Nightrain Guns and Roses

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

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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

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-------------------------------|/

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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...

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.

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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--|/