HIATT JOHN - "feels like rain" Tablature
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From: umcrowhu@cc.umanitoba.ca (Jeremy Dean Crowhurst)
Corrections by: u9343164@qub.ac.uk (Paul Hutchinson)
FEELS LIKE RAIN - John Hiatt
----------------------------
Cmaj7 G
Cmaj7 G
Down here the river ...
Cmaj7 G
And in the sticky heat I feel ...
B7
Love comes ...
Em D Cmaj7
Just like ...
G Cmaj7
And it ...
G
And it feels ...
Lying underneath the ...
<Solo>
We ain't ever gonna ....(x2)
So batton down the hatches ....(x2)
Baby can you feel it?....
Gonna let your love .....
----------
The album version of this has 2 electric guitars, one clean with an
amp tremolo effect, and the other semi-clean, both played WITHOUT
picks. The tremolo effect could possibly be approximated with some
hectic chorus pedal settings. Although John and Sonny probably play
the two parts on the album, it is very impractical to play either at
the same time as singing. For practical purposes, if you want to play
the album parts with two guitarists, one singing, then the handiest
thing to do is to have the singer play the clean part, and the other
guitarist the semi-clean, and swap for the choruses.
I hope this isn't too confusing- the tab for the solo walks a fine
line between being understandable and not taking up too much space so
that you don't have to wade through pages of tab. ASCII's such a
bummer- all this took up just over a single page of manuscript paper
for me. Anyway, corrections and comments always welcome.
Clean parts-
Intro:
+ + + + + + + +
---|-------7-x-------------7-x-------|-------------------------------|
---|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x-------|-------------7-----------------|
---|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x-----5-|-5-----------7-------------5-5-|
---|-5-------x---5-----------x-----5-|-7p5-----7/9----\7p5-------5-7-|
--5|-7-------x---------------x--/7---|-----7---------------7-0/7-----|
/7-|---------x---------------x-------|-------------------------------|
+ + + + + +. + +
|-------3-x---------------7\5-----|-------3-3-----------------------|
|-------3-x-----------------------|-------3-3-----------------------|
|---------x---4-------5/7-----5---|-------4-4-----------------------|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------5-----------------------|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------5-----0---5-------------|
|-3-------x-----------------------|-3-------3------/7--\5-3-5-3-0---|
Verse: (x2)
+ + + + + + + +
|-------7-x-------------7-x-------|-------7-x-------------7---------|
|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x---5---|-------5-x---5---------5---------|
|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x---5---|-------5-x---5---------5-----0---|
|-5-------x---5-----------x---5---|---------x---5---------------0---|
|-7-------x---------------x-------|---------x-----------------------|
|---------x---------------x-------|---------x-----------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------3-x--------------(----7\5)|-------3-x-----------------------|
|-------3-x--------------(-------)|-------3-x-----------------------|
|-4-------x---4----------(5/7----)|-4-------x---4---------------0---|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------x---5---------------0---|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------x---5-------------------|
|-3-------x-----------------------|-3-------x-----------------------|
^^^^^^^
NB Leave this fill out after the first time through
Bridge:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-2---x-2-------2-|---------2---2---|-----x-------x---|----7--7-----|
|-0---x-0-------0-|---------0---0---|-3---x---3---x---|-5--5--5-----|
|-2---x-2-------2-|---------2---2-0-|-0---x-0-2---x---|-5--5--5-----|
|-1---x-1-------1-|---------1---1-0-|-2---x-0-0---x---|-5-----------|
|-2---x-2-------2-|---------2---2---|-2---x-------x---|-7-----------|
|-----x-----------|-----------------|-----x-------x---|-------------|
Chorus:
This is how the chorus is played the first time- the last 2 bars are
played differently each verse. I'm not writing each verse out since it
takes up an awful lot of space- refer to the album to get the other
fills. However, note that the last (outro) chorus consists of, more or
less, the first two bars played 9 times altogether.
