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    Smoke on the Water
    Deep Purple
     
    Chord Guide 
          134
    G5:   355xxx
    		       134
    F5:   133xxx
    		        134
    C5:   x355xx
    		       134
    Ab5:  466xxx
    		 
     
    Strum Guide 
    Verse Strum (w/palm mute):
    D D D D D D D D
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
    		 Chorus Strum:
    D   D U   U D U
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
    		 
     
    Main Riff:
     
    e|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------
    B|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------
    G|---0---3---5-|---0---3---6-5-|---0---3---5-|---3--0------
    D|---0---3---5-|---0---3---6-5-|---0---3---5-|---3--0------
    A|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------
    E|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------
     
    Intro:  Main Riff x4
     
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    We all came out to Montreux on the
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    Lake Geneva shoreline
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    To make records with a mobile
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    We didn't have much time
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    Frank Zappa and the Mothers
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    Were at the best place around
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    But some stupid with a flare gun
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    Burned the place to the ground
     
    Chorus:
    / C5 - - - / Ab5 - - - / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky
    / C5 - - - / Ab5 - - - /
    Smoke on the water
     
    Main Riff x2
     
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    They burned down the gambling house
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    It died with an awful sound
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    The funky Claude was running in and out
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    Pulling kids outa the ground
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    When it all was over
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    We had to find another place
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    But Swiss time was running out
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    It seemed that we would lose the race
     
    Chorus
     
    Main Riff x2
     
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    We ended up at the grand hotel
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    It was empty cold and bare
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    But with the rolling truck stones thing just outside 
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    Making our music there
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    With a few red lights and a few old beds
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    We make a place to sweat
    / G5 - - - / - - - - /
    No matter what we get out of this
    / - - F5 - / G5 - - - /
    I know we’ll never forget
     
    Chorus
     
    Main Riff x2

     


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.