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<H2>Child in Time</H2>
<EM>"The story of a loser - it could be you"</EM><BR>
<H3>(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)</H3>
<H4>From "<A HREF="../lyrics/in_rock.htm">Deep Purple in Rock</A>", 1970</H4>

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<HR>
<H3>Chords:</H3>
<PRE>
G G Am                     G G Am
       Sweet Child in time
                     F F G
 you'll see the line

                   G G Am
The line that's drawn between

               G G Am
The good and the bad

                        G G Am
See the blind man

                        F F G
 Shooting at the world

                     G G Am
Bullets flying

               G G Am
 taking toll


                   G G Am
If you've been bad,

                   F F G
Lord I bet you have

                        G G Am
And you've not been hit

                 G G Am
by flying lead

                             G G Am
You'd better close your eyes

                   F F G
and bow your head

G G Am
       Wait for the ricochet
G G Am / G G Am / F F G / G G Am
</PRE>

(Same chord sequence repeated (four times) with the infamous screams over)

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(INSTRUMENTAL)

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2. verse (as first)

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Sweet child in time you'll see the line<BR>
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad<BR>
See the blind man shooting at the world<BR>
Bullets flying taking toll<BR>
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have<BR>
And you've not been hit by flying lead<BR>
You'd better close your eyes you'd better bow your head<BR>
Wait for the ricochet

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<PRE>G G Am / G G Am / F F G / G G Am</PRE>
(Same chord sequence repeated (four times) with the infamous screams over)

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(INSTRUMENTAL - "FINALE")<BR>
(Screams and ad lib)

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<HR>

Originally posted by Walt Dabell, <A HREF="mailto:walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu">walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu</A>   <BR>
Small corrections and additons by Trond, <A HREF="mailto:trond@thehighwaystar.com">trond@thehighwaystar.com</A><P>

<H3>Tablature:</H3>

Hi there!
My name is Stas, or Flying Paranoid, or Paranoid for short. I play the
guitar in Russia (I never say "live"-- I can't live without playing the
guitar!). I've just finished
tabbing the greatest DP's song "Chlid in time", and so I send it to you,
maybe you'll find it useful someway...
p.s. I'm sorry if there are any mistakes in my English.........
Bye!

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Deep Purple 
-- Child In Time --
tabbed by Flying Paranoid (<A HREF="mailto:sgkogan@ufanet.ru">sgkogan@ufanet.ru</a> ,ICQ=10245085)

INTRO:
Clear sound 
Softly
* = (legato) = let the chord/note ring 'till the next chord is picked
> = accent the note/chord
b = bend
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/\= bend and release
~~= vibrato

                   *               *               *
e|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|
b|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|
A|----------5--5-|-7--------5--5-|-7---------3--3-|-5------------5--5--7-|
E|----------3--3-|-5--------3--3-|-5---------1--1-|-3------------3--3--5-|
 Then repeat the whole riff. 

VERSE and CHORUS:
You've got to repeat INTRO only. The difference is in the volume of
your guitar, listen to the record to fix it. Also, listen to the song attentively
to catch R.Blackmore's tricks w/tremelo, hammer-ons and pull-offs, I'm too lazy 
to show them all. 

During some bars of the chorus you'll play following :

                   *               *                    *                    *        
e|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------|
b|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------|
G|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------|
D|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|----------5--5-|-7---7----5--5-|-7---7-----3--3-|-5---5---------5--5-|-7---7-----|
E|----------3--3-|-5---5----3--3-|-5---5-----1--1-|-3---3---------3--3-|-5---5-----|

 THE INTERLUDE kicks in:

   >        >          >                      >        >          >        
e|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
b|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
D|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|

   >            >              >                                >        >          >   *
e|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|--------|   
b|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|--------|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|--------|
D|-9---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--|-9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7---7--|
A|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|-7---7--|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|--------|

Then the 1st part of solo,nice and easy:
 
  b1/2 b1/2b1/2                            >        b1/2            b1
e|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
b|--------------|-------------|----------------|----16--15-13------|------------------|
G|-14--14--14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------17---|--------------16-14~14----------------|
D|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|

