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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Interlude Gtr II||--------------------|--------------------|||o-------------------|--------------------|||----------------7---|----7-9----7-9-10-7-|||--7-9-10-7-9-10---9-|-10-----10----------|||o-------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|
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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-||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
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Electric Organ Solo
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
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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