+ + + + + + + +
|-------------------------7\------|------------------------(----7-)-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------(------)-|
|---------------------5/7---------|-----0------------------(5/7---)-|
|-----0---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|/7-----3-------------------------|
|/7-----3-------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------------------------7\5-5p3-|-3-----------7\\\|
|---------------------------------|-----------8-8\\\|
|---------------------5/7-----4---|-4-----------7\\\|
|-----0---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|/7-----3-------------------------|-----------------|
Semi-clean parts-
The second guitar doesn't come until the first chorus
Chorus:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Natural Harmonics............................
|-----------------|---------12--12--|-----------------|---------|
|---------5-------|---------12------|---------5-------|---------|
|---------5---5---|--------12-------|---------5---5---|---------|
|--------5----5---|-----------------|--------5----5---|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
Verse: (x2) (with palm muting)
+ + + + + + + +
|---------0---------------0-------|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----0-2-----2-------0-2-----2---|-----0-2---2-0-------0-2---------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------3-------|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----0-2-0-----------0-2-2h4p2p0-|-----0-2-0-----------0-2---0-2---|
|-------------------0-------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bridge: (with palm muting)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------|---0---0-|-----------------|
|---0---0-|---0---0-|---------|-----------------|
|--2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2|--0-0-0-0|-0---0-0---------|
|-1---1---|-1---1---|-2---0---|----2------------|
|-2---2---|-2---2---|---------|----3------------|
|---------|---------|---------|-----------------|
Solo: - This leads on from the second chorus and replaces the third verse
+ + + + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
------------------------13|----13\12--\\\-----10----10-10-------10----10/12-|
-----------------/9-------|-------------------------------------------------|
--------5---5-7/9---------|----------------10----10----10p9-h10-10----10/12-|
------5---7---------------|-------------------------------------------------|
---/7---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|---------p10-------10----------10----12----------|----------10------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-12---------------------
|---------p10----10-10-9-----9--9--10------/12----|------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------
Swing 16th notes.................................
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
15b17r15p12--~~~~~~~~------|----------------------------------------------13-|
---------------------14p12-|/16~~~~~~~~~-x--------12----12--------------12h14|
---------------------------|-------------------12h14----12----------12-14----|
---------------------------|----------------------------------12/14----------|
---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
...........................................................................
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
|----------13-------------12----13----13----------|-13-------13----12---/15-
|------p12-h14--p12-------12----14----14---p12----12h14--p12-14----12-------
|-------------------14p12----------------------14-|-------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
-------------------------|-------------------------------------15-------17-|
-------------------------|-------------------------------------------15----|
------------\14p12-------|-------14---/16-------------------------16-------|
-------------------14-12-|----------12-------------------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
|----17-/19---------------------15----------------|
|-------------------------------------17\\\\\-----|
|-------------------------------------16\\\\\-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
This is followed by a bridge, chorus and verse which are much the same as
those already shown. These are followed by..
Last bridge and chorus:
Palm Muting.........
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------|----10-10-------7--7-----|-----------------|
|---0---0-|---0---0-|----10-10-------8--8-----|-8--8--8---------|
|--2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2|---------12--------------|-7--7--7---------|
|-1---1---|-1---1---|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-2---2---|-2---2---|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------|---------|/12----------------------|-----------------|
Play these 2 bars 9 times
+ + + + + + + +
Natural Harmonics....
|-----------------|---------12------|
|---------5-------|---------12------|
|---------5---5---|--------12---12\-|
|--------5----5---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Free time (Natural Harmonics)
|--------------------------|
|-------5---5---12---------|
|---------5---5----12------|
|---------------------12---|
|--------------------------|
|----5---------------------|
Notation used:
+ = beat marker
. = 16th note marker
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend eg 15b17r15 means bend from the 15 fret
r = release bend up two frets and then release
/ = slide
~ = vibrato
x = drop fingers of right hand onto the strings,
x producing a muted percussive tone
Corrections by: u9343164@qub.ac.uk (Paul Hutchinson)
FEELS LIKE RAIN - John Hiatt
----------------------------
Cmaj7 G
Cmaj7 G
Down here the river ...
