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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| 11\8-8--8\-6-6--|6--3--3-3-------|
G|----------------|--------(x)10-10| 10\7-7--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