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/ Rainbow / Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) / Black Sheep of the Family bass tab

Intro:
G-----------------------|
D-----------------------|
A-5~---3~---------------|
E-------------5~---1~---|

Verse:
G----------------------|
D------5-5--------5-5--|
A----------------------|
E-33--------33---------|
(3x), then

G--------------------|
D------5-5-----------|
A------------2-3-4---|
E-33-----------------|

G-------------------------------------------5-5---------5----|
D------5-5------5------3-3--------3--------------------------|
A---------------------------------------33---------33--------|
E-33--------33-----11--------11------------------------------|

G------------------------------------|
D-----5-5------5-------5-5-------5---|
A------------------------------------|
E-33-------33------33--------33------|


G----------------------------------------------5-5--------5---|
D------5-5-------5-------7-7---------7------------------------|
A------------------------------------------33---------33------|
E-33--------33------55---------55-----------------------------|

G--------------------------------|
D------5-5-----5-----5-5-----5---|
A--------------------------------|
E-33-------33-----33------33-----|

Chorus:
"So fortune shine your light on me"
G-----------------------------------------|
D------3--------------------5-5-------5---|
A---3----------5--------------------------|
E-1--------0------3-0---33-------33-------|
Play from "So fortune shine your light on me" 3 times, then play

"I'm the black sheep of the family"
G----------------------------5-5----------5---|
D------3-3--------3---------------------------|
A-----------------------33--------33----------|
E-11---------11-------------------------------|

Repeat verse and chorus one time, then play

"Don't talk to me about society"
G-----------------------7-------------------------|
D--------------------7----7----5-5----------------|
A--------3------5~------------------7-7-5-5-3-----|
E-5~---3---3--------------------------------------|

"You've got to play the rules or pay the penalty"
G--------------------|
D--------------------|
A----7------7--5-55--|
E-5~----55~----------|

"Because there's nothing to choose between a hand full of blues, double indemnity"
G--------------------------------------|
D----------------------5~--------------|
A------------5-55-5~------7~--5~--3~---|
E-3-33-3-------------------------------|

G----------------------|
D------5-5--------5-5--|
A----------------------|
E-33--------33---------|
(3x), then

G------------------------|
D----5-5-----------------|
A--------2-3-4--4-5-6-7--|
E-33---------------------|

The third verse is played like this

G--------------------------------------------7-7-------7----|
D------7-7-------7------5-5--------5------------------------|
A----------------------------------------55---------55------|
E-55--------55------33--------33----------------------------|

G------------------------------------------|
D------7-7--------7--------7-7---------7---|
A------------------------------------------|
E-55--------55--------55---------55--------|


G---------------------------------------------7-7--------7---|
D------7-7-------7-------9-9---------9-----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------55---------55------|
E-55--------55------77---------77----------------------------|

G-----------------------------------------|
D------7-7-------7----------7-7-------7---|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-55--------55--------55---------55-------|

Repeat whole chorus 2 times, then keep on repeating just from where it say's "I'm the
sheep of the family" until the end of the song.

This is a great song that Ritchie Blackmore did with a band called elf, which later
Rainbow, the song is a cover originally done by a band called Quatermass, and it was
on "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow", I hope you enjoy it and please rate it.


Rainbow albums
1983 Bent Out of Shape
1982 Straight Between the Eyes
1981 Difficult to Cure
1979 Down to Earth
1978 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
1976 Rainbow Rising
1975 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow tabs
01Man on the Silver Mountain tabbass tab
02Self Portrait tabbass tab
03Black Sheep of the Family tabbass tab
04Catch the Rainbow tabbass tab
06The Temple of the King tabbass tab
08Sixteenth Century Greensleeves tabbass tab
09Still I'm Sad tabbass tab

 

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