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MARY SUNSHINE RAIN
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== CREDITS / DISCLAIMER                                          ==
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TRANSCRIBED BY: Jeff Carroll (jeff@dadadiscography.net)

DISCLAIMER:     This file is the author's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song. You may only use
this file for private study, scholarship, or
research

PLEASE NOTE:    A fixed-width font is required to view the
alignment in this tab properly;

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== TECHNICAL STUFF                                               ==
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ARTIST: Dada

TUNING: Open D (Low to High: D A D F# A D)

CAPO:   None

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== INTRODUCTORY NOTES                                            ==
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If you're not daunted by open tunings, this is a really fun and 
simple tune to play. As always, Gurley throws in lots of variation 
to his riffs, but I've tabbed out a VERY basic form of every 
individual part. Check out the reference section at the bottom and 
learn each of the different riffs that make up the song. I've 
indicated the strummed or implied chord names above the appropriate
parts of the tab. I've also tabbed out the basics of the middle 
solo (it's not perfect, but it gets the job done). Since most of 
the solo is just based on the "D" pattern, you can strum all of the
strings on the guitar while playing the individual notes (to give 
yourself accompaniment). Otherwise, I think just the basic "Riff 2"
pattern is being played beneath the solo, but it's hard to tell 
because it's completely drowned out. That's about all the notes I 
have on this tune.

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== CHORD GUIDE                                                   ==
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This is a riff-oriented song. Chords are indicated above the tab
staffs in the reference section.

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== TABLATURE GUIDE                                               ==
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Here are some of the commonly used notations in ASCII tab:

h = hammer-on        / = slide up           <#> = harmonic
p = pull-off         \ = slide down         (#) = optional
b = bend string      x = percussive damp     ^  = slight bend
r = release bend     v = vibrato

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== SONG SECTION                                                  ==
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INTRO

(Riff 1A)


VERSE 1

(Riff 2)
Mary won't be comin' 'round no more
I won't touch her violet hair
That fell like rain and filled the air with

(Riff 3)
roses

(Riff 2 - abbreviated)
Mary won't be comin' 'round no more

(Riff 4)
She won't look into my eyes
And tell me I'm the only one who

(Riff 1B)
knows her


VERSE 2

(Riff 2)

(Riff 2)
Mary won't be changing me no more
She won't reach into my mind
And fill those gutters with red wine and

(Riff 3)
reason

(Riff 2 - abbreviated)
Mary won't be changing me no more

(Riff 4)
I guess that I knew all along
That she'd be leaving with the song of

(Riff 2 - abbreviated)
season


CHORUS

(Chorus Riff)
Sunshine Rain

(Bridge Riff)


SOLO

(Solo as tabbed)

(Chorus Riff)
Sunshine Rain

(Bridge Riff)


VERSE 3

(Riff 2)

(Riff 2)
Yeah, Mary won't be comin' 'round no more
She won't reach into my mind
to fill those gutters with red wine and 

(Riff 3)
reason

(Riff 2 - abbreviated)
Mary won't be comin' 'round no more

(Riff 4)
She won't look me in the eyes
And tell me I'm the only one who

(Riff 2 - abbreviated)
knows her


CHORUS & OUTRO

(Chorus Riff x 3)
Sunshine Rain
Sunshine Rain
Sunshine Rain

(Bridge Riff x 8)

(Riff 2) FADE OUT

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== REFERENCE SECTION                                             ==
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RIFF 1A
(D)             (D)            (D)              (D)
---------0--------------0---------------0--------------------------
-----3-----3--------3-----3---------3------3-----0-----------------
-0h1--1-----1----0---0-----0----0h1--1------1----0-----------------
-0-----0-----0---0----0-----0---0-----0------0---0--0h2p0----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------3-0------


RIFF 1B
(D)             (D)            (D)              (D)
---------0--------------0---------------0----------------------<12>
-----3-----3--------3-----3---------3------3-----0-------------<12>
-0h1--1-----1----0---0-----0----0h1--1------1----0-------------<12>
-0-----0-----0---0----0-----0---0-----0------0---0--0h2p0------<12>
---------------------------------------------------------------<12>
----------------------------------------------------------3-0--<12>


RIFF 2
(D)             (D)            (D)              (D)
---------0--------------0---------------0---------------0----------
-----3-----3--------3-----3---------3------3--------3-----3--------
-0h1--1-----1----0---0-----0----0h1--1------1----0---0-----0-------
-0-----0-----0---0----0-----0---0-----0------0---0----0-----0------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------


RIFF 3
(G)       (Gsus4)  (G)       (Gsus4)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------5------------------5------------------------------------
-----5-------6-5--------5-------6-5\-------------------------------
-------5------------------5----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-5------------------5----------------------------------------------


RIFF 4
(F)                (E)       (Eb)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0-------0----------0---------0--------------------------------
---3---3---3---3------2---2-----1---1------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-3-------3----------2---------1------------------------------------


CHORUS RIFF
F G G    F  G  G# G F   D           F  G G    F  G  G# G F
--------------------------0-----2----------------------------------
--------------------------0-----3----------------------------------
-3--5-5----3--5-5/6-5-3---0-----0-----3--5-5----3--5-5/6-5-3-------
-3--5-5----3--5-5/6-5-3---0-----0-----3--5-5----3--5-5/6-5-3-------
-3--5-5----3--5-5/6-5-3---0-----0-----3--5-5----3--5-5/6-5-3-------
-3--5-5--0-3--5-5/6-5-3---0-----0-----3--5-5--0-3--5-5/6-5-3-------
sun  shine   rain


BRIDGE RIFF (strum)
Asus4            A
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------
-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------


SOLO
(D)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/10-10-10-10-/12-12-12-/13-13-/15---
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------


----------------------------------------14-------------------------
-14/15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-14/15----15-15-14-14-12-12-------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------
-11-11-11h12--11-12-14-12-11h12------------------------------------
-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------
-11-11-11h12--11-12-14-12-11h12------------------------------------
-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
-11-11-11h12--11-12-14-14-12-14--14-15-14--14-15-14--14-15-14-12-12
-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12
-------------------------------------------------------------------
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(with wah-wah pedal)
-7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3--------------
-9--9--9--8----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3--------------
-8--8--8--9----6--6--6--6----5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3--------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
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-7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---8-7-5--8-7-5--10-10-10-10
-9--9--9--8----7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5---8-7-5--8-7-5--10-10-10-10
-8--8--8--9----6--6--6--6----5--5--5--5---8-7-5--8-7-5--10-10-10-10
------------------------------------------8-7-5--8-7-5--10-10-10-10
------------------------------------------8-7-5--8-7-5--10-10-10-10
------------------------------------------8-7-5--8-7-5--10-10-10-10
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