CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1981 Album DIFFICULT TO CURE)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & Roger Glover
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Intro
N.C.
Gtr I|----------||-------5--------------||----------||---6-----8b10r8-6-8-6-||----------||-7---7----------------||--------7-||----------------------||----------||----------------------||----------||----------------------|
F Dm|-----------------------|-----------------------||-8b10--8b10--8b8.5--6--|-6---6-----------------||-----------------------|---7---7---------------||-----------------------|---------7-(7)---7-7---||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gm|--------------|-------------|----------||-----------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------||o----------------|----------------||----7--7-7--7-|---7---------|----------||-----3---2p0---3-|-5--3---2p0---0-||-5--7--7-7--7-|---7--7-7--x-|---x------||-----3---2p0-0-3-|-5--3---2p0-3-0-||--------------|-------------|----------||o------------0---|------------3---||--------------|-------------|----------||--3----3-----3---|------3---------|
|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)-(0)-------------||-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)-(0)-3-0-2-0-----||-------------3---|-----------------3---||-3-3---3---------|------3------------3-|
|---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||-------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--||-------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--||---------------------|------------3----||-(3)-3---3-----------|------3----------|
Verse F Gm|-----------------|---------------||-||------------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------o||-||o-----------------|------------------||-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0-------------||-||------------------|------------------||-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0---3-(3)-----||-||-------5------5---|-----5-------5----||-----------------|-----3-(3)----o||-||o-----------------|------------------||-3-3---3-----3-3-|-3---1-(1)-----||-||--1S3-----3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--|
F F/A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------4---|-----------------|------------------||-5-5-5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-------3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-5-5---5-5-5---5--|
C Gm|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----5-------5---|-----5-----------|-----------------|------------------||-5-5-------------|-----------------|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5----||-3-----3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--|
F|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-1-1---1--|
Pre-Chorus 1. C D|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------5--------5--|-----5-------5--||----7--5-7----|-7--7--5S7S5S7--||-------------------|----------------||----7--5-7--x-|-7--7--5S7S5S7--||-1S3-3----1S3-3----|-3-3---3-3-3----||-5------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
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| Gtr I|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------||-------------------|----------------||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------||-------------------|----------------||-5------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
Bb C|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----3--1h3-5--|-(5)--3--1h3--3-|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5--||----3--2h3-5--|-(5)--3--2h3--3-|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5--||--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||-1------------|----------------|-3------------|-----------------||--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
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|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----3--1h3----|------3--1h3----|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5--||----3--2h3----|------3--2h3----|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5--||--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||-1------------|--1-------------|-3------------|-----------------||--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
1st Chorus Gm|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-||-----------------|-----------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||--------------------|------------3---||-----------------|-------------6-5-||-1S3----3-----------|------3---------|
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|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|----------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||--------------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------6-5-||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--||-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2-0---0-|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--||-------------3---|--------------3---|-------------------|------------3----||-3-3---3---------|--3---------------|-3-3---3-----------|------3----------|
2. F D Bb|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|--------------||-------------------|----------------o||---------------|----6--5h6----||-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)-------------||-7--7--5S7S5S7-|----7--5h7----||-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)---3-(3)-----||-7--7--5S7S5S7-|--------------||-------------------|-------3-(3)----o||---------------|-1------------||-3-3---3------3--3-|-(3)---1-(1)-----||---------------|--------------|
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| Gtr I|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|--------------||-------------------|----------------o||---------------|----3--1h3----||-------------------|-----------------||----7--5S7-----|----3--2h3----||-------------------|-----------------||----7--5S7-----|--------------||-------------------|----------------o||---------------|-1------------||-------------------|-----------------||---------------|--------------|
C|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||----6--5h6--6-|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5-|------------------||----7--5h7--7-|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5-|------------------||--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||-1------------|-3------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
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|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||----3--1h3----|----5--4S5--6-|-(6)--5--5-5--5-|------------------||----3--2h3----|----5--4S5--7-|-(7)--5--5-5--5-|------------------||--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||-1------------|-3------------|----------------|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5--||--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
2nd Chorus Gm|------------------||--------------------|----------------||------------------||--------------------|----------------||------------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-||------------------||------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3------||--------------------|------------3---||-------------6--5-||-1S3----3-----------|------3---------|
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|------------------||--------------------|----------------||------------------||--------------------|----------------||------------------||--------------------|----------------||------------------||--------------------|----------------||-5-6-6-6-7-7-8\---||--------------------|----------------||------------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--||-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2-0---0-|-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--||-------------3---|--------------3---|-------------------|------------3----||-3-3---3---------|--3---------------|-3-3---3-----------|------3----------|
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|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
F Gm|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------||-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)------------|------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-||-----3---2p0-(0)-0-|-(0)---3-(3)----|------3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-||-------------------|-------3-(3)----|--------------------|------------3---||-3-3---3------3--3-|-(3)---1-(1)----|-1S3----3-----------|------3---------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|-------3---2p0-0-3S|=5--3---2p0---0--||-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2p0-----|-------3---2p0-0-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0--||-------------3---|--------------3---|-------------------|------------3----||-3-3---3---------|--3-------------3-|-(3)-3---3-----3---|------3----------|
F|-----------------|----------------|||-----------------|----------------|||-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)------------|||-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)---3-(3)----|||-------------3---|-------3-(3)----|||-3-3---3-------3-|-(3)---1-(1)----||
Interlude Gm|-10-------10-------10----|----10-------10-----------||----13-------12-------11-|-------10-------10--------||-------12-------12-------|-12-------12-------10-----||-------------------------|----------------------12--||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
Eb Dm Cm Bb|-----------------------|------------------||-11-------10-------8---|----6-------------||----12-------10------8-|------7---8-7-5-7-||-------13-------12-----|-10-----8---------||-----------------------|------------------||-----------------------|------------------|
D7|----------------5--|---------------3-----||-------6-----------|-------6---------6---||-5b7r5----5b7r5----|-5b7r5---5b7r5-------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
Gm|----------------------|-------3-(3)-6-3-3\--||----------3--------6--|----------3--6-3-3\--||-5pb7==5r----5b7r5----|-5b7r5---------------||----------------------|---------------------||----------------------|---------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
D7|---------------|------------------||---------------|------------------||-5--7--5S7-5S7-|-----5S7S5S7-5S7--||-5--7--5S7-5S7-|-5-7-5S7S5S7-5S7--||---------------|------------------||---------------|------------------|
Gm|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-3b3.5-----5-3-2-x-2-2p0-|---0----------3b3.5---5---||--------5----------------|-2---2S5-(5)--------5---5-||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
D7 ~|------------5--(5)-3----|---------------||-----6---------------6--|-------3-------||-5b7---5b7-(5)-(5)------|-5b7r5---------||------------------------|---------------||------------------------|----------5----||------------------------|---------------|
Gm / ~~|-----------15-|-(15)-13-10-13-10-8-10-8-||-----------15-|-(15)-13-10-13-10-8-10-8-||-0--12--------|-------------------------||--------------|-------------------------||--------------|-------------------------||--------------|-------------------------|
D7|-10p8--10p8--10p8-|--10p8h10--------------------||-10p8--10p8--10p8-|--10p8h10--------------------||------------------|-----------------------------||------------------|----------8p7h8p7h8p7-8p7-7--||------------------|-----------------------------||------------------|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----5-----3h5p3-|-5b7r5-3-5b7r5---(5)-||-7-8---8-7-------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
C ~~|----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||-5-5-5h7p5-(5)--------|-8b8.5----10p8b8.5-------||---------------8S9S10-|-------10----------10----||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~|---------------------------------|----------------|||-11b13-11b13-(11)-11b13-11b13----|----------------|||---------------------------------|-5-6-7-8-9-10---|||---------------------------------|-5-6-7-8-9-10---|||---------------------------------|----------------|||---------------------------------|----------------||
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| Gtr I|---------------------------------|----------------|||---------------------------------|----------------|||---------------------------------|----------------|||---------------------------------|----------------|||---------------------------------|----------------|||---------------------------------|----------------||
3rd Verse Gm|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||--------5------5---|------5---------5---||-------------------|--------------------||-1S=3------3-3---3-|-3-3----3--3--3---3-|
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|-------------------|--------------------||---11\-------------|--------------------||---12\-------------|-----12---12-12-----||---12\-------------|-----12---12-12-----||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-------------4---||-5-5--5---------5-----|-----5-------5---||----------------------|-----------------||--------3--3--3----3--|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|
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|----------------------|-----------------||-----11---11-11---11\-|-----------------||-----12---12-12---12\-|-----------------||-----12---12-12---12\-|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------|
