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Cold Hearted Woman

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Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

COLD HEARTED WOMAN

As recorded by Rainbow

(From the 1995 Album STRANGER IN US ALL)

Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & Doggie White

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr I'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr II'

Intro

Am

Gtr I

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

|

| Gtr II

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|

|

|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3--------------|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------7-5---------5---|-------7-5------------|
|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|---5-7-----7---5-7-7--|
|-7-----------7---------|-7-----------7--------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|

|

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-------7-5---------5---|------------------||
|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|---5-7----5-7-----||
|-7-----------7---------|-7------7---------||
|-----------------------|------------------||

|

|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-------5-3---------3---|------------------||
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5--0-3-5-----||

Verse

$

Am

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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------7---------------5h7-----|---------7---------------5h7------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5----------|

|

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

D Am

|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------7---------------5h7-----|-------7-5---------5---|
|---------------------------------|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|
|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-7-----------7---------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|

|

|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------5-3---------3---|
|---------------------------------|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------7-5------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-7-----7---5-7-7--|---------7---------------5h7-----|
|-7-----------7--------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5---------|

|

|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------5-3------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

D

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------7---------------5h7-----|
|---------7---------------5h7-----|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5---------|---------------------------------|

|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------------|

Chorus

Am G D

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

|

|-----------------------|----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------||--------------------7---|
|-----------------------|----------------------||---------5------7-------|
|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------||-----5------5-----------|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--||-3----------------------|

Am

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------7-------------5h7-----|
|-------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---------|

|

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

G D Am

|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------7--|-------------------------------|
|---------5-------------|---------7-------------5h7-----|
|------------5-5-5-5----|-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---------|

|

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

G D Am G D F

|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------7--|-------------------------------|------------7---10-|
|---------5-------------|---------7-------------5h7-----|---------5--7---10-|
|------------5-5-5-5----|-------------------------------|------------5----8-|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-----------|

|

|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------7--|-------------------------------|------------7---10-|
|---------5------7------|---------7-------------7-------|---------5--7---10-|
|-----5------5----------|-------------------------------|------------5----8-|
|-3---------------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-|-3-3-3-3-----------|

To Coda

D Am

|--------------|------------||-----------------------|
|--------------|------------||-----------------------|
|-(10)-------7-|-(7)--------||-----------------------|
|-(10)-------7-|-(7)--------||-----------------------|
|--(8)-------5-|-(5)--------||-----------------------|
|--------------|------------||-----------------------|

|

|--------------|------------||-----------------------|
|--------------|------------||-----------------------|
|-(10)-------7-|-(7)--------||-----------------------|
|-(10)-------7-|-(7)--------||-----------------------|
|--(8)-------5-|-(5)--------||-------5-3---------3---|
|--------------|------------||-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|

1.

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|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------o||
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|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||

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|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-------5-3------------|-------5-3---------3---|------------------o||
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5--0-3-5------||

2.

Am

|-----12-8---12-8---10-8-0-7-0-5---------|
|----------------------------------8-6-5-|
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|----------------------------------------|
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|----------5--3--------------3-----------|
|-0-3--5--------5-0--3---5-------5-------|

Bridge

3/4 2/4

|-------------------------||-------------------------||----13h15---||
|---5---------------------||-------------------------||------------||
|-7---5-4-----------------||-------------------------||------------||
|---------7\--------------||-------------------------||------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||------------||

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|-------------------------||-------------------------||------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||-5----------||
|-------------------------||-------------------7-5-0-||------------||
|---------5--3------------||-------5-3-0-7-5-0-------||------------||
|-0-3-5--------5-0-3-5-5--||-5-3-0-------------------||------------||

Guitar Solo

Dm

4/4

|-(15)p==13---10-------------------------|
|----------------10----------------------|
|-------------------10p9-----------------|
|------------------------12\-------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

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

Am Dm

|--------5---5-------------5------------|-----------------------------------|
|-8h10-----8---8-5-------5---5----------|-----------3-----------------------|
|--------------------7---------5--------|-----5h7-----5---5-----------------|
|--------------------------------7-(7)--|---------------7---6-5-3-5-5-------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------5-3---|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|

|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------7-------------7---------|
|------------7----------------------5h7-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5---|
|----5-5-5-5-------5---5---5-5-5-5------|-----------------------------------|

Am

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-(3)---------------------------5h7-|
|-------5---(5)---------------------|

|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------7--------------5h7-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5---------|

Dm Am

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(7)---5---3-5-3---3-5-3h5---(5)-----|---------3------------------|
|-----------------5---------------5---|-3---5-5-------5------------|

|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------7------------------7------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------7-------------5h7--|
|--5--5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-----5-5-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5------|

F

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----5p0---3p0---5---5S==3-----|
|-------------------------------|
|-3-------3-----3-----------1S==|

|

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

G E G Am

|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----5-------------------------||-------7\----------------|
|-----------2-----3-0---0-5-5-7-||-------------------------|
|-3-------3---3-3-----3---------||-5-----------------------|

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|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------5---------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------5--3---------3----|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-0-------3-----||-0-3-5------5-0-3-5---5--|

D.S. al Coda

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

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|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|------------------||
|-------5-3------------|-------5-3---------3---|------------------||
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5--0-3-5-----||

&

D Am

|------------|----------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|------------|----------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)--------|-7--------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)--------|-7--------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(5)--------|-5--------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|------------|----------||-----------------------|----------------------|

|

|------------|----------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|------------|----------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)--------|-7--------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)--------|-7--------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-(5)--------|-5--------||-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------|
|------------|----------||-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------7-5---------5---|-------7-5------------|
|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|---5-7-----7---5-7-7--|
|-7-----------7---------|-7-----------7--------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|

|

|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|

Outro

||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||--------7-5---------5---|-------7-5------------|
||----5-7-----7---5-7---7-|---5-7-----7---5-7-7--|
||o-7-----------7---------|-7-----------7--------|
||------------------------|----------------------|

|

||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
||------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------|
||--0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------7-5---------5---|-------7-5------------|-------7-5---------5---|
|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|---5-7-----7---5-7-7--|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|
|-7-----------7---------|-7-----------7--------|-7-----------7---------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

|

|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------|-------5-3---------3---|
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-------7-5------------|-------7-5---------5---|-------7-5-------------||
|---5-7-----7---5-7-7--|---5-7-----7---5-7---7-|---5-7-----7---5-7-7---||
|-7-----------7--------|-7-----------7---------|-7-----------7--------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||

|

|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-------5-3------------|-------5-3---------3---|-------5-3------------o||
|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5--|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5---5-|-0-3-5-----5-0-3-5-5---||

Tablature Legend

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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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