Tarot Woman (Bass) Tab by Rainbow

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TAROT WOMAN (Bassline)
As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1976 Album RISING)

Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jimmy Bain - Bass'

 Intro 1        Intro 2
  Q=138
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx12           Wx4            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
|-------------||------------||------------------|------------------||
|-------------||------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------------||------------||o-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---o||
|-------------||------------||------------------|------------------||

    E E E E E E E S S   E E E E Q  Q   3x E E E E E E E S S   E Q  E Q  Q
||--------------------|----------------||-------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------|---------------o||-------------------|---3----3-----|
||o-5---5---5---5-5-5-|-5---5------3--o||-5---5---5---5-5-5-|--------------|
||--------------------|---------1------||-------------------|-1----1----2--|

   1st & 2nd Verses
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------1-----|-----------------|---------1-----|
||--3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------1-----|-----------------|---------1------||
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1---||

 Pre-Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-1-----------1---|
|---------------6-|-4---4---4---4-4-|-----------------|------3-(3)------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------6-|-4---4---4---4---|-6----4-(4)----|-3----1-(1)----||

 Chorus
  E E E E E E E S S   E E E S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E S S   E E E S S Q  Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5-3-3-|-5---5-0-0----3--|-5---5---5---5-3-3-|-5---5-0-0----3--|
|-------------------|-----------1-----|-------------------|-----------1-----|

                                       1.
  E E E E E E E S S   E E E S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E Q  E Q  Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3----3-------o||
|-5---5---5---5-3-3-|-5---5-0-0----3--|-5---5---5---5---|----------------o||
|-------------------|-----------1-----|-----------------|-1----1----2-----||

  2.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------3-----|----------------|-5----3-(3)--1--|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3--|-5----3-(3)--1--|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|

                                Guitar Solo
  W          +H     +E  E Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
|----------|-----------------||------------------|---------------|
|----------|-----------------||o-----------------|---------------|
|-5--------|-(5)----(5)------||o-----------------|---------1-----|
|----------|------------1-2--||--3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   4x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------o||-----------------|-----------5-6---|
|-----------------|---------1-----o||-3---3---3---3-1-|---------------6-|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------1---||-----------------|-4---4---4-------|

  E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3---3---3---3-2-|-1-----------1--|-3---3---3---3-1-|------------------|
|-----------------|------3-(3)-----|-----------------|-4---4---4---4-1--|

  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H         E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    4x
|---------------|---------------||------------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-1-------------|---------------||o-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3---o||
|------4-(4)----|-3----1-(1)----||------------------|---------1-------||

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    W          +H     +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------||
|----------------|-5----3-(3)--1--|----------|-----------------||
|-5----3-(3)--1--|----------------|-5--------|-(5)----(5)------||
|----------------|----------------|----------|------------3-4--||

 3rd Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-----|
|-5---5---5---5-0-|-5---5------3--|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3------||
|-5---5---5---5-0-|-5---5------3--|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5------3-0-||

 Pre-Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5---5---5---5-3-|-1---1---1---1---|-5---5---5---5---|-3-----------3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------5-(5)-----|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5---5---5---5-3-|-1---1---1---1---|-3-3-3-1-(1)-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-----------5-||
|-----------------|---------------3-|-------------------|-------3-(3)-3-3---||

 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-7---7---7---7-5-|-7---7------5--|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5--|
|-----------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-----|

    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5--|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5---o||
||------------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-------||

   Outro Synthesizer Solo
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    6x
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5--|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7------5---o||
||------------------|---------3-----|-----------------|---------3-------||

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
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths