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Rainbow Demon

Uriah Heep
Tab
★4.7(8)

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

Song

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Rainbow deemon - Uriah Heep

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Tabbed by: Morten Hansen

Email: hospital4_87@hotmail.com

Fantastic song, but actually pretty hard to play right, this is how i do it - im

shure it can be done in a better way, but then again, the intro/theme is played

on organ on the record and is not made for a guitar...

Intro:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5--5--5--3--5/8--5---5/8--8--7------------------------------------------|
D|---5--5--5--3--5/8--5---5/8--8--7------------------------------------------|
A|---3--3--3--1--3/6--3---3/6--6--5------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

There rides the Rainbow Demon....

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5------------------3----------5--------------------------------------|
D|------5------------------3----------5--------------------------------------|
A|------3------------------1----------3--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

On his horse of crimson fire...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Black shadows are following closely

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5---------------------3----------------------------------------------|
D|------5---------------------3----------------------------------------------|
A|------3---------------------1----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

On the heels of his desire

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------8--10--10--8--5-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------8--10--10--8--5-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6--8---8---6--3-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rainbow Demon

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10--------------------5--------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--------------------5--------------------------------------------|
A|--------8---------------------3--------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

pick up your heart and run

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------8--10--10--8--5-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------8--10--10--8--5-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6--8---8---6--3-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rainbow Demon

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10--------------------5--------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--------------------5--------------------------------------------|
A|--------8---------------------3--------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

lives for his sword and his gun

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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Intro x4

Cm

There rides the Rainbow Demon

Bb

On his horse of crimson fire

Cm

Black shadows are following closely

Bb

On the heels of his desire

Intro x2

Cm

Riding on in the mist of morning

Bb

No one dared to stand in his way

Cm

Possessed by some distant calling

Cm Bb

Riding on through night and day

Intro x2

Eb F Cm Bb Cm

Rainbow Demon - pick up your heart and run

Eb F Cm Bb Cm

Rainbow Demon - lives for his sword and his gun

Intro x2

verse:

Cm

Riding on in the mist of morning

Bb

No one dared to stand in his way

Cm

Possessed by some distant calling

Bb

Riding on through night and day

Intro x1

Eb F Cm Bb Cm

Rainbow Demon - pick up your heart and run

Eb F Cm Bb Cm

Rainbow Demon - lives for his sword and his gun

Intro/Solo

Eb F Cm Bb Cm

Rainbow Demon - pick up your heart and run

Eb F Cm Bb Cm

Rainbow Demon - lives for his sword and his gun

Repeat and fade

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