------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D --------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A ------------------9b11r9--8~---|-------------------8b9r8--6~---|
D -0---0-2h3-2-0-0-0--------------|-0---0-2h3-2p0-0-0-------------|
e -------------------------------||
B -------------------------------||
G -------------------------------||
D -------------------------------||
A ------------------8b9r8--5~---||
D -0---0-2h3-2-0-0-0-------------||
Pre-Verse riff ending:
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------1--------------|
|-----------1--------------|
|-0---0-2h3-1~-------------|
When Singing enters, one guitar repeats, the other changes to
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/soundgarden/black_rain_tab_ver_2.html ]
e -------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B -------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G -------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D -------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A ------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D -0---0-2h3-2-0-0-0-3b5r3--2~---|-0---0-2h3-2p0-0-0-3b5r3--1~---|
1. "If I could hug my"
2. "For your wings to cover"
3. "Half alive I hurt the"
4. "Sleepless eyes, close the"
line 2:
e -------------------------------|
B -------------------------------|
G -------------------------------|
D -------------------------------|
A ------------------------------| verse ending is same
D -0---0-2h3-2-0-0-0-3b5r3--0----|
1."love, could I try"
2." me and let them fold"
3."most brilliant lie"
4."light and rest your mind while you burn!"
Pre-Chorus
Pre-Chorus
e ----------------------|---------------------|
B ----------------------|---------------------|
G ----------------------|---------------------|
D ----------------------|---------------------|
A ---------------------|---------------------|
D -0---0-3h6-5~---/8----|-0---0-3h5-3~---6----|
"Can’t stutter when you’re talking with your eyes
By cutting out your tongue you save face
Feeding on the blood lets running from a big day"
Play Chorus (Intro Part) again
"Cry on black rain, cry on black rain"
Play Verse Again, with random guitar feedback in background
Break (3:17) play 2x
e -------------------------------------------------------|
B -------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------0h3h5-0h5h7-----------|
D ---------0h5h7-0h3h5-------0h5h7-----------------------|
A --0h5h7-------------0h5h7-----------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Lead Guitar (3:53-4:13) - TP is probably a tremelo pedal, ad-lib
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------9TP---------|-9b10TP-------|-9TP-----------|-9b10TP---------|
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5NH---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
Play Pre-chorus again
Play Break again
Ending (repeated & semi-random)
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------|
-15----15----15----15---|-15----15----15----15---|-13----13----13----13---|----------|
----14----14----14----14|----12----12----12----12|----12----12----12----12|-14-------|
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---16--12-|
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------|
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------|
Key:
h - hammer-on
NH - natural harmonic
TP - tremelo picked, or using pedal
/ - slide
~ - vibrato
b - bend
r - release bend
