Rainbow – Do You Close Your Eyes (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1976 Album RISING)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jimmy Bain - Bass'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E +W +W
|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------|--------||
|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------|--------||
|--------------|--------------|-------------5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
|-5--5--5--5-3-|-5--5--5--5-3-|-5--5--5-3-0---|------------|--------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E +E E Q
||--------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o-------------|---------------|-------------5-|-(5)---3-(3)-------|
||--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-0-3-0-|-5--5--5-3-0---|-------------0-3---|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E +E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------5-|-(5)---3-(3)-------|
|-5--5--5--5-3-|-5--5--5--5-3-|-5--5--5-3-5---|-------------0-0-0-|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------5-|-(5)---5-5-(5)---3---|
|-5--5--5-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-3-0---|-----5---------3---3-|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------5-|
|-5--5--5-0-3-0-|-5--5--5-0-3-0-|-5--5--5-3-5---|
+W +H +E E E E
|------------|------------------||
|------------|------------------||
|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)-3-2-0-||
|------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Q H +E E Q H +E E Q H. +W
|---------------|---------------|------------|--------|
|----3----(3)---|----5----(5)---|----7-------|-(7)----|
|---------------|---------------|------------|--------|
|-1-----------1-|-3-----------3-|-5----------|--------|
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E a E E Q a E E Q a E E Q a E E E E
|----5----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-------------5-5---|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3-----3-2-0---|-----2-3-4-5-------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------3-|-(3)-------------3-|-3s5-5-5--3s5-5-5--|-3s5-5-5--3s5-5-3-0-|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|----3------3---|----5------5--|-2-2-2---2-------|---------------------||
|---------------|--------------|-------2---2-1-0-|-(0)-----3-(3)---3-4-||
|-1-----1-1---1-|-3-----3-5----|-----------------|-----3-5-------5-----||
Chorus
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)-5-3--2-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)-5-3--2-0-3-4-|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
Q Q E E E E +Q. E +Q. E +W H Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|-5--5--5-0-5-3-|-(3)---3-(3)---3-|-(3)--------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|------------|-----------0-|
1.
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------5-|-(5)-0-5-3-(3)-------|
|-5--5--5-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-3-0---|---------------0-3-4-|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------5-|
|-5--5--5-0-3-0-|-5--5--5-0-3-0-|-5--5--5-3-0---|
+W +H +E E E E
|------------|-------------------||
|------------|------------------o||
|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)-------o||
|------------|------------0-3-4--||
2.
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------3---5-|-(5)-0-5-3-(3)---3--||
|-5--5--5-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-3-5-------|---------------3----||
Out-Chorus
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)-0-3-0-3-0-3-4-|-5--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)-0-3-0-3-0-3-4-|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E +Q. E +Q. E +W H E E E E E E E E H
|---------------|-----------------|------------|--------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-----------------|------------|--------------|--------------*|
|-5--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---3-(3)---3-|-(3)--------|--------------|--------------*|
|---------------|-----------------|------------|--------0-3-4-|-5-5-3-5------*|Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths