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Cant Happen Here

Rainbow
Tab

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Song

CAN'T HAPPEN HERE

As recorded by Rainbow

(From the 1981 Album DIFFICULT TO CURE)

Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & Roger Glover

Gtr I (E A D G B E)

Intro

N.C.

Gtr I

|----------||-------5--------------|
|----------||---6-----8b10r8-6-8-6-|
|----------||-7---7----------------|
|--------7-||----------------------|
|----------||----------------------|
|----------||----------------------|

F Dm

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8b10--8b10--8b8.5--6--|-6---6-----------------|
|-----------------------|---7---7---------------|
|-----------------------|---------7-(7)---7-7---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Gm

|--------------|-------------|----------||-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------||o----------------|----------------|
|----7--7-7--7-|---7---------|----------||-----3---2p0---3-|-5--3---2p0---0-|
|-5--7--7-7--7-|---7--7-7--x-|---x------||-----3---2p0-0-3-|-5--3---2p0-3-0-|
|--------------|-------------|----------||o------------0---|------------3---|
|--------------|-------------|----------||--3----3-----3---|------3---------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)-(0)-------------|
|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)-(0)-3-0-2-0-----|
|-------------3---|-----------------3---|
|-3-3---3---------|------3------------3-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--|
|-------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--|
|---------------------|------------3----|
|-(3)-3---3-----------|------3----------|

Verse

F Gm

|-----------------|---------------||-||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------o||-||o-----------------|------------------|
|-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0-------------||-||------------------|------------------|
|-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0---3-(3)-----||-||-------5------5---|-----5-------5----|
|-----------------|-----3-(3)----o||-||o-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3---3-----3-3-|-3---1-(1)-----||-||--1S3-----3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--|

F F/A

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------4---|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-5-5---5-5-5---5--|

C Gm

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5----|
|-3-----3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--|

F

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-1-1---1--|

Pre-Chorus

1.

C D

|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------5--------5--|-----5-------5--||----7--5-7----|-7--7--5S7S5S7--|
|-------------------|----------------||----7--5-7--x-|-7--7--5S7S5S7--|
|-1S3-3----1S3-3----|-3-3---3-3-3----||-5------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|

|

| Gtr I

|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------|
|-------------------|----------------||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------|
|-------------------|----------------||-5------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|

Bb C

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----3--1h3-5--|-(5)--3--1h3--3-|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5--|
|----3--2h3-5--|-(5)--3--2h3--3-|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5--|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-1------------|----------------|-3------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|

|

|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----3--1h3----|------3--1h3----|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5--|
|----3--2h3----|------3--2h3----|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5--|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-1------------|--1-------------|-3------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|

1st Chorus

Gm

|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||--------------------|------------3---|
|-----------------|-------------6-5-||-1S3----3-----------|------3---------|

|

|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------6-5-||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--|
|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2-0---0-|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--|
|-------------3---|--------------3---|-------------------|------------3----|
|-3-3---3---------|--3---------------|-3-3---3-----------|------3----------|

2.

F D Bb

|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------o||---------------|----6--5h6----|
|-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)-------------||-7--7--5S7S5S7-|----7--5h7----|
|-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)---3-(3)-----||-7--7--5S7S5S7-|--------------|
|-------------------|-------3-(3)----o||---------------|-1------------|
|-3-3---3------3--3-|-(3)---1-(1)-----||---------------|--------------|

|

| Gtr I

|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------o||---------------|----3--1h3----|
|-------------------|-----------------||----7--5S7-----|----3--2h3----|
|-------------------|-----------------||----7--5S7-----|--------------|
|-------------------|----------------o||---------------|-1------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|--------------|

C

|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|----6--5h6--6-|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5-|------------------|
|----7--5h7--7-|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5-|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|-1------------|-3------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|

|

|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|----3--1h3----|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5-|------------------|
|----3--2h3----|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5-|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|-1------------|-3------------|----------------|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5--|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|

