Can't Happen Here Rainbow
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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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
<n> - 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
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