Traffic – Coloured Rain (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Traffic (From the 1967 Album MR. FANTASY) Words and Music by Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood & Chris Wood Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Winwood - Bass'
             1st Verse
  Q=94
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           H    E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|----------||-------------|-----------------|
|----------||-------------|-1-----1---------|
|----------||-3------5----|---1-----3---0-3-|
|----------||------3---3--|-----3-----3-----|

                  2/4      4/4
  +Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H      H    H
|----------------|--------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
|--------------0-|-1------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
|-(3)------------|----1---|-1------1----2-|-3------3----|-----------|
|-------0-3------|------3-|------1--------|------3------|-1----4----|

  W          W          +W           +W
|----------|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|----------|------------|--------||
|-6--------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||

 Chorus
                       2/4    4/4
  W          W          H      H    H      H    H
|----------|----------|------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|------|-----------|-----------|
|-5--------|-5--------|-5----|-----------|------5----|
|----------|----------|------|-3----2----|-0---------|

                           Sax Solo
  H    H      H    H        Q  E S S +S  S S S E E
|-----------|-----------||-----7-5-5-(5)-----------|
|-----------|-----------||o--------------4-5-4-5-7-|
|-4----2----|-0---------||o-5----------------------|
|-----------|------3----||-------------------------|

  Q  E S S +S  S S S E E  4x H    H      H    H
|----7-5-5-(5)------------||-----------|-----------||
|--------------4-5-4-5-7-o||------3----|-2----5----||
|-5----------------------o||-5---------|-----------||
|-------------------------||-----------|-----------||

 2nd Verse
                                            2/4
  H    H      H    E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   H
|-----------|--------------|---------------|------|
|-----------|-1------------|-------------0-|-1----|
|-3---------|------3---0-3-|-3-------------|------|
|------3----|--------3-----|------3-3------|------|

 4/4
  H    E E E E   Q  E E H      H    H      W
|--------------|-------------|-----------|------|
|--------------|-------------|-----------|------|
|-1----1-----1-|-3------3----|-----------|------|
|--------1-3---|----0-3------|-1----4----|-6----|

                                       Chorus
  W          +W           +W            W
|----------|------------|------------||------|
|----------|------------|------------||------|
|----------|------------|------------||-5----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||------|

            2/4    4/4
  W          H      H    H      H    H
|----------|------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|------|-----------|-----------|
|-5--------|-5----|-----------|------5----|
|----------|------|-3----2----|-0---------|

                           Outro Sax Solo
  H    H      H    H        Q  E S S +S  S S S E E   Q  E S S +S  S S S E E  8x
|-----------|-----------||-----7-5-5-(5)-----------|----7-5-5-(5)------------||
|-----------|-----------||o--------------4-5-4-5-7-|--------------4-5-4-5-7-o||
|-4----2----|-----------||o-5----------------------|-5----------------------o||
|-----------|-5----3----||-------------------------|-------------------------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths Yesterday I was a young boy Searching for my way Not knowing what I wanted Living life from day to day 'Till you came along There was nothing but an empty space and a pain Feels like Coloured Rain Tastes like Coloured Rain Bring on Coloured Rain Yeah! I can see a sail of changing Filling with surprise United with a feeling Bringing love into my eyes Till you came along There was nothing but an empty space and a pain