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 Deep Purple - "Solitaire"                 Transcribed by
 (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)      Antti Kauppinen
 From "The Battle Rages on..." (1993)      (amkauppi@plootu.helsinki.fi)
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       INTRO

  N.C

E|----------------| I----------------I
B|----(both| guitars)---------------I
G|----------------| I----------------I
D|5-----3-----1---| I3-----1-----0---I
A|----------------| I----------------I
E|----------------| I----------------I

  Gm                                                 Eb/G ???
                          guitar 1 (rhy.fig.B)

E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
G|.-----3-2-------| I----------------IZ-----3-2-------I---------------.I
D|.-----------5---| I----------------I------------5---I---------------.I
A|----------------| I5---------------I----------------I6---------------I
E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I

 I                                                                   I
 I                        guitar 2 (rhy.fig.A)                       I

E|----------------| I-------(muted throughout)--------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I-----??????-----I
G|.---------------| I----------------I----------------I---------------.I
D|.---5-| z-----5-z-I----5-z-----5---I----5-Z-----5-z-I----5-z-----5-z.I
A|--5-------5-----| I--5-------5-----I--5-------5-----I--6-------6-----I
E|3---------------| I3---------------I3---------------I3---------------I


 VERSE
  Gm (w/rhy.fig.A)                 Eb/G
  I               I                 I                I               I
  Door            don't close the door                I want to feel the

  Gm (w/1st half of rhy.fig.A)       F
  I               I                 I                I                 I

   cold            I want to see  the light

  Gm (w/rhy.fig.A & B)
  I               I                 I                I                 I

  Mama                     where you gone                    this is no

  Gm (1/2*fig.A & fill 1)            F
  I               I                 I                I                 I

   dream               Can't make it right if it's wrong

 PDC HORUS

   Dm               Eb5   C5         Dm                Eb5   C5
  I               I                 I                I                 I

       You're dancing with strangers        You're fighting with friends



 CHORUS

  Gm          F    Bb    C          Gm          F    Eb      F

E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  12----1212--10--I----------------I12----1212--10--I8-10--12-10-----I
  12----1212--10--I8-----1010------I12----1212--10--I----------------I
  10----1010--8---I8-----1010------I10----1010--8---I6-8---10-8------I
E|----------------| I6-----8-8-------I----------------I----------------I

           It's a matter of time           between love and despair

  Gm          F    Bb    C          Eb               F

E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  12----1212--10--I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  12----1212--10--I8-----1010------I----------------I----------------I
  10----1010--8---I8-----1010------I1---------------I3---1-0---------I
E|----------------| I6-----8-8-------I----------------I----------------I


           Falling over the line    Empty  hearts and icy stares

  Eb      F/C ??   Gm               F                Gm

E|----------------| I-(half time)----I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  8-------2-???---I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  8-------3-???---I5---------------I3---------------I5---------------I
E|6-------0-| ???---I5---------------I3---------------I5---------------I
B|----------------| I3---------------I1---------------I3---------------I


  Oh      call me  solitaire               Oh-oh-o-o-oh

  N.C

E|----------------| I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I
G|----(both| guitars)---------------I
D|----------------| I----------------I
A|5-----3-----1---| I3-----1-----0---I
E|----------------| I----------------I

 VERSE 2:

 The eyes / In the face on the wall / Follow me round the room /Follow
me everywhere

 A heart / Without an echo / A man without a child / Alone with my
sorrow


 PDC HORUS
 CHORUS

 ORGAN G  O

  Dm               Eb    F     Gm  (1.Dm             Bb     C        )

E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  .7-----7-7-------I8-----10----12--I7-----7-7-------I3------5-------.I
  .7-----7-7-------I8-----10----12--I7-----7-7-------I3------5-------.I
E|5-----5-5-------| I6-----8-----10--I5-----5-5-------I1------3--------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I


   2.Dm               Eb  C            Dm  Bb

E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I
  7---------------Iz-8-8-5-5-------Iz-7-7-3-3-------I
  7---------------Iz-8-8-5-5-------Iz-7-7-3-3-------I
E|5---------------| Iz-6-6-3-3-------Iz-5-5-1-1-------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I

 CHORUS

 ****************************

  Fill 1

  Gm                                F

  ----------------I----------------I-------------P--I----------------I
  ----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
  ------3-2-------I7---------8---7-I5-----------20--I----------------I
  ------------5---I----------------I--------------3-I----------------I
E|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I----------------I----------------I


  Fill 2

 (F)              (Gm)
E|----------------| I----------------I
B|----------------| I----------------I
G|--------2-3-2---| I----------------I
D|--------------3-| I5---------------I
A|----------------| I----------------I
E|----------------| I----------------I