Tabs
CLOSER TO MY HEART
As recorded by Ratt (From the 1985 Album INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY)
Tablature (Tab) for Guitar
Transcribed by Pedro11Henrique
Words by Stephen Pearcy
Music by Robbin Crosby & Stephen Pearcy
Arranged by Ratt
Gtr I (
Eb MajorEb 
AbAb 
DbDb 
GbGb 
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - '6 String Acoustic'
Gtr II (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Nashville Tuned Acoustic (12 String)'
Gtr III (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Rhythm Guitar - Robbin Crosby'
Gtr IV (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Lead Guitar - Warren DeMartini'
Intro - 12 String Acoustic
Asus2Asus2
4/4
Gtrs I, II
E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +H.
|--------0-(0)-------|---------------------|--------0-(0)-------|--------------|
|--------------0-----|---------------0---0-|--------------0-----|--------------|
|------------------2-|-(2)-----------------|------------------2-|-(2)----------|
|-0h2------------2---|-----2------/5---4---|-0h2------------2---|-----2-(2)----|
|--------------------|--------0------------|--------------------|--------0-----|
|-----0--------------|-(0)-----------------|-----0--------------|--0-----------|
Q H. +Q H. Q H. Q H.
Asus2Asus2
E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q W
|--------0-(0)-------|---------------------|--------0-(0)------|-^0----||
|--------------0-----|---------------0---0-|--------------0----|-^0----||
|------------------2-|-(2)-----------------|-------------------|-^2----||
|-0h2------------2---|-----2------/5---4---|-0h2------------2--|-^2----||
|--------------------|--------0------------|-------------------|-^0----||
|-----0--------------|-(0)-----------------|-----0-------------|-------||
Q H. +Q H. Q H.
Verse
Asus2Asus2
E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E
||---------0-(0)-------|---------------------|
||o--------------0-----|---------------0---0-|
||-------------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
||--0h2------------2---|-----2------/5---4---|
||o--------------------|--------0------------|
||------0--------------|-(0)-----------------|
Q H. +Q H.
E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +H.
|--------0-(0)-------|--------------|
|--------------0-----|--------------|
|------------------2-|-(2)----------|
|-0h2------------2---|-----2-(2)----|
|--------------------|--------0-----|
|-----0--------------|--0-----------|
Q H. Q H.
Asus2Asus2
E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q W
|--------0-(0)-------|---------------------|--------0-(0)------|-^0----||
|--------------0-----|---------------0---0-|--------------0----|-^0----||
|------------------2-|-(2)-----------------|-------------------|-^2----||
|-0h2------------2---|-----2------/5---4---|-0h2------------2--|-^2----||
|--------------------|--------0------------|-------------------|-^0----||
|-----0--------------|-(0)-----------------|-----0-------------|-------||
Q H. +Q H. Q H.
Pre-Chorus
D5E5 D5E5 
A5A5 
G5G5 D5E5 
G minorGm 
B minorBm
Gtrs III, IV
E MajorE Q E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------10-----8--|-------------|------------------|
|-7S9----9----|-7S9----9-----7--|-7S9----9----|-4-4-4-7-(7)-7-7--|
|-7S9----9----|-7S9----7-----5--|-7S9----9----|-5-5-5-9-(9)-9-9--|
|-5S7----7----|-5S7-------------|-5S7----7----|-5-5-5-9-(9)-9-9--|
|------0------|-----0------0----|------0------|-3-3-3-7-(7)-7-7--|
D5E5 D5E5 A5A5 G5G5 D5E5 G minorGm B minorBm
E MajorE Q E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------10-----8--|-------------|------------------||
|-7S9----9----|-7S9----9-----7--|-7S9----9----|-4-4-4-7-(7)-7-7--||
|-7S9----9----|-7S9----7-----5--|-7S9----9----|-5-5-5-9-(9)-9-9--||
|-5S7----7----|-5S7-------------|-5S7----7----|-5-5-5-9-(9)-9-9--||
|------0------|-----0------0----|------0------|-3-3-3-7-(7)-7-7--||
Chorus
$
E5E5 
D MajorD E5E5 D MajorD
H H E MajorE E Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H H E MajorE E Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------|------------7-----|-----------|------------7-----|
|-----------|-7---7--(7)---8-7-|-----------|-7---7--(7)---8-7-|
|------9----|-7---7--(7)-------|------9----|-7---7--(7)-------|
|------9----|-7---7--(7)-------|------9----|-7---7--(7)-------|
|------7----|-5---5--(5)-------|------7----|-5---5--(5)-------|
|-0---------|------------------|-0---------|------------------|
E5E5 D MajorD E5E5 D MajorD
H H E MajorE E Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H H E MajorE E H.
