SMOKE ON THE WATER (Live)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1972 Double Album MADE IN JAPAN)
Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=120
N.C.
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 E +Q H
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----3---5------|---3---6s5-----|-----3---5----3--|----------------|
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6s5-----|-5---3---5----3--|---5-(5)\-------|
|-5------------5-|---------------|-5---------------|---5-(5)\-------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
\1.5
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E +W W
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------|
|-----3---3----3-|-----3---3-----|-----3---3----3--|-(3)----------|------|
|-5---3---3--5-3-|---5-3---3-----|-5---3---3--5-3--|-(3)----------|------|
|-5----------5---|---5-----------|-5----------5----|--------------|------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------|
W q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E
|----------|-------------|-------------||------------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------||o-----------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------||------3---5-------|
|----------|-5--------x--|----x-----x--||--5---3---5----5--|
|----------|-5--------x--|----x-----x--||o-5------------5--|
|----------|-------------|-------------||------------------|
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verse
$
Gm
PM---------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E +H Q 4x E E q E E q
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||-||------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|------------o||-||o-----------------|
|---3---6s5-----|-----3---5----3--|-------------||-||------------------|
|---3---6s5-----|-5---3---5----3--|---5-(5)-----||-||------5------5----|
|---------------|-5---------------|---5-(5)----o||-||o---5------5------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------||-||--3------3--------|
F Gm
PM---------------------------------------------------------|
E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----5------5--|-----5------3--|-----5------5--|-----5------5---|
|---5------5----|---5------3----|---5------5----|---5------5-----|
|-3------3------|-3------1------|-3------3------|-3------3-------|
F Gm
PM---------------------------------------------------------|
E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----5------5--|-----5------3--|-----5------5--|-----5------5---|
|---5------5----|---5------3----|---5------5----|---5------5-----|
|-3------3------|-3------1------|-3------3------|-3------3-------|
F Gm
PM---------------------------------------------------------|
E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----5------5--|-----5------3--|-----5------5--|-----5------5---|
|---5------5----|---5------3----|---5------5----|---5------5-----|
|-3------3------|-3------1------|-3------3------|-3------3-------|
Chorus
F Gm C
PM-----------------------------------------|
E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q E E q Q Q H
|---------------|---------------|---------------||------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------||------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------||-------5----|
|-----5------5--|-----5------3--|-----5------5--||----5-------|
|---5------5----|---5------3----|---5------5----||-3----------|
|-3------3------|-3------1------|-3------3------||------------|
Ab Gm C
Q Q H Q H. +W Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------5----|
|-------6----|----5-------|-(5)--------|----5-------|
|----6-------|-5----------|-(5)--------|-3----------|
|-4----------|-3----------|-(3)--------|------------|
W +W
Ab N.C.
Q Q H E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----3---5-------|---3---6s5-----|
|-------6----|-5---3---5----5--|---3---6s5-----|
|----6-------|-5------------5--|---------------|
|-4----------|-----------------|---------------|
1.
To Coda
E E E E Q E E E E +H Q
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------o||
|-----3---5----3--|----------------||
|-5---3---5----3--|---5---(5)------||
|-5---------------|---5---(5)-----o||
|-----------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
2.
E E. +H S S S E E +Q E E E E
|--------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------10-||-10-12-(12)--12----10-12-|
|---5--(5)--10h12----||----------------12-------|
|---5--(5)-----------||-------------------------|
|--------------------||-------------------------|
E E +Q E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-10b12---------------------------------|
|-------12-(12)--12----10-12p10----10---|
|-------------------12----------12------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10----10-12p10----10-12p10----10-12p10----10-|
|-------12----------12----------12----------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----| |-----3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q +Q S S S S E Q S S
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------13b15===|
|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15==|=(13)r--13----11----11-----11---------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------12----12----12-------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------3-------| |------3-------|
+Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(13)r--10----------------------------------------------|
|-----------13-11-------11-13p11----11-13p11----11-13p11-|
|-----------------12-12----------12----------12----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
E E +Q +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------10----10-13p10----|
|----13b15==(13)--(13)r----13----------13-|
|-12--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------3-------| |------3-------| |-----3-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|-10h13p10----10h13p10----10h13p10----13b15-13b15-13b15-|
|----------13----------13----------13-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
E E E E +Q E E Q E E +E S S S S S S S
|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15==(13)r--13b15-13b15-|-13b15--13b15-13b15==(13)r13-10-13p10-13p10-----|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------13--|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
S S S S S E S +E S S S S E.
