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    Buckets of Rain

    Bob Dylan


    TUNING: Tune the 4th string up to E:

     E B G E A E

     

    LEGEND:

     

     =S=  - Slide

     =P=  - Pull-off

     =H=  - Hammer-on

     

     

    NOTE: First and third strings in measure 1 are played by sliding two

    fingers together (I use my middle and ring fingers) from 2nd to 4th

    fret.

     

                 ===S

    1-E-|-----2-----4--------------|-----------O--------------|

        |                          |                          |

    2-B-|--------------------------|-----O--------------------|

        |        ===S              |                          |

    3-G-|--2--------4--------------|--2-----------------------|

        |                          |                          |  (REPEAT)

    4-E-|--------O-----------O-----|--------O-----------O-----|

        |                          |                          |

    5-A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    6-E-|--O-----------O-----------|--O-----------O-----------|

     

                                      ==P=     =H= =P=

    1-E-|-----------O--------------|--2--O-----O--2--O-----O--|

        |                          |                          |

    2-B-|--2-----------------------|--------2-----------2-----|

        |                          |                          |

    3-G-|-----2--------------------|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    4-E-|--------O-----------O-----|--------O-----------O-----|

        |                          |                          |

    5-A-|--O-----------O-----------|--O-----------O-----------|

        |                          |                          |

    6-E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

     

     

    1-E-|-----------------------O--|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    2-B-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                 ==S=     |                          |

    3-G-|-----------------2--4-----|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    4-E-|--------O-----------O-----|--------O-----------O-----|

        |                          |                          |

    5-A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    6-E-|--O-----------O-----------|--O-----------O-----------|

     

     

     

     

    1-E-|-----7-----------5--------|-----4-----------------O--|

        |                          |                          |

    2-B-|--------------------------|-----------------O--------|

        |==S        ==S=        ===S===        ==H=           |

    3-G-|--8--------8--6--------6--|--4--------1--2-----------|

        |                          |                          |

    4-E-|--------O-----------O-----|--------O-----------O-----|

        |                          |                          |

    5-A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    6-E-|--8-----------5-----------|--4-----------2-----------|

     

    1-E-|-----------------------O--|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    2-B-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                 ==S=     |                          |

    3-G-|-----------------2--4-----|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    4-E-|--------O-----------O-----|--------O-----------O-----|

        |                          |                          |

    5-A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    6-E-|--O-----------O-----------|--O-----------O-----------|

     

    VARIATION:  At the start of the break,

    substitute the following for the first two measures:

     

                  ==S

    1-E-|----10----12--------------|-----------O--------------|

        |                          |                          |

    2-B-|--------------------------|--O-----------------------|

        |         ==S              |                          |

    3-G-|-11-------13--------------|-----2--------------------|

        |                          |                          | (REPEAT)

    4-E-|--------O-----------O-----|--------O-----------O-----|

        |                          |                          |

    5-A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        |                          |                          |

    6-E-|--O-----------O-----------|--O-----------O-----------|


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.