No Rain (mandolin) tab by Blind Melon

• Tuning: Standard tuning

Tuning GDAe. I transposed this song to the mandolin from the guitar. The recording features
an acoustic and an electric guitar. From their 1992 debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7DdpA

If you would like to see my video lesson, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1A68uRc6fg


INTRO LEAD, transposed from guitar 0:01

e|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|
D|-7-7-7/9--2-|-7-7-7/9--2-|-7-7-7/9--2-|
G|------------|------------|------------|

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-0------------------|-0------------------|-0------------------|
D|---6-4-2-0-0-2p0-2--|---6-4-2-0-0-2p0-2--|---6-4-2-0-0-2p0-2--|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|
A|-0--------4/5\4-0---|
D|---6-4-2----------2-|
G|--------------------|


RHYTHM

  E  E  E7 E
e|-0-|-0-|-0-0-|
A|-2-|-2-|-2-2-|
D|-2-|-2-|-0-2-|
G|-1-|-1-|-1-1-|

     ^
VERSE 0:20

  E    D     D   A    G  E     E7 E E7 E    E
e|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-|-5-5-5-5--3-3--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0-|  |-0-|
A|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-|-4-4-4-4--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-5--2--5--2-|  |-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-|-2-2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2-| x2 |-2-|
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--0-0--1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1--1-|  |-1-|
           ^ ^      ^ ^

We play the E7 with the high D note on the 5th fret of the A here, and on the low open D string in the intro,
because the guitar plays the E7 as 020100 in the intro and as 022130 at the end of the verse.


VERSE CONTINUED 0:48, 2:35

  E7 E    D      E    D
e|-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-| |-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|
D|-0--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-| |-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-| x8
G|-1--1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-| |-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|
  ^

BRIDGE 2:15

  E  D  A  G   E  E  E
e|-0-|-2-|-5-|-3-3-|-0-|-0-|-0-|
A|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
D|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-0-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
G|-1-|-2-|-2-|-2-2-|-1-|-1-|-1-|


GUITAR SOLO 1 RHYTHM 1:50 + GUITAR SOLO 2 RHYTHM 2:58

  E    D
e|-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-|
D|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-| x5
G|-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-|


OUTRO 3:14

  E E  D
e|-0--4-4--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2--0-0-0-0-|
D|-2--2-2--0-0-0-0-| x4
G|-1--1-1--2-2-2-2-|
   ^ ^

We add the G# on the 4th fret of the E string in there, because the rhythm guitar is playing bar chords.
The E bar chord is x7999x. The open chord 0221000 misses out on that G# on the 9th fret of the B ?? string.
As it`s very audible in the recording, we add it in for the mandolin, too.


Tab 🏷Legend:

/ slide up
\ slide down
p pull off
^ upstroke