Dio – Caught in the Middle
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You can’t hate an opening riff like that! Vivian Campbell at his prime! Here ya go! & by
way, I know it looks like I forgot to add in palm mutes but I didn’t, that’s the way
should play it! Contact me at: rattlehead.coolio@hotmail.com
Tablature Legend:
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
/// - Slower slide
?(?) - Bend (to whatever is in the brackets)
~ - vibrato
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
PM|-| - Palm Mute
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|-6---9--4---9--2----------------6--4---|-6---9--4---9--2----------------6--4-----|
A|-4---7--2---7--0----------------4--2---|-4---7--2---7--0----------------4--2-----|
E|-------------------0-2-5-4-2-0---------|-------------------0-2-5-4-2-0-----------|
PM |-----------| |----------------------|
Verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2---------------------------6-4-2---------------------------|
A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-6-4-9---------------------------------|
A|-4-2-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2---------------------------6-4-2---------------------------|
A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-4--6---------------------------------|
A|-2--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-4-2---------------------------6-4-2---------------------------|
A|-4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-4-6------9-----7-----6-----4--------|
A|-2-4------7-----5-----4-----2--------|
E|------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----|
PM |---| |---| |---| |---| |-------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2---------------------------6-4-2---------------------------|
A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-4--6---------------------------------|
A|-2--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|--------------------------------------|
Interlude:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------5-------------5-------------5-----------5-------5----|
G|------------4---4-2---1~--4---4-2-1-2~--4---4-2-1-2-4---4-1-4---4--|
D|--------4~----------4----------------------------------------------|
A|-19\---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-6---9--4---9--2----------------6--4-----|
A|-4---7--2---7--0----------------4--2-----|
E|-------------------0-2-5-4-2-0-----------|
PM |----------------------|
Verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2---------------------------6-4-2---------------------------|
A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-4-6------9-----7-----6-----4--------|
A|-2-4------7-----5-----4-----2--------|
E|------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----|
PM |---| |---| |---| |---| |-------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2---------------------------6-4-2---------------------------|
A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-4--6---------------------------------|
A|-2--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|--------------------------------------|
Interlude: (x2)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-------------5-------------5-----------5-------5----|
G|-----4---4-2---1~--4---4-2-1-2~--4---4-2-1-2-4---4-1-4---4--|
D|-4~----------4----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-6--9-\\\--4--9-\\\--2--9-\\\--4--9\\\---|
A|-4--7-\\\--2--7-\\\--0--7-\\\--2--7\\\---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Solo:
e|-12~-11h12p11~--14~-12h14p12\11h12~--|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-16-14p12h14p12----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------16p14p12h14~-9h12p11p9-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------11-11(13)(11)p9-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------11-11t~~~---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-12~-11h12p11~--14~-12h14p12\11h12~--|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-16--14--12--16--14--17--17(19)~~~~~~------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Verse:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---------------------------6-4-2--2-----------------------------|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM |-----------------------| |---------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-6-4------9-----7-----6-----4--------|
A|-4-2------7-----5-----4-----2--------|
E|------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----|
PM |---| |---| |---| |---| |-------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2---------------------------6-4-2-2-2-----------------------------|
A|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM |-----------------------| |---------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--6-----------4--6-----------4--6-----------4--6-----------|
A|-2--4--4-4-4-4--2--4--4-4-4-4--2--4--4-4-4-4--2--4--4-4-4-4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude: (x2)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-------------5-------------5-----------5-------5----|
G|-----4---4-2---1~--4---4-2-1-2~--4---4-2-1-2-4---4-1-4---4--|
D|-4~----------4----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (x9)
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-6--9-\\\--4--9-\\\--2--9-\\\--4--9\\\---|
A|-4--7-\\\--2--7-\\\--0--7-\\\--2--7\\\---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Fade from the 6th bar.
Enjoy!