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Rainbow - Sixteenth Sentury Greensleeves Bass

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Sixteenth Sentury Greensleeves Bass

(ver. 1)
Rainbow
Intro
G------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-7~--5~-----------------------------------|
E-------------7-5~--33333333333333etc.-----|

Main riff
G------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-------------5------5h7-5-3-5-3h5-3-------|
E-7-7-5-7-7-0---7-7-------------------5-3--|

G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A-------------5------5h7-5-3-5-3--|
E-7-7-5-7-7-0---7-7---------------|

Verse
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------7-7-----------7-7----7-------7----------7-----------|
E-7-7-x-7-7-------0h7-7-0-------7----5-0-----0-3/7-7----5--5-7~--|
Play the verse twice there is a slight variation between the two that is hard to hear, 
you can just play this

Chorus
"Meet me when the sun is in the western sky"
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
E-7-7-7-5-0-3-3--5-5-7-5-7-5-0--|

"The fighting must begin"
G-------------------------------|
D------------3------------------|
A----3---3h5----7-77-5---5--3-1-|
E-5----5---------------3--------|

"Crossbows in the"
G---------------------------|
D------------5--------7-7---|
A-5----5-3h5----3-0-0-------|
E----3----------------------|
Repeat from where it say's "Crossbows in the" 3 times then after the third one play

G-------------|
D-------------|
A-------------|
E-5-7~--------|

Guitar Solo
G------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------55--|
A-----------------------------------------3-5----|
E-0-7-77-7-77-7-0-33-0-3-7-7-0-77-7-5-3-3--------|

G----------------------------5----5----------|
D-------------------------------3------------|
A-------------------------3----------5-3-0---|
E-0-3-5-7-7-0-77-7-5-3-3---------------------|


G-----------------------------------9----9------9---|
D--------------------------55555--7----7----7-9-----|
A-55-----555----555---3-5---------------------------|
E-----3------5------5-------------------------------|

G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------5-3-5--------------------------------------|
A-------------------3-------------------------------------3-5-3--|
E-7-7-5-77-77-5-3-3----------0-3-5-7-7-5-77-7-5-3-3-0-3-5--------|

G----------------------------------|
D--------------------------7-5-7---|
A-----------------------7----------|
E--5-0-7-7-5-77-7-6-5-5------------|


G-----------------------------------7-9-------7-9---------------------|
D-7-5-555-----555------3-5-5-5----9---------9---------------9-7-------|
A----------5------3-5----------7---------7-------------7-9------9--7--|
E---------------------------------------------------9-----------------|

Back to verse, repeat verse and chorus till the end

This was a very tough song to tab,  because it is very hard to hear what the bass player 
doing, but I did the best I could.
There are not enough Rainbow tabs on the internet and this is one of my favorite songs, 
hope you enjoy it.
            
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