Cmaj7 G
And in the sticky heat I feel ...
B7
Love comes ...
Em D Cmaj7
Just like ...
G Cmaj7
And it ...
G
And it feels ...
Lying underneath the ...
<Solo>
We ain't ever gonna ....(x2)
So batton down the hatches ....(x2)
Baby can you feel it?....
Gonna let your love .....
----------
The album version of this has 2 electric guitars, one clean with an
amp tremolo effect, and the other semi-clean, both played WITHOUT
picks. The tremolo effect could possibly be approximated with some
hectic chorus pedal settings. Although John and Sonny probably play
the two parts on the album, it is very impractical to play either at
the same time as singing. For practical purposes, if you want to play
the album parts with two guitarists, one singing, then the handiest
thing to do is to have the singer play the clean part, and the other
guitarist the semi-clean, and swap for the choruses.
I hope this isn't too confusing- the tab for the solo walks a fine
line between being understandable and not taking up too much space so
that you don't have to wade through pages of tab. ASCII's such a
bummer- all this took up just over a single page of manuscript paper
for me. Anyway, corrections and comments always welcome.
Clean parts-
Intro:
+ + + + + + + +
---|-------7-x-------------7-x-------|-------------------------------|
---|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x-------|-------------7-----------------|
---|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x-----5-|-5-----------7-------------5-5-|
---|-5-------x---5-----------x-----5-|-7p5-----7/9----\7p5-------5-7-|
--5|-7-------x---------------x--/7---|-----7---------------7-0/7-----|
/7-|---------x---------------x-------|-------------------------------|
+ + + + + +. + +
|-------3-x---------------7\5-----|-------3-3-----------------------|
|-------3-x-----------------------|-------3-3-----------------------|
|---------x---4-------5/7-----5---|-------4-4-----------------------|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------5-----------------------|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------5-----0---5-------------|
|-3-------x-----------------------|-3-------3------/7--\5-3-5-3-0---|
Verse: (x2)
+ + + + + + + +
|-------7-x-------------7-x-------|-------7-x-------------7---------|
|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x---5---|-------5-x---5---------5---------|
|-5-----5-x---5---------5-x---5---|-------5-x---5---------5-----0---|
|-5-------x---5-----------x---5---|---------x---5---------------0---|
|-7-------x---------------x-------|---------x-----------------------|
|---------x---------------x-------|---------x-----------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------3-x--------------(----7\5)|-------3-x-----------------------|
|-------3-x--------------(-------)|-------3-x-----------------------|
|-4-------x---4----------(5/7----)|-4-------x---4---------------0---|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------x---5---------------0---|
|-5-------x---5-------------------|-5-------x---5-------------------|
|-3-------x-----------------------|-3-------x-----------------------|
^^^^^^^
NB Leave this fill out after the first time through
Bridge:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-2---x-2-------2-|---------2---2---|-----x-------x---|----7--7-----|
|-0---x-0-------0-|---------0---0---|-3---x---3---x---|-5--5--5-----|
|-2---x-2-------2-|---------2---2-0-|-0---x-0-2---x---|-5--5--5-----|
|-1---x-1-------1-|---------1---1-0-|-2---x-0-0---x---|-5-----------|
|-2---x-2-------2-|---------2---2---|-2---x-------x---|-7-----------|
|-----x-----------|-----------------|-----x-------x---|-------------|
Chorus:
This is how the chorus is played the first time- the last 2 bars are
played differently each verse. I'm not writing each verse out since it
takes up an awful lot of space- refer to the album to get the other
fills. However, note that the last (outro) chorus consists of, more or
less, the first two bars played 9 times altogether.