F F/A|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||------5----------5---|------7----------7----||---------------------|----------------------||-3-3----3--3--3----3-|-5-5----5--5--5----5--|
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|-----15---15-15-15---|-----13---13-13-13----||-----12---12-12-12---|-----10---10-10-10----||-----12---12-12-12---|-----10---10-10-10----||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
C|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----5-------5---|-----5-----------||-5-5-------------|-----------------||-3-----3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-------||-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|
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|-----8-------8-8-|-----------------||-----5-------5-5-|-----------------||-----5-------5-5-|-----5-----------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-3-------3-------||-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|
Gm|-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|---------------------------||-----5-------5---|-----5-------------5-------||-----------------|---------------------------||-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3-----3-3-----3-----3---|
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| ~|-----------------|-----6b8---6b6.5---5b6r5p==||-----------------|-----6b8---6b6.5---5b6r5p==||-----------------|---------------------------||-----5-------5---|---------------------------||-----5-------5---|---------------------------||-3-------3-3-----|---------------------------|
F|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----5-------5---|-----5-------5-------|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3----||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3-------3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-1-1---1--|
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| ~|-3---------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||-3---------------|-------5p3-----------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------5-3b3.5---|-----------------|------------------||-----5-------5---|-----5---------------|-5---------------|-----3-------3----||-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------||---------3-3-----|---------------------|-----------------|-1-1---1-1-1---1--|
Pre-Chorus C D|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------5--------5--|-----5-------5--||----7--5-7----|-7--7--5S7S5S7--||-------------------|----------------||----7--5-7--x-|-7--7--5S7S5S7--||-1S3-3----1S3-3----|-3-3---3-3-3----||-5------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
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|-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------||-------5--------5--|-----5-------5--||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------||-------------------|----------------||----7--5S7----|----7--5S7------||-1S3-3----1S3-3----|-3-3---3-3-3----||-5------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||--------------|----------------|
Bb C|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------||----3--1h3-5--|-(5)--3--1h3--3-|----5--3-5---|-6--6--5-5----||----3--2h3-5--|-(5)--3--2h3--3-|----5--3-5---|-7--7--5-5----||--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------||-1------------|----------------|-3-----------|--------------||--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
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|--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------||----3--1h3----|------3--1h3----|-------------|--------------||----3--2h3----|------3--2h3----|-------------|--------------||--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------||-1------------|--1-------------|-------------|--------------||--------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||----5--3-5---|-6--5--3-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-6--5---||----5--3-5---|-7--5--3-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7--5---||-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||-3-----------|-------------|-----------------|----------------||-------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
Chorus Gm||-------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|||-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|-----3---2p0---0-|-(0)--------------|||-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|-----3---2p0-3-0-|-(0)--3-0-2p0-----|||o------------------|------------3---|-------------3---|--------------3---|||--3----3------3----|------3---------|-3-3---3---------|--3-------------3-|
F 7x|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|||-------------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------o|||-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0---0-|-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0-------------|||-----3---2p0-(0)-3S|=5--3---2p0-3-0-|-----3---2p0-0-0-|-0---3-(3)-----|||-------------------|------------3---|-----------------|-----3-(3)----o|||-3-3---3------3----|------3---------|-3-3---3-----3-3-|-3---1-(1)-----||
Lyrics:
Contaminated fish and micro chips
huge supertankers on Arabian trips
oily propaganda from the leader's lips
all about the future
there's people over here,people over there
everybody's looking for a little more air
crossing all the borders just to take their share
planning for the future
and we're so abused,and we're so confused
it's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse
Can't happen here,can't happen here
all that you fear they're telling you,can't happen here
Supersonic planes for a holiday boom
Rio de Janeiro in an afternoon
People out of work but there's people on the moon
looking for the future
Concrete racetracks nationwide
juggernauts carving up the countryside
cars by the million on a one way ride
using up the future
and we're so abused,and we're so confused
it's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse
Can't happen here,can't happen here
all that you fear they're telling you,can't happen here
Satellites spying for the CIA
the KGB and the men in grey
wonder if I'm gonna see another day
somewhere in the future
We got everything we need for a peaceful time
take what you want but you can't take mine
everybody's living on the Siegfried Line
worried 'bout the future
and we're so abused,and we're so confused
it's so easy to believe that someone's gonna light it
easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse
Can't happen here,can't happen here
all that you fear they're telling you,can't happen here
can it?
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
- 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
