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/ Rainbow / Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) / Sixteenth Century Greensleeves bass tab

Intro
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A-7~--5~------------------------------------------
E-------------7-5~--33333333333333etc.--3/--------

Main riff
G-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------
A-------------5------5h7-5-3-5-3h5-3--------
E-7-7-5-7-7-0---7-7-------------------5-3---

G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-------------5------5h7-5-3-5-3--
E-7-7-5-7-7-0---7-7---------------

Verse
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A------------7-7-----------7-7----7--------7---------7------------
E-7-7-x-7-7-------0h7-7-0------7----5-0-0----0-3/7-7----5--5-7~---
Play the verse twice there is a slight variation between the two that is hard to hear, but you can just play this

Chorus
“Meet me when the sun is in the western sky”
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E-7-7-7-5-0-3-3--5-5-7-5-7-5-0----------

“The fighting must begin”
G----------------------------------
D-------------3-------------------
A----3---3h5----7-77-5---5--3-1---
E-5----5---------------3----------

“Crossbows in the”
G---------------------------
D------------5--------7-7---
A-5----5-3h5----3-0-0-------
E----3----------------------
Repeat from where it say's “Crossbows in the” 3 times then after the third one play

G----------------
D---------------
A---------------
E-5-7~----------

Guitar Solo
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------5---5---------
D---------------------------------------------55-----------------------------3-----------
A-----------------------------------------3-5----------------------------3-------5-3-0---
E-0-7-77-7-77-7-0-33-0-3-7-7-0-77-7-5-3-3--------0-3-5-7-7-0-77-7-5-3-3------------------

G-------------------------------------9----9------9---
D---------------------------55555--7----7----7-9------
A-55-----555----555----3-5----------------------------
E-----3-------5-----5---------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------5-3-5--------------------------------------------------------------7-5-7--
A--------------------3--------------------------------------3-5-3-----------------------7--------
E-7-7-5-77-77-5-3-3-----------0-3-5-7-7-5-77-7-5-3-3-0-3-5---------5-0-7-7-5-77-7-6-5-5----------

G------------------------------------7-9-------7-9---------------------
D-7-5-555-----555------3-5-5-5----9---------9---------------9-7--------
A----------5------3-5----------7---------7-------------7-9------9--7---
E----------------------------------------------------9------------------
Back to verse, repeat verse and chorus till the end

This was a very tough song to tab,  because it is very hard to hear what the bass player is doing, but I did the best I could.
There are not enough Rainbow tabs on the internet and this is one of my favorite songs, I hope you enjoy 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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