2nd Chorus

Gm

|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|------------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|
|------------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------||--------------------|------------3---|
|-------------6--5-||-1S3----3-----------|------3---------|

|

|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-5-6-6-6-7-7-8\---||--------------------|----------------|
|------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--|
|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2-0---0-|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--|
|-------------3---|--------------3---|-------------------|------------3----|
|-3-3---3---------|--3---------------|-3-3---3-----------|------3----------|

|

|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|

F Gm

|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)------------|------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|
|-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)---3-(3)----|------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|
|-------------------|-------3-(3)----|--------------------|------------3---|
|-3-3---3------3--3-|-(3)---1-(1)----|-1S3----3-----------|------3---------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|-------3---2p0-0-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--|
|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2p0-----|-------3---2p0-0-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--|
|-------------3---|--------------3---|-------------------|------------3----|
|-3-3---3---------|--3-------------3-|-(3)-3---3-----3---|------3----------|

F

|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)------------||
|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)---3-(3)----||
|-------------3---|-------3-(3)----||
|-3-3---3-------3-|-(3)---1-(1)----||

Interlude

Gm

|-10-------10-------10----|----10-------10-----------|
|----13-------12-------11-|-------10-------10--------|
|-------12-------12-------|-12-------12-------10-----|
|-------------------------|----------------------12--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

Eb Dm Cm Bb

|-----------------------|------------------|
|-11-------10-------8---|----6-------------|
|----12-------10------8-|------7---8-7-5-7-|
|-------13-------12-----|-10-----8---------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|

D7

|----------------5--|---------------3-----|
|-------6-----------|-------6---------6---|
|-5b7r5----5b7r5----|-5b7r5---5b7r5-------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|

Gm

|----------------------|-------3-(3)-6-3-3\--|
|----------3--------6--|----------3--6-3-3\--|
|-5pb7==5r----5b7r5----|-5b7r5---------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|

D7

|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|-5--7--5S7-5S7-|-----5S7S5S7-5S7--|
|-5--7--5S7-5S7-|-5-7-5S7S5S7-5S7--|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|

Gm

|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3b3.5-----5-3-2-x-2-2p0-|---0----------3b3.5---5---|
|--------5----------------|-2---2S5-(5)--------5---5-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

D7

~

|------------5--(5)-3----|---------------|
|-----6---------------6--|-------3-------|
|-5b7---5b7-(5)-(5)------|-5b7r5---------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|----------5----|
|------------------------|---------------|

Gm

/

~~

|-----------15-|-(15)-13-10-13-10-8-10-8-|
|-----------15-|-(15)-13-10-13-10-8-10-8-|
|-0--12--------|-------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------|

D7

|-10p8--10p8--10p8-|--10p8h10--------------------|
|-10p8--10p8--10p8-|--10p8h10--------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|----------8p7h8p7h8p7-8p7-7--|
|------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------------|

Bb

|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----5-----3h5p3-|-5b7r5-3-5b7r5---(5)-|
|-7-8---8-7-------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|