                              b1/2                            
e|--------------------------|----/\-----------------------------|----------------------|------|
b|--------15-17-16-15-13-15-|-15/  \~~~~~~--13-15-12-13---------|----------------------|------|
G|-----14-------------------|------------------------------14-12|-13-------------------|------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----14-13-12---------|------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------15-12-15~~~~~~~|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|------|
                                                   b1
e|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|-----|-------------------------------|
b|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|-----|------------15--13p15h13-------|
G|---------------------|-----------|-----------14--12~~~~~~~~~|---14-16-17--------------16-14-|
D|---------------------|-----------|--12/\-12-----------|-----|-------------------------------|
A|~~-12-------------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------|-----|-------------------------------|
E|------15-12-10-12----|-----------|--------------------|-----|-------------------------------|
                                                                            (yeah,that note 
                                                                             lasts for three 
                                                                             bars)                                                                                                                                                                      
e|-----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|-----|-----|-----|
b|-----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|-----|-----|-----|
G|-16-17-19p17h16-14~~~~~|-14-12----------------------|-------------11/12/13|14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-----------------------|------------14-12----12-----|---------------------|-----|-----|-----|
A|-----------------------|------------------15-----10-|-12~~~~~~~~~---------|-----|---- |-----|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|-----|-----|-----|


Now the 2nd part of the solo,much more faster:
      b1/2                                                             
e|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\|12-10-12-12-----------12-12-----13-|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------15--12-10-------12-----| 
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   b1                                      >
e|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-12/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-----|-14-14-14-14-14-14-13-12----------------|-12-12------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------15-17-15-16-12-|-------15--12-12-12-15--|
E|----------------------------------13--|----------------------------------------|------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------12/11/10-12/11/10---|-------13-10-12-10---------------------|-------------------12-11-10-12-11-10----|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12---------------------|-12-12-------------12-12-12-12---------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------12-|
E|-------------------------------------12|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
                          >
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
b|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------12----10-10--11/14----|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-12-12----12-----------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-15-12------------|-8--------------------------|-------5-3-5-7-5-7-10-7-10-|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------15-12-10-8-|---10-8-5-8-10--3-0-3-5-3-5-|-8-5-8---------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|-9-------9-------9-------9-------|-9-------10-------9-------10-------|
D|-------------------12-------12-12-11-10-12-|---12-10---12-10---12-10---12-10-|---12-10----12-10---12-10----12-10-|
A|-12-10-12-15-12-15----15-12----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
                                                                                                                       
e|-------------------------------|---5-3-0-5--8-5-3/4/5---|-5--5-5-5-5-8-9-10-8--|-10~~~~-10~~~~~-10~~~~~~~-10~~~~~~-10~|~~~~~
b|-------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----
G|-9-------9-------9-7p9h7-5-4-2-|-4----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----
D|---12-10---12-10---------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----
A|-------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----
E|-------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-----

e|~~~~~~~~--10-8----|-10-8----10-8-----------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
b|---------------10-|------10------10-8------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
G|------------------|--------------------9-8-7-5-7-|-5p7h5-----7-7-5----8-7-5-7-|-5p7h5---------7-5---8-7-5-|-7-7-5-----------------|
D|------------------|------------------------------|-------7-5-------7----------|-------7-7-7-7-----7-------|-------7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
                                    b1/2-------------|                 Do anything you want with 
                                                                       this nice chord :-) 
e|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
b|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
G|-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-|-12/13/14--14-14-14-14-14-----------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------------11/sliiiiiidee|0--------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------------------11/sliiiiiidee|0--------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|0--------------------|

e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
b|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-14-12----14-12----14-12----14-12----|-14-12----14-12----14-12--|
D|-----------------------------|-12-10--12-10-12-10-12-14-14-14-14-|-------14-------14-------14-------14-|-------14-------14--------|
A|-12---12--12-12-12-12-12--12-|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-21-17-14-21-17-14-21-17-14-21-17-14-|-21-17-14-21-17-14-21-17-14-20-17-14-|-21-17-14-21-17-14-21-17-14-21-17-14-|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
                                                                                            Dive then return
                                                                                            this note w/bar   
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------|-----|---------------
b|-------------------------------------|-17~~---17-~~--17~~---17~~--17~~~-16-|-17--17--17--17~|~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~----
G|-21-17-14-21-17-14-20-17-14-17-19-17-|-------------------------------------|----------------|-----|---------------
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------|-----|---------------
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------|-----|---------------
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------|-----|---------------

