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Love and Rain – Jeff Lynne’s ELO
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Alone in the Universe" (2015)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Here’s my reading of this song. I included some of the chorus keyboard
layers into the chords.
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MAIN RIFF (chords: capo / lick: no capo)
Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--1-----1-1-----|--1-----1-1-----|
E|---3--1-----3---|---3--1-----3(1)|
CHORUS LICK (chords: capo / lick: no capo)
Em Asus2/D Cmaj7 Bsus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------(x)11-11|118-8—-8-6-6--|6--3--3-3-------|
G|----------------|--------(x)10-10|107-7—-7-5-5--|5--3--3-3-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplet triplet triplet triplet)
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capo: 3rd fret
play: Em
key: Gm
For the original chords transpose this tab +3 steps.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B5 x-2-4-4-x-x
Asus2/D x-5-7-7-0-0 or x-x-0-2-0-0
Cmaj7 x-3-5-5-0-0 or x-3-2-0-0-0
Bsus4 x-2-4-4-0-0
Em* 0-2-2-0-0-3
Emadd9 0-2-2-0-0-2
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INTRO
| Em | % | % | % |
VERSE
Em
It takes a lot of rain
Em
To make a flower grow
Am B5 | Em | % |
Yes it takes a lot of ... love and rain (love and rain)
VERSE
Em
And it makes a lot of pain
Em
To see you steppin' out
Am B5 | Em | % |
Yes, it makes a lot of ... love and rain (love and rain)
CHORUS
Em Asus2/D | Cmaj7 | Bsus4 |
Love and rain
Em Asus2/D | Cmaj7 | Bsus4 |
Keep coming back again
| Em | % |
Oooh, love and rain (love and rain)
SOLO
| Em | % | % | % |
| Am | Am B5 | Em | % |
(love and rain)
VERSE
Em * Emadd9
Love and rain
Em Em7
Oh the pleasure and the pain
Am B5 | Em | % |
Never feels the same again ... for love and rain (love and rain)
CHORUS
Em Asus2/D | Cmaj7 | Bsus4 |
Love and rain
Em Asus2/D | Cmaj7 | Bsus4 |
Keep coming back again
[ E ]
Oooh, love and rain
MIDDLE 8
E C#m G#m
(Love and rain, lo-ove and rain)
A B [ E ]
(Love and rain, lo-ove and rain)
E C#m G#m
(Love and rain, lo-ove and rain)
A B
(Love and rain)
CHORUS
Em Asus2/D | Cmaj7 | Bsus4 |
Love and rain
Em Asus2/D | Cmaj7 | Bsus4 |
Keep coming back again
| Em | % |
Love and rain (love and rain)
CODA
| Em | % |
Love and rain (love and rain)
| Em | % |
Yeah (love and rain)
Em
Love and rain