The Battle Rages On – Deep Purple Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

TAB: The Battle Rages On/Deep Purple

Posted by: [email protected] (Kari T Ahokas)
Posted to: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Post date: 16 Aug 1993

DEEP PURPLE: THE BATTLE RAGES ON (Blackmore/Gillan/Lord/Paice)
Tab version 1.00 by Kari Ahokas
IMPORTANT NOTE: the 6th string is tuned to D. Other strings are
normally tuned.
'' means sustain in this tablature
p is for pulloff

INTRO
Dm (strings) Bb/D fill (dr)

E—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
B—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
G—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
D—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
A1p0-0———–I1p0-0———–I1p0————-I1p0-0———-I
D—3–1p0——-I—3-1p0——–I—–1p0——–I—3–0-I

MAIN RIFF
Dm (Kbd appears)

E——————————–I——————————–I
B——————————–I——————————–I
G——————————–I——————————–I
D———————-3p0——I———————-3p0–I
A1p0—0—–1p0-3p0———–0)I1p0—0—–1p0-3p0————-I
D—-3—1p0———3——(3—I—-3—1p0———3———–I

''?

E——————————–I——————————–I
B——————————–I——————————–I
G——————————–I————————25—I
D———————-3p0——I3p0-0-2p0-0-3p0-0-5p0-0———I
A1p0—0—–1p0-3p0——–(0h3)I——————————–I
D—-3—1p0———3———–I——————————–I

''?
Repeat the main riff (throughout with kbd)

1st VERSE
Dm C(from here on organ only)
Been so many words so much to say
Words are not enough to keep the guns at bay

Main riff (with gtr)
2nd verse
Dm C Gtr fill #1
Some live in fear some do not
some gamble everything on who gets the final shot

The first half of the main riff

SECOND RIFF (using D min harmonic scale)

Oh dont't talk to me of love It's obvious

E—————-I—————-I—————-I———–I
B—————-I—————-I—————-I———–I
G—67-6———I—67-6———I—67-6———I—67-6—-I
D-78–8-7857-5–5I-78–8-7857-5757I-78–8-7857-5–5I-78–8-78I
A———–8-78-I———–8—-I———–8-78-I———–I
D—————-I—————-I—————-I———–I

[C/E] it's not enough Anni[Bb/D]hilation Kill them all

E———–I10—–10—I1068I
B———–I10—–11—I1068I
G10I10—–10—I1079I
D10I12—–12—I12810I
A———–I———————I—————-I
D———–I———————I—————-I

Capitul[Bb/D]ation watch the mighty fall The road[Bb/D] to glory

E1010I12——–68I1010I
B1011I13——–68I1011I
G1010I12——–79I1010I
D1010I14——–810I1212I
A—————–I——————I—————-I
D—————–I——————I—————-I

is lined in red And thoug the gone
reason now is
E1068I108–I6I3I
B1068I108–I6I3I
G1079I109–I7-I4I
D12810I1210–I8I5I

A—————-I—————-I——-I——I
D—————-I—————-I——-I——I

The battle rages on
E3I
B3I
G3I main riff
D5I

A——————–I
D——————–I

3rd verse (guitar murders the chords)
Dm (gtr D5) C(5)
Was it love or hate that got here first
Hat[(D5)]e's a habit [F(5)]it's hard to [Gm(G5)]shake the curse
The first half of the main riff
4th verse (now melody chords with fills)

Kill to live and live to die
Human nature you let the strong survive
1/2 of the usual riff…

2nd riff and top 4 string chords as above

Oh don't talk to me of love
Be serious[C/E] it's not enough
Annihi[Bb/D]lation kill them all
Capitulation watch the mighty fall
The road to [Bb/D]glory is lined in red

And though the reason now is gone
The battle rages on
Guitar solo
(organ plays chords)
IE5 I I I I
IH5 IG5 IH5 IA5 H5I
Guitar & org power chords:
(D bass throughout)
D F G Bb C Eb F G (fill)
(let ring)

E——-I——–I——-I——–I——-I——–I——I——–I
B——-I——–I——-I——–I——-I——–I——I——–I
G——-I——–I——-I1——-I3——I6——-I8—–I—-12I
D0——I3——-I5——I3——-I5——I8——-I10—-I——–I
A0——I3——-I5——I3——-I5——I8——-I10—-I9/10—-I
D0——I3——-I5——I——–I——-I——–I——I——–I

G! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

E———————————I——————————–I
B———————————I——————————–I
G12——————————-I——————————–I
D12——————————-I——————————–I
A10——————————-I——————————–I
D———————————I——————————–I

X X X XD D X X X D X W W X X X X X XX X X
! ! ! !

E———————————I
B———————————I
G———————————I
D———————————I
A———————————I
D———————————I

X X X XW W X X X X X
(!basic beat Xstrum Dlh damped strum Wless powerful strum)
(transcribed approximately especially this strumming part)
Second riff twice:
1st time kbd-gtr-kbd-gtr
2nd time unisono + chainsaw fills from 2nd gtr
Annihilation….as played earlier with gtr licks in 10th position…
THE END

(o[(bass)]rg chord progressions)
Gtr riff n+1 times

E—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
B—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
G—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
D—————-I—————-I—————-I—————I
A1p0-0———–I1p0-0———–I1p0–0———-I1p0-0———-I
D—3-1p0–0-0—I—3-1p0–0-0—I—-3-1p0–0-0–I—3–0–0-0—I

the last bar of the main riff x 3 times
ending the last time in high D (7th fret on B-stiring)
the first bar of the main riff
and that's the song

Gtr fill #1

some do not

E———–
B———–

G-(7)^9r75

D———–
A———–
D———–

All right! Here we are. I sincerely hope that even somebody finds
this simple transcription useful.
Especially in the main riff I was having real difficulties, but my
dear friend Antti "Donald" Kauppinen gave me some valuable clues

(Thanks a Million!!)…There's something still indistinct but those
parts are marked with ''?'s.
Because I usually play keyboards, I wasn't skilled enough to
transcribe the solo. Also some fills I left off to save my brain &
time & fellowmen 🙂 Maybe somebody will let us know the secrets of
Ritchie's fill & solo playing.
The tab isn't perfect (stranger) but who cares' Flames, corrections
and thanks more than welcome!
If someone thinks this was a cool piece of work or something like
that PLEASE LET ME KNOW! Email or write a follow-up! This was
actually my first attempt on transcribing so you understand that
feedback is important.
Keep on rocking!

[–]Kari "Kartsa" Ahokas [email protected]

…hands of metal will bring you down!