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KILL THE KING (Bassline)
As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1978 Album LONG LIVE ROCK'N'ROLL )

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

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Daisley - Bass'

   Intro
    Q=220
   4/4
    Gtr I
    W          +W           W          +W
||-----------|------------|----------|--------|
||o----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
||o----------|------------|----------|--------|
||--3--------|-(3)--------|----------|--------|

  W          +W           W          Q.   E +Q   Q
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|------------|-1--------|-1----1-(1)--3---o||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|-----------------o||
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||

    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  E Q
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1---------------|
||--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|------1-(1)-1-1--|

                                                 1.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H      E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-1----1----|------------------o||
|-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|---1---1---1---1---||

                      1st & 2nd Verses
  2.
  Q.   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
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------3-(3)-3-3-1-||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1----------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

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

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

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

  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----------4-5--|
|--------------|-1--1--1-1-1--|-1--1-1-1-1-3--|-5--5--5-5------|
|-3--3--3-3-3--|--------------|---------------|----------------|

  +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(5)--5--5-5-3---|-----------------|---------------5-|-(5)--5--5-4-5-7--|
|---------------6-|-(6)--6--6-5-6-8-|-(8)--8--8-6-8---|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

                                 1.
  +Q   Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q   Q  H
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-(7)------------|--------------|-7-8-7-5-7-5-----|-------------||
|------5--5-4-5--|-5--5--5-4-5--|-------------8-7-|-5\----------||
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------||

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

  Q  Q  E E Q    E E E E +E  E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-1--1--1-1-1--|-----------3---3--|
|-3--3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3--|--------------|---1---1----------|

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

  Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|------3-(3)-3-3---o||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--|----------------|-1-----------------||

                                    Interlude
  2.
  E E E  E E E E E   Q   Q  H        W          +W
|------------------|-------------||-----------|--------|
|-7-8-7----7-5-----|-------------||o----------|--------|
|-------10-----8-7-|-5\----------||o----------|--------|
|------------------|-------------||--3--------|-(3)----|

  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|

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

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

                                                  Guitar Solo
  E E Q  E E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q   Q  H       E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||------------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3\----------||------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---7-5-7-7------|---7-5-7-7------|---7-5-7-7-------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

  E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|---7-5-7-7-----|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|------------0--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  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
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  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 H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----7------|
|-------------8-8-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|

                                             Interlude
  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H        Q  Q  E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||o--------------|
|-7----7------|-7----7------|-7----7------||o--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--5--5--5-5-5--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q   4x Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------5-(5)-----o||--------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-----------3---||-5--5--5-5-5--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E E E E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-5--5--5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5h7-7--7-7-7--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--------------|

                                                   3rd Verse
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E  E Q  H       Q  Q  E E Q
|----------------|----------------|--------------||---------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------||---------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5--|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5\-----------||---------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------||-7--7--7-7-7---|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5----0-(0)--0--|-7--7--7-7-7---|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-7--7--7-7-7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5----0-(0)--0--|---------------|

  E E E E E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7-7------------|--------------|-----------4-5-|-(5)--5--5-4-5-7--|
|-----4-4-5-5-6--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7-7-----|------------------|
|----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|

  +H     E E E E   +Q   Q  E E Q    E E E E E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-(7)----7-5-7-9-|-(9)------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-5--5--5-5-5---|
|----------------|------7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|---------------|

  Q  E E E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E  E    +Q    Q   E E  E E
|---------------|---------------|------------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-----------7-9-|-(9)--9--9---7----|-------------------7--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-7--|-9--9--9-9-----|-----------7---10-|-(10)--10--10-9-10----|
|---------------|---------------|------------------|----------------------|

  +Q   Q  E  E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|------------------|---------------6-|-(6)------------|--------------|
|-(7)--7--7----7-9-|-(9)--9--9-8-9---|----------------|--------------|
|-----------10-----|-----------------|------9--9-9-9--|-9--9--9------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|

                                   Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   Q   Q  H        E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-6-7-6---6-------|-------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-------9---9-7-6-|-------------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-9\----------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------||--5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|

  E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------5-(5)--5--|-7--7-7-7-7-7--|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E Q    E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------7---7-|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---5---5---------|-7--7--7-7-7--|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7---|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|

  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------o||
|------5-(5)----|-3----2-(2)----|------5-(5)----|-3----2-(2)-----||

                                                  Q=200
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       H    H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|-----------||
|------5-(5)----|-3----2-(2)----|------5-(5)----|-3----2----||

 Outro
               H.=H                        Q=170
                                           |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  +W           +W           +Q   Q  H      E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-------------0-------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|---------------------------|

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H
|-------------------------|------------*|
|-------------0-----------|------------*|
|-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-------*|
|-------------------------|------------*|

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

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