Closer To My Heart Tab by Ratt

Closer To My Heart tab by Ratt

Guitar Tab

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 Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '6 String Acoustic'

Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Nashville Tuned Acoustic (12 String)'

Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm Guitar - Robbin Crosby'

Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar - Warren DeMartini'

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 Intro - 12 String Acoustic
  Asus2
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  E Q    E +E  E E E   +E  Q.      E E E E   E Q    E +E  E E E   +E  E +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.


  Asus2
  E Q    E +E  E E E   +E  Q.      E E E E   E Q    E +E  E 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
    Asus2
    E Q    E +E  E E E   +E  Q.      E E E E
||---------0-(0)-------|---------------------|
||o--------------0-----|---------------0---0-|
||-------------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
||--0h2------------2---|-----2------/5---4---|
||o--------------------|--------0------------|
||------0--------------|-(0)-----------------|
    Q   H.               +Q     H.


  E Q    E +E  E E E   +E  E +H.
|--------0-(0)-------|--------------|
|--------------0-----|--------------|
|------------------2-|-(2)----------|
|-0h2------------2---|-----2-(2)----|
|--------------------|--------0-----|
|-----0--------------|--0-----------|
  Q   H.                Q     H.


  Asus2
  E Q    E +E  E E E   +E  Q.      E E E E   E Q    E +E  E 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  A5     G5   D5E5          Gm    Bm
  Gtrs III, IV
  E Q  E H      E E E  E E E Q    E Q  E H      E E E E +E  E 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  A5     G5   D5E5          Gm    Bm
  E Q  E H      E E E  E E E Q    E Q  E H      E E E E +E  E 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
  $
  E5          D                  E5          D
  H    H      E E Q  +E  E E E   H    H      E E Q  +E  E E E
|-----------|------------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---------|------------------|


  E5          D                  E5          D
  H    H      E E Q  +E  E E E   H    H      E 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---------|-----------|


  Cadd9 D            Dsus4  D            Dsus4D            Dsus4  D
  E E E E +Q   E E    Q   E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +Q   E E    Q   E 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        A5           G5      D5E5        A5           G5
  E Q  E Q.    E    +H     Q  Q    E Q  E Q.    E    +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        A5           G5      D5E5        G5
  E Q  E Q.    E    +H     Q  Q    E Q  E Q.    E    +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
  D5     E5
  Gtr III
   E     Q  E   H
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--7S====9------9------------------|
|--7S====9------9------------------|
|--5S====7------7------------------|
|-----------0----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|  H           +E   +E   E     +E
|-10b12=======(10)r(10)-10b12r(10)-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


  D5            E5                A5            G5
   E              E            E   E   E   E      Q
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------10--------------8--------|
|--7S=============9----------------9--------------7--------|
|--7S=============9----------------7--------------5--------|
|--5S=============7----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------0-----------0---------------|
|
|                              ~~~~
|  S     +S      +S      +S   +Q      +E   E     +E.  S
|-10b12r(10)b12r(10)b12-(10)-(10)----(10)-10b11-(10)-10b12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


  D5    E5
   E     Q           E          H
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--7S====9----------------------9----------------|
|--7S====9----------------------9----------------|
|--5S====7----------------------7----------------|
|--------------------0---------------------------|
|
|                                  ~~~
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  T T  S  E.  +E   S  S
|-10----10---------------------------------------|
|----12----12-11-12-11p10---------10--(10)----10-|
|-------------------------12p9-12----------12----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


  Gm        Bm                                D5  E5
   E    E E   E     +E    E     Q             E   Q   E 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    +S  E    +S    S S Q.    H
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-12b16r====(12)S10--8h10-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-|-----------8b9----|
|-------------------------------------------|-9p7h9------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|------------------|


                                                             D.S. al Coda
  D5  E5  A5           G5    D5 E5                  Gm    Bm
   E  E E  E    E  E   Q      E Q    E   H          E E E E    +E   E  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  E   +E  S S E E    E E E  E  +Q   E  E   E E E E  a  E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------12-10--||
|-(8)----------------------|----------------------|---------10S12--10--------||
|-------9--7b9-(7)-7-------|----------------------|-----9-7------------------||
|--------------------9-8-7-|------7---------------|-9-7----------------------||
|--------------------------|-10-7---10-(10)--7----|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------10-|--------------------------||


  &
  D5E5        A5           G5      D5E5        A5           E5
  Gtrs III, IV
  E Q  E Q.    E    +H     Q  Q    E Q  E Q.    E    +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             A5                       G5
  Gtr III
  E Q  E Q.         E         +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                A5             G5
  E Q  E  Q.            E     +H       Q        Q
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------10--|-(10)------8-----------------|
|-7S9-----9-------------9--|--(9)------7-----------------|
|-7S9-----9-------------7--|--(7)------5--------4--------|
|-5S7-----7----------------|-----------------------------|
|------0-------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H       E  E  E      +E     +H      +E  E  a  E  E
|-7----------7-------------|----------------------15b17==|
|--------10----10b12==(10)-|-(10)r===(10)-8-15S17--------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|


  D5       E5          A5                              G5
    E      Q  E   Q.    E    +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    +Q    +S   T  T  S  S      +Q    +Q
|-(15)b17=======(15)------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------21-|-(21)--(21)-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------21----21-19b21==(19)r=(19)--|
|-------------------------|---------------21-----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|


  D5   E5                                  A5           G5
    E  Q   E        Q.                      E    +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    +H.        E  E
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-(19)----19h21p19----------------------------|------------21-19-|
|------------------21p20h21p20p19----------19-|-(19)-------------|
|---------------------------------22p19h22----|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|


  D5       E5                                                   A5
   E       Q                 E        Q.                         E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------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-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                       G5
   +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  S  S
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19h20p19----------19h20p19----------------------------------|
|-----------21p19h21----------21p19h21-19-------19-------------|
|-----------------------------------------22-21----22-21-21-22-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


  D5 E5             A5                    G5
   E Q  E  Q.        E       +H             Q   Q
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------10----|-(10)------------8------*|
|--7S9-----9---------9----|--(9)------------7------*|
|--7S9-----9---------7----|--(7)------------5---4--*|
|--5S7-----7--------------|------------------------*|
|-------0-----------------|------------------------*|
|
|  ~~~                               ~~~
|  H       E   E  E  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 - 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

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