Light In The Black tab by Rainbow

Tabs with lyrics

Title: Light in  the Black
Album: Rising (1976)

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() are for a light upstroke, not harmonic

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--xDrumsx---2---4-2----h4p2-2-2h4p2--------------------------------------------
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           Main riff 4 times for intro then . . .

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---0--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------4--2--0----------------------------------------------------------------
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-0---0--0--0--0--0---0---3p2p0------------------------------------------------
 break A augmentedA fast


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--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4/5-5------------------------------------------------
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 verse A(play this then Main riff) * 2


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--3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3------------------------------------------------
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 verse BB (play this then Main riff) * 2
Richie throws the 5~s in occasionally


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----5-4-2--5p4-2-2-2h4p2-----5-4-2--5p4-2-2-2---------------------------------
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--0------------------------0---------------------------------------------------
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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---3\2-2---------|--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 augmentedA


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--------9--(9)----------------------------------------------------------------
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 leads into keyboard solo? 2X


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---------------------------------------------------5---5----------------------
---------------------------------------------------3---3-----------------------
-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, BB 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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------------------------------------------6-7-8-9-10-11-12-----------\--------
---------------5-6-7-8-9-10-11------7-8-9----------------------------\--------
-----4-5-7--9------------------9-10----------------------------------\-------
--7------------------------------------------------------------------\-------
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this is not exactly right

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--2~----------------------------2-x-------------------------------------------
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--0~----------------------------0-x-------------------------------------------

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