Biography:
The Beta Band (1996-2004) were an alternative rock group from Edinburgh, Scotland who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status, but failed to make much of a commercial impact on the popular music scene. Their style was self-described as being folk hop, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming.
Their music has featured on numerous film and TV soundtracks. The song "Dry the Rain" from their 1997 debut EP, Champion Versions
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The Beta Band
Dry the Rain
(some of you will remember this tune from the movie High Fidelity, when John Cusack's
inconspicuously puts this song on in the record story and everyone stops to listen and
that it's good. In the book, it wasn't a Beta Band tune, but hey, good times.)
First two verses use:
A = 002220
Am = x02210
E = 022100
Move on to the bar chords for the chorus:
A = 577655
Am = 577555
B = 799877
C = 8 10 10 9 8 8
D = 10 12 12 11 10 10
E = 022100
F# = 244322
[Verse 1]
[E] This is the definition of [A] my life
Lying in bed [E] in the sunlight
Choking on the [A] vitamin tablet
The doctor gave in the hop of saving [Am] me
In the hope of saving [E] me
[Chorus]
[Am] Walked in the corner of the room
[C] A junk yard fool with eyes of gloom
[B] I asked him time again
[D] Take me in and dry the rain
[A] Take me in and dry the rain
[G] Take me in and dry the rain
[F#] Take me in and dry the rain the rain
[E] The rain the rain the rain now
[Verse 2]
(Chords as Verse 1)
Dusty brown boots in the corner
By the ironing board
Spray on dust is the greatest thing
Sure is the greatest thing
Since the last since the last
[Chorus]
[Am] Walked in the corner of the room
[C] A junk yard fool with eyes of gloom
[B] I asked him time again
[D] Take me in and dry the rain
[A] Take me in and dry the rain
[G] Take me in and dry the rain
[F#] Take me in and dry the rain the rain
[E] The rain the rain the rain now
B D A G F# E
[B] I asked him time again
[D] Take me in and dry the rain
[A] Take me in and dry the rain
[G] Take me in and dry the rain
[F#] Take me in and dry the rain the rain
[E] The rain the rain the rain now
B D A G F# E (*2)
B A E (*4)
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love, yeah
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love
B A E
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love
Dry the Rain
(some of you will remember this tune from the movie High Fidelity, when John Cusack's
inconspicuously puts this song on in the record story and everyone stops to listen and
that it's good. In the book, it wasn't a Beta Band tune, but hey, good times.)
First two verses use:
A = 002220
Am = x02210
E = 022100
Move on to the bar chords for the chorus:
A = 577655
Am = 577555
B = 799877
C = 8 10 10 9 8 8
D = 10 12 12 11 10 10
E = 022100
F# = 244322
[Verse 1]
[E] This is the definition of [A] my life
Lying in bed [E] in the sunlight
Choking on the [A] vitamin tablet
The doctor gave in the hop of saving [Am] me
In the hope of saving [E] me
[Chorus]
[Am] Walked in the corner of the room
[C] A junk yard fool with eyes of gloom
[B] I asked him time again
[D] Take me in and dry the rain
[A] Take me in and dry the rain
[G] Take me in and dry the rain
[F#] Take me in and dry the rain the rain
[E] The rain the rain the rain now
[Verse 2]
(Chords as Verse 1)
Dusty brown boots in the corner
By the ironing board
Spray on dust is the greatest thing
Sure is the greatest thing
Since the last since the last
[Chorus]
[Am] Walked in the corner of the room
[C] A junk yard fool with eyes of gloom
[B] I asked him time again
[D] Take me in and dry the rain
[A] Take me in and dry the rain
[G] Take me in and dry the rain
[F#] Take me in and dry the rain the rain
[E] The rain the rain the rain now
B D A G F# E
[B] I asked him time again
[D] Take me in and dry the rain
[A] Take me in and dry the rain
[G] Take me in and dry the rain
[F#] Take me in and dry the rain the rain
[E] The rain the rain the rain now
B D A G F# E (*2)
B A E (*4)
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love, yeah
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love
B A E
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] If there's something inside that you wanna say
[A] Say it out loud it'll be okay
[E] I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
I will be your light
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love
[B] I [A] Need [E] Love
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