Rainbow – Tarot Woman (Bass Tab)
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Bass Tab
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TAROT WOMAN (Bassline)
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 1 Intro 2
Q=138
4/4
Gtr I
Wx12 Wx4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------||------------||------------------|------------------||
|-------------||------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------------||------------||o-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---o||
|-------------||------------||------------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E S S E E E E Q Q 3x E E E E E E E S S E Q E Q Q
||--------------------|----------------||-------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------|---------------o||-------------------|---3----3-----|
||o-5---5---5---5-5-5-|-5---5------3--o||-5---5---5---5-5-5-|--------------|
||--------------------|---------1------||-------------------|-1----1----2--|
1st & 2nd Verses
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 Q Q
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------1-----|-----------------|---------1-----|
||--3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|
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 Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------1-----|-----------------|---------1------||
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1---||
Pre-Chorus
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 +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-1-----------1---|
|---------------6-|-4---4---4---4-4-|-----------------|------3-(3)------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------6-|-4---4---4---4---|-6----4-(4)----|-3----1-(1)----||
Chorus
E E E E E E E S S E E E S S Q Q E E E E E E E S S E E E S S Q Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5-3-3-|-5---5-0-0----3--|-5---5---5---5-3-3-|-5---5-0-0----3--|
|-------------------|-----------1-----|-------------------|-----------1-----|
1.
E E E E E E E S S E E E S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3----3-------o||
|-5---5---5---5-3-3-|-5---5-0-0----3--|-5---5---5---5---|----------------o||
|-------------------|-----------1-----|-----------------|-1----1----2-----||
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------3-----|----------------|-5----3-(3)--1--|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3--|-5----3-(3)--1--|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
Guitar Solo
W +H +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------|-----------------||------------------|---------------|
|----------|-----------------||o-----------------|---------------|
|-5--------|-(5)----(5)------||o-----------------|---------1-----|
|----------|------------1-2--||--3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------o||-----------------|-----------5-6---|
|-----------------|---------1-----o||-3---3---3---3-1-|---------------6-|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1---||-----------------|-4---4---4-------|
E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3---3---3---3-2-|-1-----------1--|-3---3---3---3-1-|------------------|
|-----------------|------3-(3)-----|-----------------|-4---4---4---4-1--|
Q. E +H Q. E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q 4x
|---------------|---------------||------------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-1-------------|---------------||o-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3---o||
|------4-(4)----|-3----1-(1)----||------------------|---------1-------||
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q W +H +E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|----------------|-5----3-(3)--1--|----------|-----------------||
|-5----3-(3)--1--|----------------|-5--------|-(5)----(5)------||
|----------------|----------------|----------|------------3-4--||
3rd Verse
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 Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-----|
|-5---5---5---5-0-|-5---5------3--|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3--|
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 Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3------||
|-5---5---5---5-0-|-5---5------3--|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3-0-||
Pre-Chorus
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 +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5---5---5---5-3-|-1---1---1---1---|-5---5---5---5---|-3-----------3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------5-(5)-----|
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---5---5-3-|-1---1---1---1---|-3-3-3-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-----------5-||
|-----------------|---------------3-|-------------------|-------3-(3)-3-3---||
Chorus
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 Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-7---7---7---7-5-|-7---7------5--|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5--|
|-----------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-----|
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 Q Q
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5--|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5---o||
||------------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-------||
Outro Synthesizer Solo
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 Q Q 6x
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5--|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5---o||
||------------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-------||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