Rainbow – Kill The King (Bass Tab)
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KILL THE KING (Bassline)
As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1978 Album LONG LIVE ROCK'N'ROLL )
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio & Cozy Powell
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Daisley - Bass'
Intro
Q=220
4/4
Gtr I
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|--------|
||o----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
||o----------|------------|----------|--------|
||--3--------|-(3)--------|----------|--------|
W +W W Q. E +Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|------------|-1--------|-1----1-(1)--3---o||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|-----------------o||
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E +E E Q
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1---------------|
||--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|------1-(1)-1-1--|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-1----1----|------------------o||
|-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|---1---1---1---1---||
1st & 2nd Verses
2.
Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------3-(3)-3-3-1-||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1----------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Q. E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------3-(3)----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Q. E +H Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q
|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|------3-(3)----|--------------|----------------|-3--3--3-3-3---|
|-1-------------|-1--1--1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|---------------|
E E Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------0-1-|-(1)--1--1-0-1-3-|-(3)--3--3-1-3-5-|-(5)--5--5-5-----|
|-3-3-3--3-3-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----------4-5--|
|--------------|-1--1--1-1-1--|-1--1-1-1-1-3--|-5--5--5-5------|
|-3--3--3-3-3--|--------------|---------------|----------------|
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(5)--5--5-5-3---|-----------------|---------------5-|-(5)--5--5-4-5-7--|
|---------------6-|-(6)--6--6-5-6-8-|-(8)--8--8-6-8---|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
+Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-(7)------------|--------------|-7-8-7-5-7-5-----|-------------||
|------5--5-4-5--|-5--5--5-4-5--|-------------8-7-|-5\----------||
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------||
Chorus
Q E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E Q Q. E +E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-1----------------|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3--|----------------|------1-(1)-1-1---|
Q Q E E Q E E E E +E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-1--1--1-1-1--|-----------3---3--|
|-3--3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3--|--------------|---1---1----------|
Q Q E E Q E E E E +E E Q Q E E E E Q Q. E +E E Q
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-1----------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3--|---------------|------1-(1)-1-1---|
Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E Q. E +E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|------3-(3)-3-3---o||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--|----------------|-1-----------------||
Interlude
2.
E E E E E E E E Q Q H W +W
|------------------|-------------||-----------|--------|
|-7-8-7----7-5-----|-------------||o----------|--------|
|-------10-----8-7-|-5\----------||o----------|--------|
|------------------|-------------||--3--------|-(3)----|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W Q. E +Q Q Q H.
|----------|-----------------||----------|
|-1--------|-1----1-(1)--3--o||-5--------|
|----------|----------------o||----------|
|----------|-----------------||----3-----|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|-3--3--3-3-3---|
|-3--3--3-3-3--|-1--1--1-1-1---|-1--1--1-1-1---|---------------|
Guitar Solo
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||------------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3\----------||------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---7-5-7-7------|---7-5-7-7------|---7-5-7-7-------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|---7-5-7-7-----|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------0--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----7------|
|-------------8-8-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
Interlude
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q Q E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||o--------------|
|-7----7------|-7----7------|-7----7------||o--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--5--5--5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q 4x Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------5-(5)-----o||--------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-----------3---||-5--5--5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-5--5--5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5h7-7--7-7-7--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--------------|
3rd Verse
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q H Q Q E E Q
|----------------|----------------|--------------||---------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------||---------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5--|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5\-----------||---------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------||-7--7--7-7-7---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5----0-(0)--0--|-7--7--7-7-7---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-7--7--7-7-7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5----0-(0)--0--|---------------|
E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7-7------------|--------------|-----------4-5-|-(5)--5--5-4-5-7--|
|-----4-4-5-5-6--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7-7-----|------------------|
|----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
+H E E E E +Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-(7)----7-5-7-9-|-(9)------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-5--5--5-5-5---|
|----------------|------7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|---------------|
Q E E E E Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|------------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-----------7-9-|-(9)--9--9---7----|-------------------7--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-7--|-9--9--9-9-----|-----------7---10-|-(10)--10--10-9-10----|
|---------------|---------------|------------------|----------------------|
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|---------------6-|-(6)------------|--------------|
|-(7)--7--7----7-9-|-(9)--9--9-8-9---|----------------|--------------|
|-----------10-----|-----------------|------9--9-9-9--|-9--9--9------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-6-7-6---6-------|-------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-------9---9-7-6-|-------------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-9\----------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------||--5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------5-(5)--5--|-7--7-7-7-7-7--|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------7---7-|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---5---5---------|-7--7--7-7-7--|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7---|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------o||
|------5-(5)----|-3----2-(2)----|------5-(5)----|-3----2-(2)-----||
Q=200
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H H H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|-----------||
|------5-(5)----|-3----2-(2)----|------5-(5)----|-3----2----||Outro
H.=H Q=170
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+W +W +Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------|------------|--------------|---------------------------| |------------|------------|--------------|-------------0-------------| |------------|------------|--------------|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---| |-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|---------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------| |-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H |-------------------------|------------*| |-------------0-----------|------------*| |-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-------*| |-------------------------|------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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