Set Fire To The Rain (Chromatic)

by Adele Adkins & Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Set Fire To The Rain (Chromatic)
Words/Music by Adele Adkins & Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith
Key of F Major    Range: Bb3 to D5
Requires either a 16 hole “C” chromatic, or a 12 hole Tenor “C”.


Tab Notations:  none = blow    - = draw    * = button in
____ = hold/sustain      . = on lower register    
-2_2_1_-1__ = slur; notes which are sung to a single syllable 
(and in this case, the last note is held).


1 1   1  -2____        3  -2____
I let it fall__        my heart_.

-2  -2 -2 2___ 2   2    2  2____ -2
And as it fell you rose to claim it.

1  1   -2____
It was dark__

1   1 1   3 -2_2_1_-1__ -2 -2  -2  2      2  2___ 1   1   1____ -1
and I was o–ver________ un-til you kissed my lips and you saved me.

1  -2____   3    3    -2____-1 -2  2  2____ 1    1   -1  -1_1_-.3*_-1____
My hands_   they were strong,_ but my knees were far too weak____________

1  -2____   3  3    -2____-1    -2   -2  2_____ 2   2  -2   -2______-1
to stand_   in your arms,___    with-out fall__-ing to your feet._____

-1  -1      -1  -1
But there’s  a  side 

2  -1___ -1   2 -2  2  -1    -2  2  -1    -1  -1  -1____
to you__ that I nev-er knew, nev-er knew, all the things

2     -1___ -1   2    -2  2  -1    -2  2  -1    -1  -1  -1___  
you’d say,_ they were nev-er true, nev-er true, and the games

2     -1____ -1  2     -2 2    -1   -2 2    -1_2______
you’d play,_ you would al-ways win, al-ways win.______

-2  -2 3   -3___3___-2    -3 3   -3_______3  
But  I set fire_______    to the rain._____

4       -2 3_____ -2 -2    4       4    3____-3_
Watched it pour__ as  I    touched your face____

-3   -1 -2_-1  -1   -1 -2_-1  -1  -1 -2_-1 -1__ -2_-1  -1  -1  -2   -1____
Well it burned while I cried, ‘cos I heard it__ scream-ing out your name__

-2   -1_1_-1_-2____3
your name.__________

1    -2____    3  3   -2__-1
When laying    with__ you___ 

-2 -2    2______ 1____  -.3*__ -1 -1    1    1   -2____ 
I  could stay___ there, close_ my eyes, feel you here__ 

3   -2___-1    -2  -2  2_____ 2 2 2    2    -2  -2 -2__-1 
for-ev - er,   you and me____ together noth-ing is bet-ter. 

-1   -1      -1 -1____ 
‘Cos there’s a  side__ 

2  -1____  -1   2 -2  2  -1    -2  2  -1    -1  -1  -1____ 
to you___  that I nev-er knew, nev-er knew, all the things 

2     -1____   -1   2    -2  2  -1    -2  2  -1    -1  -1  -1____ 
you’d say,__   they were nev-er true, nev-er true, and the games_ 

2     -1____    -1  2     -2 2    -1   -2 2    -1__2______ 
you’d play,_    you would al-ways win, al-ways win________ 

-2  -2 3   -3___3___-2    -3 3   -3_______3 
But I  set fire_______    to the rain,_____ 

4       -2 3_____ -2 -2   4       4    3____-3 
Watched it pour__ as I    touched your face___ 

-3   -1 -2___-1 -1   -1 -2___-1 -1  -1 -2__-1 -1 -2__-1 -1  -1  -2   -1___ 
Well it burned_ while I cried,_ ‘cos I heard_ it scream-ing out your name_ 

-2   -1_1_-1_-2____3 
your name.__________ 

-3 -3  -3___3___-2    -3 3   -3______3 
 I set fire_______    to the rain,____ 


3   3 4     3___-2_2__ 4  4  4   3__-3______ 
and I threw us________ in-to the flames,____ 

-3  -1 -2_-1 -1  -1    -2_-1  -1 -1 -2__-1 -1____ 
well I felt_ something die__ ‘cos I knew__ that__ 

-2_-1_ -1  -1  -2   -1___ 
that__ was the last time, 

1   -2   -1_1_-1_-2___3 
the last time._________ 

-3  3     3__ -2   -2 -2 3   3____-3_ 
Sometimes I__ wake up by the door____ 

2   2     2   2    2    2    2  2    2   2___ -2____3 
and heard you call-ing, must be wait-ing for_ you,___ 

3 3   3___ -2   -1    -2 -2   3 3___-3 
e-ven now_ when we’re al-read-y o - ver, 

2 2     2___ 2  2    2    2   2   2___ -2____3 
I can’t help my-self from looking for_ you.___ 

-3 -3 -3  -3___3___-2   -3 3   -3______3 
But I set fire_______   to the rain,____ 

4       -2 3_____ -2 -2   4       4    3____-3 
Watched it pour__ as I    touched your face___ 

-3   -1 -2__-1 -1    -1 -2__-1  -1  -1 -2__-1 -1 -2__-1 -1  -1  -2   -1___ 
Well it burned while I  cried, ‘cos I  heard_ it scream-ing out your name_ 

-2   -1_1_-1_-2____3 
your name.__________ 

-3 -3  -3___3___-2    -3 3   -3________ 
 I set fire_______    to the rain,_____ 

3   3 4     3___-2_2 4  4  4   3____-3______ 
and I threw us______ in-to the flames,______ 

-3  -1 -2__-1 -1  -1    -2__-1 -1 -1 -2__-1 -1____   
well I felt__ something die__ ‘cos I knew__ that__ 

-2__-1 -1  -1  -2   -1___
that__ was the last time, 

1   -2   -1_1_-1_-2_____3
the last time.___________

3___________-2_-1________-2    3_-2
Oh,________________________    oh,_ 

3____-3__3__-2__3________-3________ -3  -3_4_____ 3_-2_-1_1_-1_-2_____-1
no,________________________________ let it_______ burn__________________

-3________3_-2_-3_-2______ -2_2____
oh,_______________________ oh,_____    

-3  -3 3_-2____________3____________4__________-3
let it burn,_____________________________________

-5  5_-5_ 3_-2________-1________1__-1__-2________3________-2____
let it___ burn._________________________________________________


Adele live at The Royal Albert Hall: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7-vnrJD3k&ob=av3n&hd=1