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Transcribed and/or Tabbed by Joe
Vahabzadeh
From "Holy Diver" (1983)
Words: Ronnie James Dio
Music: Dio/Campbell
Any problems or maybe corrections, let me know . . . .
I'm not really 100% sure on the timing, but did my best.
There are some places where the bassist varies things a bit, adding perhaps
a slide when going from C# to E on the pre-chorus, and occasionally playing
a non-short note short, and vice-versa. Listen to the song, you'll get the
idea.
Other than that, I *tried* to be as accurate and exact as I could, but I
warn you, I don't have that good of an ear.
Lyrics at the end of the tablature
h.= dotted half note
h = half note
q = quarter note
e.= dotted eigth note
e = eigth note
s = 16th note
* = beneath means note is played short, typically sounds like the next
smaller note, ie a short quarter sounds kind of like an eighth
note followed by an eighth rest, etc.
R = Rest
() = indicates note is not struck again, but is continued from previous note.
Intro:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|----2-----0-----4---2-0-2-0-----|
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|R-----------2-0-------------2-0-|
q s e. q q e e s s s e s s s s s s
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|----------------0---------------|
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|0-2-----R---------2-----R-------|
q s e. q q s e. q s e. q
* *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|----2-----0-----4---2-0-2-0-----|
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|R-----------2-0-------------2-0-|
q s e. q q e e s s s e s s s s s s
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|0-0----(0)----------------------|
q s e. q q s e. h.
Verse:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------4---2-0-2-0-----|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------------------2-0-|
q q q q q q e s s s s s s
* * * * * *
Hanging fromthe . . .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|0-2-----R---------2-----R-------|
q q q q s e. q s e. q
* * * * * *
Looks like a . . .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------4---2-0-2-0-----|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|2-------2-------------------2-0-|
q q q q q q e s s s s s s
* * * * * *
No one ever . . .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|0-2-----R-------0-0----(0)------|
q q q q s e. q s e. + q
* * * * *
Guess I never . . .
Play the above 8 measures twice for verse 1,
Once for verse 2
and once for verse 3 (which is the same as the first half of verse 1)
Pre Chorus:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-|7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e e
* * * * * * * *
Chorus: Play measures 5 through 8 of Intro
Repeat verse, pre-chorus, and chorus
Bridge:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
* * * * * * * *
Play the above 3 times . . .4th time is as follows:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e e
* * * * * * * *
Then:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|0-0----(0)----------------------|
q s e. q q s e. h.
Then repeat the verse, pre-chorus, and chorus.
Solo:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-4---4-4-4---4-4-|
|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-4-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e s s e s s e s s q e s s e s s e s s e s s
* * * *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2-2-2---2-2-----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---0-0-0---0-0-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
* * * * * *
Play the above 4 times, but the last 2 measures the 4th time
should be as follows:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2-2-2---2-2-----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---0-0-0---0-0-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e e
* * * * * *
Then play Pre-chorus
(This time around, the timing of the Pre-Chorus is
varied slightly )
then
Final Chorus: which is as follows
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|----2-----0-----4---2-0-2-0-----|
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|R-----------2-0-------------2-0-|
q s e. q q e e s s s e s s s s s s
Repeat 7 times, then play this:
|--------------------------------| This measure might be shortened
|--------------------------------| by 1/16th, and the last 1/4 note
|----------------0---------------| shortened by that same amount.
|2-------0-2-------------2-------|
q s e. q q
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-------4-------2---------------|
|2---------------0---------------|------------------------0---2---|
h h q q q e e
*
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
(2)------------------------------|
(w)
LYRICS:
Hanging from the cobwebs in you mind
It looks like a long, long way to fall
No one ever told me life was kind
I guess I never heard it, I never heard it all
Living in a world of make believe
I can hide behind what's real
But wearing your emotions on your sleeve
And they all know what you feel
And here it comes again
Straight through the heart, straight through the heart
Oh, never tell a secret with your eyes
It's the eyes that let you down
Tell a little truth with many lies
It's the only way I've found
Oh here it comes again
Straight through the heart, straight through the heart
Shout to the wind,
”How can you hurt me this way”
Oh, once it begins
It looks like it's coming to stay
Hanging from the cobwebs in your mind
It looks like a long, long way to fall
No one ever told me life was kind
I Guess I never heard it, never heard it all, no
But here it comes again, straight through the heart
Straight through the heart, straight through the heart
(Solo)
Here it comes again, straight through the heart
In the middle of the heart
Now don't stand still, they'll get you
Right through your heart
And here it comes, here it comes again
Straight through the heart