Ritchie Blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore - Minstrel Ball guitar tab

R. Blackmore

"Minstrel Hall"

"Shadow Of The Moon" 1997 & "Blackmore's Kingdom" 1998

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4/4, slowly

h - hammer on

p - pull off

~ - vibrato

/ - slide up/down

s - strum (always towards 1th string)

| - beat mark (for 8th notes)

CX - barre at X-th fret

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||--s---0---1p--0--------------------|--------------------------------|

||o-3-------3-----3------------------|----------------s---------------|

||--2-------3-------5---3---2--------|3---------------2p0-----------2-|

||--0---------------3---3---2--------|3---7-5-3---7---2---2-3-0-------|

||o-----------------3-------0--------|5-------3-------0-------0-------|

||-----------------------------------|--------5-----------------------|

C3 C0 C3 C0

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|s---0---1p--0--------------------|--------------------------------|

|3-------3-----3------------------|----------------s-------2-------|

|2-------3-------5---3---2--------|3---------------2p0h2h3---------|

|0---------------3---3---2--------|3---7-5-3---7---2---------------|

|----------------3-------0--------|5-------3-------0---------------|

|---------------------------------|--------5-----------------------|

C3 C0 C3 C0

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|------0-----5---3p1p0h1----------|6p5p3---------------------------|

|2h--3-------------------3--------|------6-5p3--------phpp---------|

|--------3------------------------|0-----------5-3-2h32320----hp---|

|----------------0-----------0----|------------------------3-232p0-|

|0--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|------0-1p--0--------------------|--------------------------------|

|----3---3-----3------------------|----------------s---------------|

|--2-----3-------5---3---2--------|3---------------2p0-------------|

|0---------------3---3---2--------|3---7-5-3---7---2---2-3-0-----0-|

|----------------3-------0--------|5-------3-------0-------0-------|

|---------------------------------|--------5-----------------------|

C3 C0 C3 C0

| | | | | | | | 2 times

|1p0------------------------------||

|----2---------------------------o||

|------3--------------------------||

|--------0------------------------||

|--------------------------------o||

|---------------------------------||

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |hp| |

|------------------------------h--|8-----p-----6---5h6p5653---hp---|

|----6-------10------10--8---1011-|----1086---------------6-565p--|

|7-------9-------10---------------|------------------------------7-|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|------------------0-----5p3---0--|--------0h1p0-------------------|

|--------------3-6--p3-------6-5-|3---2h3-------3-2h3p2-----------|

|------------4---------5----------|--2-------------------3-2-------|

|8p7-5-----5----------------------|--------------------------------|

|------8-7------------------------|----------------0---------------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|2h3p2----------------------------|--------------------------------|

|------3-2------------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|----------5-----------5-7/87-5-|

|0--------------------------------|----4-5-7---7-5-4/5-7-----------|

|---------------------------------|5/6-----------------------------|

slow down

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|-----------------------0---------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|------8-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|

|--------6h7p6---------------p-7--|--7-9---------------------------|

|--5-7/8-------8-7h8/119-9h109---6/7-------------------------------|

|7--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

at original tempo

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|s---0---1p--0--------------------|--------------------------------|

|3-------3-----3------------------|----------------s---------------|

|2-------3-------5---3---2--------|3---------------2p0-----------2-|

|0---------------3---3---2--------|3---7-5-3---7---2---2-3-0-------|

|----------------3-------0--------|5-------3-------0-------0-------|

|---------------------------------|--------5-----------------------|

C3 C0 C3 C0

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|s---0---1p--0--------------------|--------------------------------|

|3-------3-----3------------------|----------------s-------2-------|

|2-------3-------5---3---2--------|3---------------2p0h2h3---------|

|0---------------3---3---2--------|3---7-5-3---7---2---------------|

|----------------3-------0--------|5-------3-------0---------------|

|---------------------------------|--------5-----------------------|

C3 C0 C3 C0

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|------0-----5---3p1p0h1----------|6p5p3---------------------------|

|2h--3-------------------3--------|------6-5p3--------phpp---------|

|--------3------------------------|0-----------5-3-2h32320----hp---|

|----------------0-----------0----|------------------------3-232p0-|

|0--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

slow down free length for all notes

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|------0-1p--0--------------------|6-----p-----5---5p3-----1-------||

|----3---3-----3----------hphphp--|6---108-6-----------5-63-------||

|--2-----3-------5---3---232323...|7-------5---------------2-------||

|0---------------3---3---2--------|s-------7---------------0-------||

|----------------3-------0--------|----------------0---------------||

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||

C3 C0 C6 C5 C0

strum last chord ad lib for a while, end w/ 0 at 4th string and let

ring.

Comment & corrections are welcome.

Artiom Morozov, artiom@belarus.net

Copyright (c) 2001 by OLGA, Inc.

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