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Child in Time

"The story of a loser - it could be you"

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

From "Deep Purple in Rock", 1970

Tablature, version 2:

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Hello. My name is Imre Elek from Hungary.
I think no one ever posted this before.
If you find any mistakes, please write to me.
E-mail: ocsisbt@freemail.c3.hu
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Key:    -Rhytm symbols
         H =half note       H. =a half and a quarter note
         Q =quarter note    Q. =a quarter and an eight note
         E =eight note      E. =an eight and a sixteen note
         S =sixteen note
         
        -others
        % =pause
        ~ =bend
        > =slide
        : =repeat

                 -3x-
      E E   H. E E
  E |-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  H |-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
4 G |-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
4 D |-5-5-|-7--5-5-|-7--3-3-|-5--5-5-|-7--5-5-|
  A |-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  E |-3-3-|-5--3-3-|-5--1-1-|-3--3-3-|-5--3-3-|



                 -4x-
     Sweet...(see in the lyrics)           
    H. E E
E |--------|--------|--------|--------|
H |--------|--------|--------|--------|
G |--------|--------|--------|--------|
D |-7--5-5-|-7--3-3-|-5--5-5-|-7--5-5-|
A |--------|--------|--------|--------|
E |-5--3-3-|-5--1-1-|-3--3-3-|-5--3-3-|

 

                 -4x-
     Oooh...
E |--------|--------|--------|--------|
H |--------|--------|--------|--------|
G |--------|--------|--------|--------|
D |-7--5-5-|-7--3-3-|-5--5-5-|-7--5-5-|
A |--------|--------|--------|--------|
E |-5--3-3-|-5--1-1-|-3--3-3-|-5--3-3-|


               
     Aaah...
    Q H E E 
E |---------|---------|---------|---------|
H |---------|---------|---------|---------|
G |---------|---------|---------|---------|
D |-7-7-5-5-|-7-7-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-5-5-|
A |---------|---------|---------|-----5-5-|
E |-5-5-3-3-|-5-5-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-3-3-|



     Aaah...
                                  Q H.
E |---------|---------|---------|---------|
H |---------|---------|---------|---------|
G |---------|---------|---------|---------|
D |-7---5-5-|-7---3-3-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-----|
A |-7---5-5-|-7---3-3-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-----|
E |-5---3-3-|-5---1-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-----|



   Am                                   G
    E  __E__  E  __E__  E  __E__  _____Q_____
E |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-|
H |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-|
G |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-4-4-4-|
D |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-5-5-5-|
A |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-5-5-5-|
E |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-|
 


   Am                             F 
E |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
H |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-|



    G
E |-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
H |-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G |-4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|



   Am
                        E  Q.
E |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|
H |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|
G |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|
D |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-|
A |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-|
E |-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|



        Solo                       bend
    E  E  H.   Q  Q  _____Q_____ Q    H  _____Q_____ ____Q___
E |----------|----------------------|-------------------------|
H |----------|-------17-15-13-------|-------17-17-16-15-13-15-|
G |-16-16-16~|~16-17----------16-14~|~16-14-------------------|
D |----------|----------------------|-------------------------|
A |----------|----------------------|-------------------------|
E |----------|----------------------|-------------------------|


    bend
    E  E  S  S  E  S  S  E  _______Q______   H. S  S  S  S
E |----------------------------------------|----------------|
H |-17~16-15-13----------------------------|----------------|
G |-------------16-14-12-11-12-------------|----------------|
D |----------------------------14-12-------|----------------|
A |----------------------------------15-12-|-15-12-10-------|
E |----------------------------------------|----------12-10-|


                      bends
    S  H  E  ____E___ S  E   H+E ___E____  S ____E___  S  S   
E |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
H |-------------------------|----------13-15-13-15-13-------|
G |-------10-10-14-12~13~14~|~13-14-16----------------16-14-|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |----12-------------------|-------------------------------|
E |-12----------------------|-------------------------------|


                bend
    S  S  ____E___  Q  S E.__E__ E E 
E |----------------------------------|               
H |----13-15-13-12~12-10-8-----------|
G |-16---------------------7-6-5-7---|
D |--------------------------------5-|
A |----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|


         hold  
         next bar     bend
      H  H       ___Q__ ___Q__ ___Q__ __Q___    
  E |------|---|-----------------------------|
  H |------|---|-----------------------------|
8 G |------|---|-777777~999999-999999-999999-|
8 D |-7>19~|---|-----------------------------|
  A |------|---|-----------------------------|
  E |------|---|-----------------------------|


