Dio - Straight Through The Heart Chords & Tabs

                        Straight Through The Heart

                    by Dio From the album: Holy Diver
                              Bass Tablature

          transcribed by Joe Vahabzadeh . . . king_v@mindless.com
                           Completed on: 3/29/96
           Any problems or maybe corrections, let me know . . . .
          I'm not really 100% sure on the timing, but did my best.
There are some places where the bassist varies things a bit, adding perhaps
a slide when going from C# to E on the pre-chorus, and occasionally playing
 a non-short note short, and vice-versa. Listen to the song, you'll get the
                                   idea.
  Other than that, I *tried* to be as accurate and exact as I could, but I
                warn you, I don't have that good of an ear.

                    Lyrics at the end of the tablature

h.= dotted half note
h = half note
q = quarter note
e.= dotted eigth note
e = eigth note
s = 16th note

* = beneath means note is played short, typically sounds like the next
    smaller note, ie a short quarter sounds kind of like an eighth
    note followed by an eighth rest, etc.

R = Rest

() = indicates note is not struck again, but is continued from previous note.

Intro:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---------------|----2-----0-----4---2-0-2-0-----|
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|R-----------2-0-------------2-0-|
  q       s e.    q       q        e   e     s s s e   s s s s s s

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---------------|----------------0---------------|
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|0-2-----R---------2-----R-------|
  q       s e.    q       q        s e.    q       s e.    q
                                     *               *

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---------------|----2-----0-----4---2-0-2-0-----|
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|R-----------2-0-------------2-0-|
  q       s e.    q       q        e   e     s s s e   s s s s s s

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|0-0----(0)----------------------|
  q       s e.    q       q        s e.    h.

Verse:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|----------------4---2-0-2-0-----|
 |2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------------------2-0-|
  q       q       q       q        q       q       e   s s s s s s
  *       *       *       *        *       *
  Hanging fromthe . . .

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|
 |2-------2-------2-------2-------|0-2-----R---------2-----R-------|
  q       q       q       q        s e.    q       s e.    q
  *       *       *       *          *               *
  Looks like a . . .

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|----------------4---2-0-2-0-----|
 |2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------------------2-0-|
  q       q       q       q        q       q       e   s s s s s s
  *       *       *       *        *       *
  No one  ever . . .

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2-------2-------2-------2-------|0-2-----R-------0-0----(0)------|
  q       q       q       q        s e.    q       s e. +  q
  *       *       *       *          *
  Guess I never . . .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dio/straight_through_the_heart_btab.html ]
Play the above 8 measures twice for verse 1,
Once for verse 2
and once for verse 3 (which is the same as the first half of verse 1)

Pre Chorus:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-|7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   e
  *       *       *       *        *       *       *       *

Chorus:  Play measures 5 through 8 of Intro

Repeat verse, pre-chorus, and chorus

Bridge:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s
  *       *       *       *        *       *       *       *

Play the above 3 times . . .4th time is as follows:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   e
  *       *       *       *        *       *       *       *

Then:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|0-0----(0)----------------------|
  q       s e.    q       q        s e.    h.

Then repeat the verse, pre-chorus, and chorus.

Solo:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-4---4-4-4---4-4-|
 |2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-4-------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s q        e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s
          *       *                        *               *

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2---2-2-2---2-2-----------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---0-0-0---0-0-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s
          *               *        *       *       *       *

Play the above 4 times, but the last 2 measures the 4th time
should be as follows:

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2---2-2-2---2-2-----------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---0-0-0---0-0-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   e
          *               *        *       *       *       *

Then play Pre-chorus
(This time around, the timing of the Pre-Chorus is
 varied slightly )
then
Final Chorus: which is as follows

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------0---------------|----2-----0-----4---2-0-2-0-----|
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|R-----------2-0-------------2-0-|
  q       s e.    q       q        e   e     s s s e   s s s s s s

   Repeat 7 times, then play this:

 |--------------------------------|   This measure might be shortened
 |--------------------------------|   by 1/16th, and the last 1/4 note
 |----------------0---------------|   shortened by that same amount.
 |2-------0-2-------------2-------|
  q       s e.    q       q

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|5-------4-------2---------------|
 |2---------------0---------------|------------------------0---2---|
  h               h                q       q       q       e   e
                                                   *

 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 (2)------------------------------|
 (w)