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Song
DEATH ALLEY DRIVER
As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1982 Album STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES)
Words and Music by Blackmore/Turner
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Blackmore Lead Fills'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=190
4/4
Gtr I
/2____________\4____________/ \2____________/
~~~
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|-0----------|-(0)---------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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|-6-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
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|-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-||1st, 2nd Verses
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--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--|
PM----------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------10-|-(10)----9-----7-|-(7)---5----7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-|--(8)--x-7---x-5-|-(5)---3----5-|
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(7)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|
|-(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-|
PM-----------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------||
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|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------7-||
|-(7)---------------|---------------10-|-(10)----9-----7-|-(7)---5----5-||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-|--(8)--x-7---x-5-|-(5)---3------||Pre-Chorus
|------------|----------|-----------|-----------| |------------|----------|-----------|-----------| |------------|----------|-----------|-----------| |-(7)--------|----------|-----------|-----------| |-(5)--------|-5--------|-3----2----|-0---------| |------------|-3--------|-----------|------1----|
\2__________________/
|------------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |------------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |------------|------------|------------------|----------------------------5---|| |---------5--|-(5)--------|------------------|----------------------------5---|| |-----5------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |-3----------|------------|-0------(0)-------|-(0)-----------------(0)--------||
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| Gtr II
| \2____________/ \2/ \2/ \2/ \2/
| ~~~
|------------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |------------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |------------|------------|------------------|-<9>--<9>--<9>--<9>--<9>---(9)\-|| |------------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |------------|------------|------------------|--------------------------------|| |------------|------------|-0------(0)---(0)-|--------------------------------||
Chorus
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |-(5)---------5-|-(5)---------5-|-(5)-------------7-|-(7)-------5-| |-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7-5-(5)--7-7-|-(7)-------5-| |------7\-------|------7\-------|------7-5-(5)--7-5-|-(5)---------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
~~~
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |-(5)---------5-|-(5)---------5-|-(5)---------------|-----------5-| |-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7-5-(5)--7-7-|-(7)-------5-| |------7\-------|------7\-------|------7-5-(5)--7---|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-----------------5-|-(5)---------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |-(5)---------5-|-(5)---------5-|-(5)-------------7-|-(7)-------5-| |-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7-5-(5)--7-7-|-(7)-------5-| |------7\-------|------7\-------|------7-5-(5)--7-5-|-(5)---------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |---------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|| |---------------|--------------|-------------|---------------o|| |-(5)---------5-|-(5)----------|-------------|----------------|| |-(5)--7\-----5-|-(5)--7\------|-3s5---------|-5--------------|| |------7\-------|------7\------|-------------|---5--5--5--5--o|| |---------------|--------------|------3------|---3--3--3--3---||
Interlude
Gtr II
||--------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------|--------------------| ||----------------7---|----7-9----7-9-10-7-| ||--7-9-10-7-9-10---9-|-10-----10----------| ||o-------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|------------------o|| |-9----7------------|-------------------|| |---10---9-10-7-9-6-|-7---6---------7---|| |-------------------|---8---7-8-5-7----o|| |-------------------|-------------------|| ||----------------------|--------------------| ||o---------------------|--------------------| ||------------------7---|----7-9----7-9-10-7-| ||--(7)-9-10-7-9-10---9-|-10-----10----------| ||o---------------------|--------------------| ||----------------------|--------------------|
1. 2.
|-------------------|------------------||---------------------|| |-------------------|-----------------o||---------------------|| |-9----7------------|------------------||---------------------|| |---10---9-10-7-9-6-|-7---6---------7--||-(7)---6-------------|| |-------------------|---8---7-8-5-7---o||-----8---7-8-5-7-5---|| |-------------------|------------------||---------------------||
Guitar Solo
~ ~~~~~~~
|-------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------5-6-8-|-(8)--------|-5---5-6p5---------|-------------------| |-----------7-------|------------|---7-------7-5p4---|-4-5-(5)-----------| |---------7---------|------------|-----------------7-|---------7-(7)\----| |-(5)-7-8-----------|------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
~ ~~~
|-----------------|------------|---------------------|------------------------| |-----------5-6-8-|-(8)--------|-5---5-6p5---5-6p5---|-5-6p5---5-6p5---5-6p5--| |---------7-------|------------|---7-------7-------7-|-------7-------7--------| |-------7---------|------------|---------------------|------------------------| |-5-7-8-----------|------------|---------------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------|---------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|--12p8p0----------| |---5-6p5---5-6p5------|---------0--------| |-7-------7-------7\-x-|-----------0--x/--| |--------------------x-|-----------0--x---| |----------------------|------------------| |----------------------|------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-------------------------0h15h19-0h15h19p15-|-0-19p15p0-0-19p15p0-0-19p15p0-0-19p15p0--| |-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16--------------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
