Guns N Roses - Nightrain Tabs

Nightrain
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                        As recorded by: Guns n' Roses
          (From the album: Appetite For Destruction/GEFFEN Records)


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Transcribed by: Martin Majerski (majerski@intergate.bc.ca)
1/2 Dropped Tuning


Intro:
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Rhy. Fig. 1

e--3---3--2--2--3--|--(3)----3--|--3--3--3--1--|--(1)----3--\
B--5---5--3--3--5--|--(5)----5--|--5--3--3--1--|--(1)----3--|
G--2---2--2--2--5--|--(5)----5--|--5--4--4--2--|--(2)----4--|
D------------------|------------|--------------|---------5--|
A------------------|------------|--------------|------------|
E------------------|------------|--------------|------------/

                   End Rhy. Fig. 1
                         G5 A5
e-------------------------------|\
B--3----------------------------||
G--4--4--5--4--5--4---2--0--2--o||  Here's the catchy little intro riff. 
D--5-----5--5--5--5---2--0--2--o||  Play it twice through.
A---------------------------0---||
E-------------------------------|/



Verse:
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Rhy. Fig. 2                             End Rhy. Fig. 2  End on:
   A5      (NC)   A5      (NC)   A5          A5            D
e------------------------------------------------------||--2----\ Slash & Izzy
B------------------------------------------------------||--3----| both do lots
G--2--2--2--------2--2--2--------2--2--2-----2--2--2--o||--2----| of variations
D--2--2--2--------2--2--2--------2--2--2--x--2--2--2--o||--0----| to this riff
A--0--0--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0--x--0--0--0---||-------| so just im-
E-----------0--3-----------0--3------------------------||-------/ provise a bit.
   I'm a west-cost...

                                                  A5
e---3----------------------|--------------------------|\
B---5----7--5--7--5--5--3--|--5----3------------------||
G--------7--5--7--5--5--4--|--5----4----5------------o||
D--------------------------|---------------7--5--/7--o||
A--------------------------|---------------------/7---||
E--------------------------|---------------------/5---|/
can tell you honey...



2nd Verse:
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Rhy. Fig. 2
End Rhy. Fig. 2 w/Rhy. Fig. 1
Play G5 rather than A5 as the very last chord in Rhy. Fig. 1.

Chorus:
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Rhy. Fig. 3a                         End Rhy. Fig. 3a
e--------------------------------------------------|\
B--------------------------------------------------||
G-------------------------------------------------o||  Listen to the recording
D--7----------------------7-----------------------o||  for the riff changes...
A--7----------------------7------------------------||
E--5----5--8--5--8--5--3/-5----5--8--5--8--5--3\---|/
   Nightrain, bottom's up...


Rhy. Fig. 3b                         End Rhy. Fig. 3b
e--------------------------------------------------|\
B--------------------------------------------------||
G-------------------------------------------------o||  
D--3----------------------3-----------------------o||  
A--3-------3--2--3--2--0--3-------3--2--3--2--0----||
E--1----1-----------------1----1-------------------|/
...burn, I never learn...




Outro Chorus:
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 -Rhy. Fig. 3a
 -Rhy. Fig. 3b
 -Rhy. Fig. 3c


Rhy. Fig. 3c                       End Rhy. Fig. 3c
e------------------------------------------------|\
B------------------------------------------------||
G------------------------------------------------||  Again, listen to the
D--5----------------------5----------------------||  recording for the riff
A--5-------3--2--3--2--0--5-------3--2--3--2-----||  changes!
E--3----3-----------------3----3--------------3--|/