Set Fire To The Rain (Chromatic) Harmonica Tabs

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._________________________________________________