Rainbow - A Light In The Black Chords & Tabs

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                             A LIGHT IN THE BLACK - Rainbow
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Tabbed by: WibbleWobble
E-mail: organisedchaos@talktalk.net

Tuning: standard EADG

From the all-time hard rock classic LP "Rising" 1976
Bassist:  Jimmy Bain

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D|----5--------------------------5-------5-4-2-------------------------------|
A|-7----9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---9-7---------5-3-2-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------5-3-2-0----------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------7-5-4----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------7-5-4---|
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G|------------------------------------------------------5-3-2----------------|
D|----------5-------------------------------------------------5-3-2----------|
A|-7-7-7--7---9-7---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------5-3-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-5-3-2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------5-3-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5-3----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

(01:02 in - "something's calling me back like a light in the black")
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A|-3-2-----3-2---3-5---------------------------------------------------------|
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From 01:11 to 02:22 repeat all of the above.  Then a slight variation before the keyboard solo:

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E|----------------------------------------------------5-3-2-0----------------|

then keyboard solo @ 02:41 play this until 03:42

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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rainbow/a_light_in_the_black_btab.html ]
then from 03:42 to 04:06
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D|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-3-3-3-3-3---------------3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5--|

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D|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
A|------5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5--------------5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------|

04:06 in (guitar solo) to 05:42
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2nd keyboard solo @05.42 to 06:08
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7----9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---9-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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D|----5--------------------------5-------5-4-2-------------------------------|
A|-7---9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---9-7---------5-3-2-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|----------------------------------------------------5-3-2-0----------------|

06:26 "Won't forget his face,  what a lonely place...." (play this x 2)

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06:48 "all my life it seems just a crazy dream"

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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------5-3-2----------------------------------------------------|
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A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------5-4-3--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

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A|-3-2------3-2-----3-5------------------------------------------------------|
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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7----9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---9-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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Playout to the below;

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D|----5--------------------------5-------5-4-2-------------------------------|
A|-7---9-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---9-7---------5-3-2-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|----------------------------------------------------5-3-2-0----------------|

G|------------------------------7-9-10-11-12---------------------------------|
D|------------------9-10-11-12-----------------------------------------------|
A|-7-9-10-11-12-13----------------------------10-----------------------------|
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