|-10-13p10----------------------------------|
|----------13-11-10-------------------------|
|-------------------12-(12)-10h12p10----10--|
|------------------------------------12-----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q S S S E Q E E E E E E E S S S E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----11-10-11-13-11-13-11-10-13--|
|-/12--10h12p10----10\--------|-12-----------------------------|
|---------------12--------/12-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E E +E E
|----10----10-13-13b15---|-15----15-17-18-18pb20r(18)-17-|
|-11----13---------------|----18-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E +H E E +E E E E Q. E
|-15-----------------18-|-(18)b20==18-18-18-18r-----------|
|----18-(18)b20---------|-------------------------18b20===|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(18)r18-15-18-18b20-----------|-------13-------13----------------|
|------------------------12b14==|=(12)r----12b14----12b14----12b14-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
\1
+E E +H E E +Q e e e e e e
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------10-(10)------13-|-(13)b15--13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15--|
|-(12)b14-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----| |-----3-----|
e e e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----| |-----3------| |-----3-----|
E E E +E E E E E E E E E +E E E Q Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-13b15-13b15-13b15-(13)b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14r13-13-|-13b15==(13)r13--------10b12--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------12-12---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
+E E Q E E E E +E E E E Q +Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(10)b12--------------------|------11-------13b15===(13)--|
|---------12-12--10-12-10-12-|-(12)----12-10---------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
\1
~~~~
|--3--|
E E E E E S S S E E S S S S +H.
|-------------------------------|---------------------||
|-13r13-11----13-11h13p11-13-10-|---------------------||
|----------12-------------------|-10h12-10h12-(12)----||
|-------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------||
Outro
&
E E +H. E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q
|------------||------------------|---------------|
|------------||o-----------------|---------------|
|------------||------3---5-------|---3---6s5-----|
|---5-(5)----||--5---3---5----5--|---3---6s5-----|
|---5-(5)----||o-5------------5--|---------------|
|------------||------------------|---------------|
E E E E Q E E E E +H Q 4x
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----3---5----3--|------------------||
|-5---3---5----3--|---5-(5)----------||
|-5---------------|---5-(5)---------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
H. E E +W E E H E E +E E +H Q
|-------------|------------|--------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------|--------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------|----------3---|------------------|
|-5-------3-5-|-(5)--------|-5-6-5----3-3-|-(3)-5-(5)--------|
|-5-------3-5-|-(5)--------|-5-6-5------3-|-(3)-5-(5)--------|
|-------------|------------|--------------|------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E +E E +H.
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------o||
||------3---5-------|---3---6s5-----|-----3---5----3--|-(3)-----------||
||--5---3---5----5--|---3---6s5-----|-5---3---5----3--|-(3)-5-(5)-----||
||o-5------------5--|---------------|-5---------------|-----5-(5)----o||
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
Free Time Cadenza
Q=110
E E E E Q S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|-----3---5------3-5-||-6-6-5-3---5-3-------3---5-3-|
|-5---3---5----5-----||---------5-----5-3-5---5-----|
|-5------------------||-----------------------------|
|--------------------||-----------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S E S S S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------3-|
|---3-5p3---3-5p3---3-5p3---3-5-5b7---|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-----------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E +H. Wx5
|-------6---------3-------|--------------|--------|
|-8b10----6-3---3---3-----|--------------|--------|
|-------------6-------6-5-|-3-5-(5)------|--------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------------------|--------------|--------|
Q=106
H E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------11-13-|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15--13-11-|
|--------12-------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E e e e e e e e
|------------------------------|----10-11-12-13-14-15-16--|
|-13b15-13-11-13b15------11-13-|-14-----------------------|
|---------------------12-------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
Q=120
e e H. Wx2 W E E Q H
|-17-18-19b21------|------------|----------|-------------*|
|------------------|------------|----------|-------------*|
|------------------|------------|----------|-3-----------*|
|------------------|------------|----------|-3-5---------*|
|------------------|------------|----------|---5---------*|
|------------------|------------|----------|-------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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
-----------
| - 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
