Author/Artist: Rainbow
Title: Light in  the Black
Album: Rising (1976)

tworth87@yahoo.com

() are for a light upstroke, not harmonic

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           Main riff 4 times for intro then . . .     
                      

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 break A fast                                         
                               

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 verse A(play this then Main riff) * 2                
                                                      
    

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 verse B (play this then Main riff) * 2  
Richie throws the 5~s in occasionally

                                                      
           
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then this

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--------5--(5)------4--(4)----|------5--(5)------7-------7-----7-------------
--------5--(5)------4--(4)----|------5--(5)------7-------7-----7-------------
----2/3-3---3---32-2---------|--2/3-3-------2/3-5-------5-----5-------------
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   2X                            3rd time             
                                                      
     
then back to main riff X 4 w/ break A

                                                      
                      
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 leads into keyboard solo? 2X                         
                            

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-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------
initial backing to keyboard solo, follow bass

then break backing near end of keyboard solo

then guitar solo - not tabbed

after solo go back to main riff/break A, then the
verses A, B again

here is the ending:

Main riff X4

-----------------------------------------7------7------------------------
------------------------------------------10-8---10-8-8--8-7-------------
----------------------7-6---7-6------6-----------------------------------
-9-7----9-7------7--------9-----9-9-9-9----------------------------------
-----10-----10-10-10-----------------------------------------------------
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double main riff with something like this, last 3
times

      

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---------------5-6-7-8-9-10-11------7-8-9------------------------------------
-----4-5-7--9------------------9-10------------------------------------------
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this is not exactly right

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