e|-------------|15-------------15---------|15-------------15-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
b|----------17-|------------17------------|------------17----------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-13/14-17----|---13/14-17------13/14-17-|---13/14-17-------12/14-14-14-|-12--12-----14-12----|-----------------------------|
D|-------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------14-|-12--------------------------|
A|-------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|----15-15-17-15-12-15-----16-|
E|-------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------14-------14-------14-12------|-------14-------14-------14-12---|-------14-12--------14-12--|-------14-12--------14-12-12~~12~~~
D|-12-12----12-12----12-12---------13-|-12-12----12-12----12-12---------|-12-14--------12-14--------|-12-14--------12-14--------------|
A|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|----------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
b|----------|---------13--15-|-15~~~-15~~~-15-13-15-|-15-13-15-15-13-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|~~-12~~~~~|~~-12-14--------|----------------------|----------------14-12-------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------14-10-12-12-|-12-10-------12----12-------------|-----------------------|
A|----------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|-------12-12----12----15-12-12-15-|-15~~~~-12-15-12-12----|
E|----------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------15-|
                                                           b1
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------12-10----|-10---------------------------|-14-12-10-14-12-10-14-12-10-14-12-10-|-14-12-10-14-12-10-14-12-10-14-12-10-|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-12-12-------12-|----12-12-12-12-12-13--12-12--|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------|-12-----------12-----------|-12--------12-14----14-12----14-|-12----14-12----14-12----14-12-------|
D|-14--15--15--15--15--15--|-15~~~~~~~~-14-12-10-|-----14-12-10-----14-12-10-|-----12-14-------14-------14----|----14-------14-------14-------14-14-|
A|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
b|-------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
G|-14-12----14-12----14-12----12-|-14---14---14-12-14-12-----|-14-12------------------------------|-----------5--------------|----------------------|
D|-------14-------14-------14----|-----------------------14--|-------14-12------------------------|---7-5-------7-5--7-7-5---|---7-5----------------|
A|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------15-14-12---------------|-------7-0--------------7-|-0-----7-10-7-5-7-7---|
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------15-12-12-10-8-|-5------------------------|----------------------|

         *      *      *  *              *          *          * *        * * 
e|-------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------| Play the last bar 3 times
b|-------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-7-5-------------------------5-|-7-5------6/7-5------6-|-7-5------6-7-5--------6-|
A|-----7-0------0------0--0------|-----7-0--------7-0----|-----0-0--------0-0------|
E|------------3------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|

The outro of solo, play 7 times with accelerando:

e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-14-17-21-14-17-21-14-17-21-19-17-16-|-14-17-21-14-17-21-19-17-16-14--|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Then return to the good old intro and the verse............

And now the ending of the song:
   *        *         *
e|--------|---------|---------|------------------------------------------------|
b|--------|---------|---------|------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------|---------|---------|------------------------------------------------|
D|--------|---------|---------|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7------|-7-------|-7-------|-7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--7-8-7-8-7-----|
E|-0------|-0-------|-0-------|------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--7-8-7-8-7-|play 3 times
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|---------|-----------|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b|---------|-----------|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------|-----------|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------|-----------|---------|--------2------|-2---3---4---5---|-2---3---4---5---|
A|-4/7--7--|-4/7--7--7-|-5/7-----|-2------2------|-2---3---4---5---|-2---3---4---5---|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-0------0------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| continue fooling around
b|-----------------------------|---------------------------------| chromatic scale 
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-2--3--4--5--2-3-4-5-2-3-4-5-|-2-3-4-5-3-4-5-6-4-5-6-7-5-6-7-8-|
A|-2--3--4--5--2-3-4-5-2-3-4-5-|-2-3-4-5-3-4-5-6-4-5-6-7-5-6-7-8-|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

And the last chord that lasts for 4 bar :
 
e|------------------------|
b|------------------------|
G|-2----------------------|
D|-2----------------------|
A|-0----------------------|
E|------------------------|

Enjoy!
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