TEMPLE OF THE KING
As recorded by Rainbow
(From the 1975 Album RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW)
Tablature (Tab) for Guitar
Transcribed by Jonny Petersson
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio
C
x 3 2 0 1 0 C(type 2)
x 3 2 0 1 0 Dm
x 5 0 2 3 1 Gm
3 1 0 0 3 3
Am
5 0 2 2 1 0 Fm
1 3 3 1 1 1 Gm(type 2)
3 1 0 0 3 3 Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
G
3 2 0 0 0 3 Dm(type 2)
x 5 0 2 3 1 F
1 0 3 2 1 1 G(type 2)
3 2 0 0 0 3
G(type 3)
3 2 0 0 0 3 E
0 2 2 1 0 0 D
x 5 0 2 3 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro/Pre-Verse
Pretty Slow Q=85
$
Am F
4/4
Gtr I
H S S S E S E W
|-0--------------------|-------------------||-5------3-5-3-1---3-1-|-------------------||----------------------|-2-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||-----1----------1-----|-----10s8----------||---2--------2---------|----------9-7------||-2------2-------------|---7----------10-7-||----------------------|-8-----------------||----------------------|-------------------|
G Am H S S S E S E W|----------------------|-------------------||-3------3-5-3-1---3-1-|-------------------||----------------------|-2-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||-----0----------3-----|-----------0-1-3---||---0--------0---------|---2-2-4-5---------||-0------0-------------|-2-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
Am G H S S S E S E W|-0--------------------|-------------------||-1------3-5-3-1---3-1-|-3-----------------||----------------------|-0-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||-----1----------1-----|-----10-8----------||---2--------2---------|---0------9-7------||-2------2-------------|-0------------10-7-||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
To Coda Dm Am H S S S E S E H +S S S S S S S S|----------------------|-----------------------------||-3------3-5-3-1---3-1-|-----------------------------||----------------------|-2-------(2)-----------------||----------------------|-------------------2-0-------||----------------------|-------------0-2-3-----2-3---||----------------------|-----------------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-----------------------------||-----3----------3-----|---------------5---3---------||---2--------2---------|---2-2-4--5------------4-----||-0------3-------------|-3---------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------------|
Verse
C G Dm Am
Gtr II
H H H H
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr I E E Q E E Q E S S S S E E E Q|---------------|--------------------||-----1------0--|-----3---3-------1--||---0------0----|---2---2---2---2----||-2------0------|-0-----------2------||---------------|--------------------||---------------|--------------------|
F G Am
H H W
| | |
/ / /
E E Q E E Q E E Q +S S S S S S S S|---------------|--------------------------||-----1------0--|-----1--(1)---------------||---2------0----|---2----------------------||-3------0------|-2----------------2-0-----||---------------|------------0-2-3-----2-3-||---------------|--------------------------|
C G E Am F G Am
H H H H H H W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q +S S S S S S S S|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------||-----1------0--|-----0------1--|-----1------0--|-----1--(1)---------------||---0------0----|---1------2----|---2------0----|---2----------------------||-2------0------|-2------2------|-3------0------|-2----------------2-0-----||---------------|---------------|---------------|------------0-2-3-----2-3-||---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
$$
Dm Am
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||---3---3-3----3---3-3--|---1---1-1----1---1-1--||-2---2---2--2---2---2--|-2---2---2--2---2---2--||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
G Am
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q +S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|-------------------------------||---0---0-0----0---0-0--|---1---1-1--(1)----------------||-0---0---0--0---0---0--|-2---2---2--(2)----------------||-----------------------|----------------------2-0------||-----------------------|----------------0-2-3-----2-3--||-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Dm Am
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||---3---3-3----3---3-3--|---1---1-1----1---1-1--||-2---2---2--2---2---2--|-2---2---2--2---2---2--||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
G E
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||---0---0-0----0---0-0--|---0---0-0----0---0-0--||-0---0---0--0---0---0--|-1---1---1--1---1---1--||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
Solo
D.C. al Coda &
D.C. al Coda
F G Am F Am
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q W W W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr III E E E E E E E E H H +Q E E Q Q H H|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|---------------||-----1-------0---|---------8----|-(8)------8-10---13---|---------10----||-------2-------0-|--------------|-------10-------------|-9-------------||---3-------0-----|-7------------|----------------------|---------------||-0-------2-------|--------------|----------------------|---------------||-----------------|--------------|----------------------|---------------|
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| Gtr III Gtr I| W E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H|-----------------|--------------|-------------1--------|---------------||-----------------|-----1--------|--------1------1------|-----1---------||-----------------|-------2------|----------2-------2---|-------2-------||-----------------|---2----------|-----3--------------3-|---2-----------||-----------------|-0-------0----|--0-------------------|-0--------0----||-----------------|--------------|----------------------|---------------|
F Am
W W
| |
/ /
+Q E E Q Q H. E E|------------------------|---------------------||-(10)---------13---15---|-17------------17-15-||--------12-14-----------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------1--------|-----------0---------||---------1-------1------|-------1-----1-------||------------2-------2---|---------2------2----||------3---------------3-|-----2-------------2-||---0--------------------|--0------------------||------------------------|---------------------|