PM|
|---------17---------------------|------------14sx-0-0-14sx-| |-19-15-0----0-0-15p12p0-15p12p0-|-15-12-0-15---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~
|-0--12b14-12b14-(12)----|-12-0-0-0-10-0-10-0-9-0-9-10---| |------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------------| |-0--------------------------|-------------------------| |---12-0-10-0-10-7-8-0-5-7-0-|-3-5-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-3-2-0-| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------| |-3-2-0-0-------------------------|---------------------------| |---------4-3-2-0-4-3-2-0---------|---------------------------| |-------------------------4-3-2-0-|-4-3-2-0-----------0---2b4-| |---------------------------------|---------2-4-0-(0)---0-----| |---------------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |-----0------------------|----------------------------| |-(2)---2b4--2b4-2b4-2b4-|-2b4-2b4-2b4-2b4-2b4-(2)b4--| |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~
|--------------------------|------------------| |--------------------------|------------------| |------------------------2-|-(2)--5p2h5-2s====| |-(2)b4--2p0h2p0h2p0h2h4---|------------------| |--------------------------|------------------| |--------------------------|------------------|
~~
|-------17b19-(17)---17b19==|=(17)--17-17r17\--0--|| |-----0---------------------|---------------------|| |-17------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------||
Bridge
|-7----7-8p7----------|-------------------| |---10-------10-8-7---|-7-8p7-------------| |-------------------9-|-------9-8-9-5-7-5-| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-4---4-5p4---------|-------------------| |---7-------7-5-4---|-4-5p4-------------| |-----------------7-|-------7-5-3-5-3-2-| |-------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---2-3p2---2-3p2---2-|-3p2---2-3p2---2-3p2-----| |-5-------5-------5---|-----5-------5-------5---|
~~~
|---------------------|----------------|| |---------------------|----------------|| |---------------------|----------------|| |---------------------|----------------|| |-2-3p2---2-3p2---2-2-|-(2)------2s14\-|| |-------5-------5-----|----------------||
Electric Organ Solo
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |-7--------|----------|----------|-5----| |-5--------|-8--------|-5--------|-3----| |----------|-6--------|-3--------|------|
\2_____
PM---|
|---------3---|-(3)--------|---------------------|----------------|| |-------------|------------|---------------------|----------------|| |-------------|------------|---------------------|----------------|| |-2------(2)--|-(2)--------|-14-14-14-14-(14)----|-(14)-----------|| |-0------(0)--|-(0)--------|-12-12-12-12-(12)----|-(12)-----------|| |-------------|------------|---------------------|-----------7----||
3rd Verse
/ |
PM------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-(7)--7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| PM----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|-(7)---6-(6)-----|---------------9-| |-----------------|---------------5-|-(5)---4-(4)---9-|-(9)---7-(7)-----| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---------------7-|-(7)---5-(5)---7-| PM------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| PM----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-|-(7)---6-(6)-----|-----------------|| |-----------------|---------------5-|-(5)---4-(4)---9-|-(9)---7-(7)---7-|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---------------7-|-(7)---5-(5)-----||
Pre-Chorus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------| |------------|------------|-----------|-----------| |------------|------------|-----------|-----------| |------------|------------|-----------|-----------| |-(7)--------|-4----5--7--|-5----4----|-2---------| |------------|------------|-----------|------3----|
\2___/ \2_________________________/
~ ~~~
|--------------------|------------|------------|--------------| |--------------------|------------|------------|--------------| |--------------------|------------|------------|------------7-| |--------------------|------------|------------|------------7-| |--------------------|------------|------------|--------------| |-2-(2)--(2)----(2)--|-0----------|-(0)--------|-(0)------0---|
Chorus
||----------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------| ||o---------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------| ||--(7)---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-------------9-|-(9)-------7--| ||--(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9-7-(7)--9-9-|-(9)-------7--| ||o------9\-------|------9\-------|------9-7-(7)--9-7-|-(7)----------| ||----------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------------|-----------7-| |-(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9-7-(7)--9---|-----------7-| |------9\-------|------9\-------|------9-7-(7)--9-9-|-(9)---------| |---------------|---------------|-----------------7-|-(7)---------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------| |-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------7-|-(7)-------------9-|-(9)-------7-| |-(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9-7-(7)--9-9-|-(9)-------7-| |------9\-------|------9\-------|------9-7-(7)--9-7-|-(7)---------| |---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
1.
|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|| |---------------|-------------|--------------|-------------o|| |-(7)---------7-|-(7)---------|--------------|-----------7--|| |-(7)--9\-----7-|-(7)--9------|-7------------|-----------7--|| |------9\-------|------9------|-7-7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7----o|| |---------------|-------------|-5-5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5-----||
Outro
2.
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------*| |-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------*| |-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------*| |-------------|-7------------|-7------------|-----------*| |--7--7--7--7-|-7-7--7--7--7-|-7-7--7--7--7-|-9\--------*| |--5--5--5--5-|-5-5--5--5--5-|-5-5--5--5--5-|-7\--------*|
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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
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