April ShowersTablatura

This is probably the simplest song that Caedmon's Call plays, but it sounds great!  Both 
Derek and Cliff play, though both the same part.  In concert, Cliff plays a straight chord 
progression, while Derek is doing the fancy hammer-ons and such you hear, as well as the  
solo.  This song, btw, is in G.  Anyway, here it is: 
 
Clean Guitar  
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ocultar tablatura
Intro: 
--2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3----------------2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3-------------- 
--3------------------3--3----------------3------------------3--3-------------- 
--2------------------0--0---------0------2------------------0--0-------------- 
--0------------------2--2--0h2p0---------0------------------2--0--0h2p0------- 
---------------------3--3-----------------------------------3--2---------0---- 
---------------------------------------------------------------3-------------- 
 
(Play twice) 
 
Verse 1: 
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    D   Cadd9                D     Cadd9  G 
  Like April Showers on the slick cement 
    D     Cadd9    D                Cadd9  G 
  When I consider how our light is spent 
    D      Cadd9        D           Cadd9  G 
  Keeping the candles inside the cathedral 
    D      Cadd9                    D 
  Hold on tight, Don't go into the night 
   Cadd9      G 
  So full of evil 
 
  Cadd9  G  Cadd9 G  D 
 
Chorus: 
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   G               D 
  Rain rain don't go away 
   Cadd9            Cadd9 
  We need you this dry and dusty day 
   G               D 
  Rain rain don't go away 
   Cadd9            Cadd9 
  Though some may say please go away 
 
Solo: 
----- 
 
-10-----------------------------------10-- --10-12-12h14-14h15-14--12-------------------- 
-10-----------------13-12---------10------ ----------------------------12-12-12p10------- 
-11-11-11h12-11-11---------12-12---------- ----------------------------12-12-12p11-11---- 
-12--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------12- 
------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- 
 
------------------------- ---0----3--3- 
-7-7--------------------- -3---3--3--3- 
-7-7--7---7-------------- --------0--0-  Back into Verse... 
------7h9-7--5-4\2-0h2-0- --------0--0-   
------------------------- --------2--2- 
------------------------- --------3--3- 
 
I tried to break it up into sections where you can hear a 'pause'.  listen to the cd, you'll 
see what i mean. 
 
NOTE on Solo: 2 things about this.  1st, it is my interpretation, so the fingerings 
  might be different than Derek's, but it sounds the exact same, i checked several times. 
2nd, i play solo guitar, so i have added come chord inversions where usually cliff would 
  play, to fill it out.  so sometimes there is _more_ here than on the CD.  as always, mail 
  me if you are lost. 
 
Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1) 
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  Like the April Showers on the slick cement 
  And the roads once straight have now become so bent 
  Weaving through the trees of vain security 
  Rounding round the hard rocks of hard morality 
 
  Cadd9 G  D  (This time the Cadd9 G after verse is played only once) 
 
Chorus (See above) 
 
(Intro Lick is played ONCE) 
 
Bridge: 
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   Em      Am7 
  And the sacred cows 
   Em          Am7 
  Feed on the green 
   Em          Am7 
  While the least of these 
       Em           D 
  Are dying on the streets 
 
  And they're crying... 
 
Chorus 
 
Chorus 
 
Outro: 
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  Pick through D-Cadd9-G slowly (ritard) 
 
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Chord Signatures: 
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E|-3---3---2----0-----0---            
B|-3---3---3----0-----1---            
G|-0---0---2----0-----0---            
D|-0---2---0----2-----2---            
A|-2---3---x----2-----0---            
e|-3---x---x----0-----x---            
 
   G Cadd9 D   Em    Am7 
 
 
Brett 
bdm@falcon.cy-net.net 
7:14 PM 12/7/96 
 
Lyrics printed by permission of Derek Webb and Aaron Tate. 
Written by Aaron Tate. (1994, Cumbee Road Music). 
All rights reserved.