|-----------|------------7-----|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-7---7--(7)---8-7-|-----------|-7---7-----|
|------9----|-7---7--(7)-------|------9----|-7---7-----|
|------9----|-7---7--(7)-------|------9----|-7---7-----|
|------7----|-5---5--(5)-------|------7----|-5---5-----|
|-0---------|------------------|-0---------|-----------|
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD 
Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4D Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +H
|---3---2-(2)----2-|--3-----2-(2)----2-|-3----2-(2)----2-|--3-----2-(2)----|
|-----3--------3---|------3--------3---|----3--------3---|------3----------|
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-0---------------|-(0)-------------|
|-3----------------|-(3)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
W +W W +W
To Coda
D5E5 A5A5 G5G5 D5E5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------10-|-(10)----8-----|-------------10-|-(10)----8-----|
|-7S9----9-----9-|--(9)----7-----|-7S9----9-----9-|--(9)----7-----|
|-7S9----9-----7-|--(7)----5--4--|-7S9----9-----7-|--(7)----5--4--|
|-5S7----7-------|---------------|-5S7----7-------|---------------|
|------0---------|---------------|------0---------|---------------|
D5E5 A5A5 G5G5 D5E5 G5G5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +W
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------||
|-------------10-|-(10)----8-----|-------------10-|-(10)----o||
|-7S9----9-----9-|--(9)----7-----|-7S9----9-----9-|--(9)-----||
|-7S9----9-----7-|--(7)----5--4--|-7S9----9-----7-|--(7)-----||
|-5S7----7-------|---------------|-5S7----7-------|---------o||
|------0---------|---------------|------0---------|----------||
Guitar Solo - Warren
D5D5 E5E5
Gtr III
E MajorE Q E MajorE H
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--7S====9------9------------------|
|--7S====9------9------------------|
|--5S====7------7------------------|
|-----------0----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H +E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE
|-10b12=======(10)r(10)-10b12r(10)-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
D5D5 E5E5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------10--------------8--------|
|--7S=============9----------------9--------------7--------|
|--7S=============9----------------7--------------5--------|
|--5S=============7----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------0-----------0---------------|
|
| ~~~~
| S +S +S +S +Q +E MajorE E MajorE +E. S
|-10b12r(10)b12r(10)b12-(10)-(10)----(10)-10b11-(10)-10b12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
D5D5 E5E5
E MajorE Q E MajorE H
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--7S====9----------------------9----------------|
|--7S====9----------------------9----------------|
|--5S====7----------------------7----------------|
|--------------------0---------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| S S S S S S T T T T S E. +E MajorE S S
|-10----10---------------------------------------|
|----12----12-11-12-11p10---------10--(10)----10-|
|-------------------------12p9-12----------12----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
G minorGm B minorBm D5D5 E5E5
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE H
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|--4----4-4---7-----(7)---7-----7-----------|-7S==9-----9------|
|--5----5-5---9-----(9)---9-----9-----------|-7S==9-----9------|
|--5----5-5---9-----(9)---9-----9-----------|-5S==7-----7------|
|--3----3-3---7-----(7)---7-----7-----------|---------0--------|
|
| ~~
| Q. +S S S S E MajorE +S E MajorE +S S S Q. H
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-12b16r====(12)S10--8h10-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-|-----------8b9----|
|-------------------------------------------|-9p7h9------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D5D5 E5E5 A5A5 G5G5 D5D5 E5E5 G minorGm B minorBm
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------||
|---------10-----------8---|----------------------|--------------------------||
|--7S=9----9-----------7---|--7S9--------9--------|-4-4-4-7----(7)--7--7-----||
|--7S=9----7-----------5---|--7S9--------9--------|-5-5-5-9----(9)--9--9-----||
|--5S=7--------------------|--5S7--------7--------|-5-5-5-9----(9)--9--9-----||
|-------0----------0-------|---------0------------|-3-3-3-7----(7)--7--7-----||
|
| ~~~~~~~
| +Q E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE +Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E a E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------12-10--||
|-(8)----------------------|----------------------|---------10S12--10--------||
|-------9--7b9-(7)-7-------|----------------------|-----9-7------------------||
|--------------------9-8-7-|------7---------------|-9-7----------------------||
|--------------------------|-10-7---10-(10)--7----|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------10-|--------------------------||
