Rasputin de Boney M

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Rasputin by Boney M

Well I'm surprised that all I can find on the net for this disco 
classic are a few chords, so I've transcribed the lead parts myself. 
This was a quick hack with a basic text editor so forgive me the lack 
of annotation and approximate timing, please. I also mess around with 
the octaves a little when I play this - some parts sound better down an 
octave from the violins when played on guitar, some sound fine at the 
original pitch. Your tastes may of course be different.

Violin parts arranged for single guitar by Neil Gall

Fig#1: Intro
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B------4---4---4h6p4---4-----4-4--4---4h6p4---4----------------------
G--4h7---------------7---4h7----------------7------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Fig#2: "Russian Riff"
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------8h10p8----------------------------------------
G------11---11------11--------11-11\---6-7-9---9---9---6-7-999-7-6---
D--9---------------------------------------------------------------9-
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Fig#3: "Disco Riff"
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------8h10h12--10--12---------------------------
G--------------------9h11-------------------11~--9--11---------------
D--9----9----9h11h12-------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------8h10h12-----------------------------------
G--------------------9h11------------7---9---11~---------------------
D--9----9----9h11h12-------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Fig#4: Verse
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------8h10h12~~~---12h14p12----12\------------------------------
G--------------------------------14----------------------------------
D--9h11h12-----------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

E--14p12-------------------------------------------------------------
B--------12h14h15---15p14p12~~~--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------10-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G----------9-------9h11----9h11h12-9h11h12---------------------------
D--9h11h12---11h12------12-------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--11~~~~~---12p10----10h12p10----10-12---12\------------------------
G------------------12----------12---------11\------------------------
D------------------------------------------9\------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Fig#5: Chorus
E-----------  --17-17-17-17-15---17--  ------------------------------
B--10---12--  -----------------------  --12~~------17~~~------15~~~--
G-----------  -----------------------  ------------------------------
D-----------  -----------------------  ------------------------------
A-----------  -----------------------  ------------------------------
E-----------  -----------------------  ------------------------------

E--------------------17h18h19---19\----------------------------------
B-----------17h19h20-------------------------------------------------
G--16h18h19----------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Fig#6: "And when his drinking"
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------7---5--------5-7-------5-------------------------------
G--4------7--------------7-------7-------6---4-----------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------9-----10-9-----------------------------------------
B--12-----10--12-------------12-----10--12--12-----------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Arrangement

Fig#1: Intro x4 (actually played on a separate guitar)
Fig#2: Russian riff x1
Funky bit on Bm chord x4
Descending bass (B A G F#) x2
Fig#3: Disco riff x1
Fig#4: Verse - the lead lines shown in Fig#4 come near the end of each 
line of the verse. Listen to the song to fit it all together.
Fig#5: Chorus - again, listen to see how the lead lines shown fit 
around the chorus
Fig#3: Disco riff x1
Fig#2: Russian riff x1
Fig#4: Verse
Fig#5: Chorus
Fig#6: When his drinking...
Fig#3: Disco riff x2
Fig#2: Russian riff x1
Fig#4: Verse
Fig#5: Chorus x2
"Oh those Russians!"