C

~~

|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5h7p5-(5)--------|-8b8.5----10p8b8.5-------|
|---------------8S9S10-|-------10----------10----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|

~~~~~

|---------------------------------|----------------||
|-11b13-11b13-(11)-11b13-11b13----|----------------||
|---------------------------------|-5-6-7-8-9-10---||
|---------------------------------|-5-6-7-8-9-10---||
|---------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------||

|

| Gtr I

|---------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------||

3rd Verse

Gm

|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------5------5---|------5---------5---|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1S=3------3-3---3-|-3-3----3--3--3---3-|

|

|-------------------|--------------------|
|---11\-------------|--------------------|
|---12\-------------|-----12---12-12-----|
|---12\-------------|-----12---12-12-----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------4---|
|-5-5--5---------5-----|-----5-------5---|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|--------3--3--3----3--|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|

|

|----------------------|-----------------|
|-----11---11-11---11\-|-----------------|
|-----12---12-12---12\-|-----------------|
|-----12---12-12---12\-|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|

F F/A

|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|------5----------5---|------7----------7----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3-3----3--3--3----3-|-5-5----5--5--5----5--|

|

|-----15---15-15-15---|-----13---13-13-13----|
|-----12---12-12-12---|-----10---10-10-10----|
|-----12---12-12-12---|-----10---10-10-10----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|

C

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-----------|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|
|-3-----3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|

|

|-----8-------8-8-|-----------------|
|-----5-------5-5-|-----------------|
|-----5-------5-5-|-----5-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|

Gm

|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------------5-------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3-----3-3-----3-----3---|

|

| ~

|-----------------|-----6b8---6b6.5---5b6r5p==|
|-----------------|-----6b8---6b6.5---5b6r5p==|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----5-------5---|---------------------------|
|-----5-------5---|---------------------------|
|-3-------3-3-----|---------------------------|

F

|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5-------|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3----|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3-------3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-1-1---1--|

|

| ~

|-3---------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3---------------|-------5p3-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------5-3b3.5---|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5---------------|-5---------------|-----3-------3----|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------3-3-----|---------------------|-----------------|-1-1---1-1-1---1--|

Pre-Chorus

C D

|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------5--------5--|-----5-------5--||----7--5-7----|-7--7--5S7S5S7--|
|-------------------|----------------||----7--5-7--x-|-7--7--5S7S5S7--|
|-1S3-3----1S3-3----|-3-3---3-3-3----||-5------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|

|

|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|-------5--------5--|-----5-------5--||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------|
|-------------------|----------------||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------|
|-1S3-3----1S3-3----|-3-3---3-3-3----||-5------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|

Bb C

|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----3--1h3-5--|-(5)--3--1h3--3-|----5--3-5---|-6--6--5-5----|
|----3--2h3-5--|-(5)--3--2h3--3-|----5--3-5---|-7--7--5-5----|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1------------|----------------|-3-----------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|

|

|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|----3--1h3----|------3--1h3----|-------------|--------------|
|----3--2h3----|------3--2h3----|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1------------|--1-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----5--3-5---|-6--5--3-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--5---|
|----5--3-5---|-7--5--3-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7--5---|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|

Chorus

Gm

||-------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|
||-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2p0-----|
||o------------------|------------3---|-------------3---|--------------3---|
||--3----3------3----|------3---------|-3-3---3---------|--3-------------3-|

F

7x

|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0-------------||
|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0---3-(3)-----||
|-------------------|------------3---|-----------------|-----3-(3)----o||
|-3-3---3------3----|------3---------|-3-3---3-----3-3-|-3---1-(1)-----||

Lyrics:

Contaminated fish and micro chips

huge supertankers on Arabian trips

oily propaganda from the leader's lips

all about the future

there's people over here,people over there

everybody's looking for a little more air

crossing all the borders just to take their share

planning for the future

and we're so abused,and we're so confused

it's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse

Can't happen here,can't happen here

all that you fear they're telling you,can't happen here

Supersonic planes for a holiday boom

Rio de Janeiro in an afternoon

People out of work but there's people on the moon

looking for the future

Concrete racetracks nationwide

juggernauts carving up the countryside

cars by the million on a one way ride

using up the future

and we're so abused,and we're so confused

it's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse

Can't happen here,can't happen here

all that you fear they're telling you,can't happen here

Satellites spying for the CIA

the KGB and the men in grey

wonder if I'm gonna see another day

somewhere in the future

We got everything we need for a peaceful time

take what you want but you can't take mine

everybody's living on the Siegfried Line

worried 'bout the future

and we're so abused,and we're so confused

it's so easy to believe that someone's gonna light it

easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse

Can't happen here,can't happen here

all that you fear they're telling you,can't happen here

can it?

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

<n> - 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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