    __E___ __E__ ___E__ __E__ ___Q__ Q   ___Q__ __E___ __E___ __E___ _E_  Q
E |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
H |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G |-9-7------9-7----7-7-9-9---777777-9-|-799999-9-7----9-7----9-7-----------|
D |-----10-7-----10---------7----------|------------10-----10-----10-7**-10-|
A |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


    ___Q__ __E___ __E___ __E__ __E__ ___E__ Q
E |-------------------------------------------|
H |-------------------------------------------|
G |--------9-7----9-7--------9-7---9-7------7-|
D |-777777-----10-----10-7-7-----7-----10-7---|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------|

    ___Q__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__
E |--------------------------------------------|
H |--------5-3---------------------------------|
G |-222222-----5-2-0---2-0---------------------|
D |------------------2-----2-0---2-------------|
A |----------------------------3---3-----------|
E |----------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-|


    __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__
E |-------------------------------------------------|
H |-------------------------------------------1---1-|
G |-------------------------------0---0-2-0-2---2---|
D |-------------------0---0-2-0-2---2---------------|
A |-------------2-0-2---2---------------------------|
E |-3-0-3-5-3-5-------------------------------------|


    __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ 
E |-------------------------------------------------|
H |-5-3---5-3---5-3---5-3---5-3---6-5-3-5-3---6-5-3-|
G |-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----------5-------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|


    __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ __E__ S S S S E
E |---------------------------------5-8-5-5-|
H |-5-3---5-3---6-5-3-3-----5-3---5---------|
G |-----5-----5---------5-4-----5-----------|
D |-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------|


     S  S ____E___ ___E____  E  E  E  E  E 
E |-------------------10----11~12-12-12-12-|
H |-10-10-10-10-10-13----13----------------|
G |----------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------|
 

    Q. ____E___ ____E___ ____E___ ____E___ _____E____
E |-12-10-------10-------10----------------------------|
H |-------13-10----13-10----13-10----------------------|
G |-------------------------------12-10-12-12-10-7-----|
D |------------------------------------------------10--|
A |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|


    __E__  S S ___E__ ___E__ S  S __E__ ___E__ ___E__  
E |---------------------------------------------------|
H |---------------------------------------------------|
G |-9-9-7------7------8-7----7----------7------8-7----|
D |-------10-7---10-7-----10---10-7-7-7---10-7-----10-|
A |---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|

   
    __E___ __E__ __E__ __E__ E E __E__ __E__
E |------------------------------------------|
H |------------------------------------------|
G |-7----------------------------------------|
D |---10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|


          bend              slide
    ____E___ ____E___ ____E___      S S S S __E__ S S ___E__ ___E__ S E.
E |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
H |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G |-13-13-13~14-14-14-14-14-14>>--|-------------------9-7----9-7----7-9-|
D |--------------------------->>7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----10-----10-----|
A |--------------------------->>7-|-7-7-7-7-----------------------------|
E |--------------------------->>5-|-5-5-5-5-----------------------------|
                           vibrato


    ___E__ ___E__ ____E___ ___E__ ____E___ ___E__ ___E__ E
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
H |-10-8---10-8---8-10-8---10-8---8-10-8---10-8---8-10-8~8-|
G |------9------9--------9------9--------9------9----------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|



    ____E___ ____E___ _____E_____ ____E___ ____E___ _____E_____ _____E_____ ____E___
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H |-17-15-13-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-17-15-13-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-16-15-13-|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


    _____E_____ ____E___ _____E_____ ____E___ _____E_____ ____E___ ____E___ ____E___
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H |-15-17-15-13-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-17-15-13-15-17-15-13-17-15-13-16-15-13-16-15-13-|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                       hold
    ____Q___ ____Q___ ____Q___ S  E.   _7/8_ ____E___
E |----------------------------------|----------------|
H |-15~17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17~16~|~16~17-------13-|
G |----------------------------------|----------14----|
D |----------------------------------|-------14-------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------|
E |----------------------------------|----------------|


        E  ____E___     E  ____E___     E  ____E___