SMOKE ON THE WATER
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1972 Album MACHINE HEAD)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Balckmore lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Intro
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E Q. +Q Q 5x
||-----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--0---3---5----0-|---3---6-5-----|-0---3---5----3-|---0----(0)-------||
||--0---3---5----0-|---3---6-5-----|-0---3---5----3-|---0----(0)-------||
||o----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E Q. +Q Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-0---3---5----0-|---3---6-5-----|-0---3---5----3-|---0----(0)---------|
|-0---3---5----0-|---3---6-5-----|-0---3---5----3-|---0----(0)--(5)---|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------(5)---|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
Verse
PM----------------------------------------------| PM------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-----------|---------0---0----|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|---0-----3---3---|-----5-----0------|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|-----------3-----|---5--------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3----------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5---5---5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3----|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3------|
|-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1--------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5---3---3----|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3----------------|
PM---------------------------------------------------
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
---------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----5---3---3---|-----5-------5-----||
|---5-------3-----|---5-------5-------||
|-3---------------|-3-------3---------||
Chorus
Q Q H Q Q H Q E E +H
|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|-------5----|------------|------0-(0)----|
|----5-------|-------6----|----0----------|
|-3----------|----6-------|---------------|
|------------|-4----------|-3-------------|
+W Q Q H Q Q Q. E
|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|-(0)--------|-------5----|---------------|
|------------|----5-------|-------6-------|
|------------|-3----------|----6----------|
|------------|------------|-4-------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E +E Q. +Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|-(3)---------------|
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|-(3)-5----(5)------|
|-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|-----5----(5)------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q. E E Q. +Q Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5-----|-----3---5----3-|-------------5---||
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5-----|-5---3---5----3-|---5----(5)--5---||
|-5------------5-|---------------|-5--------------|---5----(5)--5---||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
Verse
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-------5----||
||o---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5-------5-----o||
||--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------3--------||
Chorus
~~~
+Q +H. +H. Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-(6)b8====(6)----------|-(6)r----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
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| E E E E Q. E +E Q. +Q. E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------3----5----3-|-(3)-----------------||
|--5--------3----5----3-|-(3)--5----(5)-------||
|--5--------------------|------5----(5)-------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
Gtr I
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E +E Q. +Q E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|-(3)-----------(5)----|
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|-(3)-5----(5)--(5)----|
|-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|-----5----(5)--(5)----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
Verse
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E e Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-3---------|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5-------5-----|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------3-------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E S S E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-5-------5---|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5---------5-----|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3---------3-------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5---3---3---|-----5-------5----|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5-------5---5--|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3---------------|-3-------3--------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-------5----|
|---5-------5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---3---3-|---5---5---5------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------3-----3--|
Out-Chorus
Q Q H Q Q Q. E Q Q E Q.
|------------|--------------|-------3------|
|------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------5----|--------------|----0----0----|
|----5-------|-------6------|----0---------|
|-3----------|----6---------|--------------|
|------------|-4------------|-3------------|
+W Q Q H Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|-(0)--------|-------5----|------------|
|------------|----5-------|-------6----|
|------------|-3----------|----6-------|
|------------|------------|-4----------|
4/4
E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E +E Q. +Q. E 3x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||------3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|-(3)----------------||
||--5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|-(3)-5----(5)-------||
||o-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|-----5----(5)------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E E Q. +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-5---5---3---3---|---5----(5)--(5)---|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5----(5)--(5)---|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|--------------------|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to nowhere)
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