+ + + + + + + +
|-------------------------7\------|------------------------(----7-)-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------(------)-|
|---------------------5/7---------|-----0------------------(5/7---)-|
|-----0---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|/7-----3-------------------------|
|/7-----3-------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------------------------7\5-5p3-|-3-----------7\\\|
|---------------------------------|-----------8-8\\\|
|---------------------5/7-----4---|-4-----------7\\\|
|-----0---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|/7-----3-------------------------|-----------------|
Semi-clean parts-
The second guitar doesn't come until the first chorus
Chorus:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Natural Harmonics............................
|-----------------|---------12--12--|-----------------|---------|
|---------5-------|---------12------|---------5-------|---------|
|---------5---5---|--------12-------|---------5---5---|---------|
|--------5----5---|-----------------|--------5----5---|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
Verse: (x2) (with palm muting)
+ + + + + + + +
|---------0---------------0-------|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----0-2-----2-------0-2-----2---|-----0-2---2-0-------0-2---------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------3-------|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----0-2-0-----------0-2-2h4p2p0-|-----0-2-0-----------0-2---0-2---|
|-------------------0-------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bridge: (with palm muting)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------|---0---0-|-----------------|
|---0---0-|---0---0-|---------|-----------------|
|--2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2|--0-0-0-0|-0---0-0---------|
|-1---1---|-1---1---|-2---0---|----2------------|
|-2---2---|-2---2---|---------|----3------------|
|---------|---------|---------|-----------------|
Solo: - This leads on from the second chorus and replaces the third verse
+ + + + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
------------------------13|----13\12--\\\-----10----10-10-------10----10/12-|
-----------------/9-------|-------------------------------------------------|
--------5---5-7/9---------|----------------10----10----10p9-h10-10----10/12-|
------5---7---------------|-------------------------------------------------|
---/7---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|---------p10-------10----------10----12----------|----------10------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-12---------------------
|---------p10----10-10-9-----9--9--10------/12----|------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------
Swing 16th notes.................................
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
15b17r15p12--~~~~~~~~------|----------------------------------------------13-|
---------------------14p12-|/16~~~~~~~~~-x--------12----12--------------12h14|
---------------------------|-------------------12h14----12----------12-14----|
---------------------------|----------------------------------12/14----------|
---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
...........................................................................
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
|----------13-------------12----13----13----------|-13-------13----12---/15-
|------p12-h14--p12-------12----14----14---p12----12h14--p12-14----12-------
|-------------------14p12----------------------14-|-------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
-------------------------|-------------------------------------15-------17-|
-------------------------|-------------------------------------------15----|
------------\14p12-------|-------14---/16-------------------------16-------|
-------------------14-12-|----------12-------------------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
|----17-/19---------------------15----------------|
|-------------------------------------17\\\\\-----|
|-------------------------------------16\\\\\-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
This is followed by a bridge, chorus and verse which are much the same as
those already shown. These are followed by..
Last bridge and chorus:
Palm Muting.........
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------|----10-10-------7--7-----|-----------------|
|---0---0-|---0---0-|----10-10-------8--8-----|-8--8--8---------|
|--2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2|---------12--------------|-7--7--7---------|
|-1---1---|-1---1---|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-2---2---|-2---2---|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------|---------|/12----------------------|-----------------|
Play these 2 bars 9 times
+ + + + + + + +
Natural Harmonics....
|-----------------|---------12------|
|---------5-------|---------12------|
|---------5---5---|--------12---12\-|
|--------5----5---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Free time (Natural Harmonics)
|--------------------------|
|-------5---5---12---------|
|---------5---5----12------|
|---------------------12---|
|--------------------------|
|----5---------------------|
Notation used:
+ = beat marker
. = 16th note marker
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend eg 15b17r15 means bend from the 15 fret
r = release bend up two frets and then release
/ = slide
~ = vibrato
x = drop fingers of right hand onto the strings,
x producing a muted percussive tone
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