G Dm
W W
| |
/ /
E E +H E E H. Q|------------------------|--------------------||-13s15-(15)-------13-15-|-15------------17---||------------------------|--------------------||------------------------|--------------------||------------------------|--------------------||------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------3---------|-----------1--------||---------0------3-------|-------3-----3------||------------0------0----|---------2------2---||-----0----------------0-|-----0------------0-||--0---------------------|--0-----------------||------------------------|--------------------|
E Am
W W
| |
/ /
a H. Q H. E E|-----------------------|---------------------||-15s12------------12s==|=13------------12-13-||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------0--------|-----------0---------||----------0-----0------|-------1-----1-------||------------1------1---|---------2------2----||--------2------------2-|-----2-------------2-||-----2-----------------|--0------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|
F Am
W W
| |
/ /
H. E E Q H E a E|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|-13---17-------15b17r17s15-||---------------12-14-|---------------------------||-15------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------1---------|-----------0---------------||-------1-----1-------|-------1-----1-------------||---------2------2----|---------2------2----------||-----3-------------3-|----2--------------------2-||--0------------------|--0------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------|
F Am G
W W W
| | |
/ / /
H. E E H e e e e H +E E E E|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------||-13------------------|-------------12-13-15-|-15-------(15)-13-15-17-||---------------------|----------14----------|------------------------||---------------15-17-|-14-------------------|------------------------||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------1---------|-----------0----------|------------3-----------||-------1-----1-------|------1-------1-------|------0---------3-------||---------2------2----|--------2--------2----|--------0----------0----||-----3-------------3-|----2---------------2-|----0-----------------0-||--0------------------|--0-------------------|--0---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Dm E
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr IV H E +Q. +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------||-18-------17b17.5r(17)-----|-(17)s18s17s18s17s18s17s18s17---------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------------------2-0-----||---------------------------|------------------------------0-2-3-----2-3-||---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------1---------------|----------------------------0---------------||------3-------------3------|----------------0---------------0-----------||--------2--------------2---|----------------------1-------------1-------||----0--------------------0-|----------2-----------------------------2---||--0------------------------|---2----------------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
Out-Chorus
&&
Dm Am
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||---3---3-3----3---3-3--|---1---1-1----1---1-1--||-2---2---2--2---2---2--|-2---2---2--2---2---2--||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
G Dm
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||---0---0-0----0---0-0--|---3---3-3----3---3-3--||-0---0---0--0---0---0--|-2---2---2--2---2---2--||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
E F G
W Q Q Q Q
| | | | |
/ / / / /
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||---0---0-0----0---0-0--|---1---1-1----3---3-3--||-1---1---1--1---1---1--|-2---2---2--0---0---0--||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
Outro Am F 4/4 Q Q S S S E S E W|-0---0----------------|-------------------||-5---5--3-5-3-1---3-1-|-------------------||----------------------|-2-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||-----1----------1-----|-----10-8----------||---2--------2---------|----------9-7------||-2------2-------------|---7----------10-7-||----------------------|-8-----------------||----------------------|-------------------|
Am F Q Q S S S E S E W|----------------------|-------------------||-3---3--3-5-3-1---3-1-|-------------------||----------------------|-2-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||-----1----------1-----|-----------0-1-3---||---2--------2---------|---2-2-4-5---------||-2------2-------------|-3-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
Am G Q Q S S S E S E W|-0---0----------------|-------------------||-1---1--3-5-3-1---3-1-|-3-----------------||----------------------|-0-----------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-------------------||-----1----------1-----|-----10-8----------||---2--------2---------|---0------9-7------||-2------2-------------|-0------------10-7-||----------------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------|
H.=H Dm Am Q Q S S S E S E W|----------------------|-----------------||-3---3--3-5-3-1---3-1-|-----------------||----------------------|-2---------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-----------------||-----3----------3-----|-----------5-3---||---2--------2---------|---2-2-4-5-----4-||-0------3-------------|-2---------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------|
Q=75 F Em Am Gtr I H S S E S S S S Q E E E E E E E E H. +W|-^1--------1---------|------------0---|-0---^0-------|-(0)----*||-^1------1---1-------|--------------0-|---0-^1-------|-(1)----*||-^2----2-------------|----------1-----|-----^2-------|-(2)----*||-^3------------3-----|--------2-------|-----^2-------|-(2)----*||-^0--------------3s0-|------2---------|-----^0-------|-(0)----*||-^1------------------|-3--0-----------|-----^5-------|-(5)----*|
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Duration Legend
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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