&
D5E5 A5A5 G5G5 D5E5 A5A5 E5E5
Gtrs III, IV
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------10-|-(10)----8-----|-------------10-|-(10)----8-----|
|-7S9----9-----9-|--(9)----7-----|-7S9----9-----9-|--(9)----7-----|
|-7S9----9-----7-|--(7)----5--4--|-7S9----9-----7-|--(7)----5--4--|
|-5S7----7-------|---------------|-5S7----7-------|---------------|
|------0---------|---------------|------0---------|---------------|
D5E5 A5A5 G5G5
Gtr III
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------10------|-(10)-------------8-------|
|-7S9----9----------9------|--(9)-------------7-------|
|-7S9----9----------7------|--(7)-------------5----4--|
|-5S7----7-----------------|--------------------------|
|------0-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~
| H Q S S S S S S Q. +H
|--------------------------|------<7>-----------------|
|--------------<7>-----<7>-|--<5>-----<5>---(<5>)-----|
|------------------<7>-----|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D5E5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------10--|-(10)------8-----------------|
|-7S9-----9-------------9--|--(9)------7-----------------|
|-7S9-----9-------------7--|--(7)------5--------4--------|
|-5S7-----7----------------|-----------------------------|
|------0-------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE +H +E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE
|-7----------7-------------|----------------------15b17==|
|--------10----10b12==(10)-|-(10)r===(10)-8-15S17--------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D5D5 E5E5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------10-|-(10)-------------------------8---------|
|---7S=====9------9-----9-|--(9)-------------------------7---------|
|---7S=====9------9-----7-|--(7)-------------------------5-----4---|
|---5S=====7------7-------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| +H +Q. E MajorE +Q +S T T S S +Q +Q
|-(15)b17=======(15)------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------21-|-(21)--(21)-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------21----21-19b21==(19)r=(19)--|
|-------------------------|---------------21-----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D5D5 E5E5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------------10-|-(10)----8--------|
|---7S=9------------9-----------------------9-|--(9)----7--------|
|---7S=9------------9-----------------------7-|--(7)----5---4----|
|---5S=7------------7-------------------------|------------------|
|----------0----------------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| +Q. S S S S S S S S S S S E MajorE +H. E MajorE E MajorE
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-(19)----19h21p19----------------------------|------------21-19-|
|------------------21p20h21p20p19----------19-|-(19)-------------|
|---------------------------------22p19h22----|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
D5D5 E5E5 A5A5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------10-------|
|--7S======9--------------------------9--------------------------9-------|
|--7S======9--------------------------9--------------------------7-------|
|--5S======7--------------------------7----------------------------------|
|----------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
|
| |------5------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p19------------19h20p19----------19h20p19----------19h20p19----------|
|-------21p==19h21----------21p19h21----------21p19h21----------21p19h21-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5G5
+H Q Q
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(10)----------------------------------8----------------------|
|--(9)----------------------------------7----------------------|
|--(7)----------------------------------5--------------4-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |------6-------| |------6-------| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E MajorE S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19h20p19----------19h20p19----------------------------------|
|-----------21p19h21----------21p19h21-19-------19-------------|
|-----------------------------------------22-21----22-21-21-22-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D5D5 E5E5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE Q E MajorE Q. E MajorE +H Q Q
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------10----|-(10)------------8------*|
|--7S9-----9---------9----|--(9)------------7------*|
|--7S9-----9---------7----|--(7)------------5---4--*|
|--5S7-----7--------------|------------------------*|
|-------0-----------------|------------------------*|
|
| ~~~ ~~~
| H E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S Q. +H
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-21------22--21-19-------|------------------------*|
|-------------------22-21-|-(21)-22-21----(21)-----*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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
