Rainbow - Since You’ve Been Gone

Rainbow – Since You’ve Been Gone

INTRO (Power for Electric or Barr Chords for Acoustic)

G G G|  D D|  Em Em Em|  C C

G G G |   D Em C   C  C D D             2x

(whoooaaa)

VERSE (Major Chords)

G             D                    Em             D

I   get  the  same   old  dreams   same    time   every night,

C               Bm                 Am              D

fall   to  the  ground   and  i     wake     up

G             D          Em               D

So I get out of bed, put on my shoes, and in my head

C            Bm          Am        D

Thoughts fly back to the break-up

(BRIDGE)

Eb                                  *

These   four  walls  are  closin'  in,

look  at  the fix   you've   put  me in.

(CHORUS)

G G G            D D   Em

Em Em               C C

Since you've been gone, Since you've been gone

G G G              D    Em    C  

C C D D

Im out of my head, can’t take it.

G G G            D D  Em

Em Em                C C

Could i be wrong, but since you've been gone

G G G               D  Em     C

C D

you've cast a spell so break  it.

(WAILS...)

G G G  D D  Em Em

Em  C C

G G G    D Em C   C

C D D

               ...since youve been gone.

(VERSE)

G          D            Em          D

So in the night I stand beneath the back street light

C               Bm                 Am              D

I read the words that you sent to me

G              D              Em               D

I can take the afternoon, the night-time comes around too soon

C         Bm            Am      D

You can't know what you mean to me

(BRIDGE)

Eb                                *

Your poison letter, your telegram

Just goes to show you don't give a damn

(CHORUS)

(WAILS...)

GUITAR SOLO - (Breakdown)

G Am Bm Dsus2 D7 Em+     

C D

G    Am      Bm

If you will come back

Dsus2     D7         Em+           C          D

Baby, you know you'll never do wrong

D D D, D D.

***Key Change*** (two frets up)

*

E

B

G

D------7------------------------------|

A----8-----8--6---------------3--4--5-|

E--8----------------8--6--5-----------|

Em+

3 (Hammer on/off)

0

0

2

X

X

The Intro/Chorus part is Barr or Power Chords, the Verse

and breakdown part is Major chords, you can

break up the chord, hitting the low strings first,

walk it up to the higher strings and back.