NEVER BEFORE
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1972 Album MACHINE HEAD)
Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore - Electric Guitar 2'
Intro
Q=142
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~
W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|
|----------|---------------7b7.5==|
|----------|-9-------7-9----------|
|----------|-------9--------------|
|----------|----------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E E E E e e Q e e e E e e
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)r\--------------|-7b7.5--7---7-----7b7.5==|
|--------x---x---7-9-|----------9-----9--------|
|--------------9-----|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~ PM
+Q E E E E e e E E Q e e E E e e E E +Q E E
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)r\--------------|-7--------------|-7b7.5-----------------|
|--------x-------7-9-|---9----7-9---7-|-------9---7-(7)\--x---|
|--------------9-----|------------7---|---------------------9-|
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
PM
E e E E e e E E E e E E +E E E E E e E E Q E E
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|---------7b7.5-------|-------------------|---------7b7.5------|
|-7-9-7---------9-----|-7-9-x-7-(7)---x---|-7-9-x--------------|
|-----------------9---|-----------------9-|----------------7---|
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
e e e E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------10------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----7------9b11---|-----------------|-----7b8-(7)-----------|
|-7-9-----x---------|-x---x---7-9-x-x-|-x-x---------x---7-9p7-|
|-------------------|-------9---------|---------------9-------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
PM
E E e E e e E E E e E E E E E E E E Q H W
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
|-----------------|-7b7.5---------------|-------------|------||
|-x---9---7-9-x---|-------9-------------|-------------|------||
|---------------9-|---------7-9-x-5-7h9-|-------------|------||
|-----------------|---------------------|-7-----------|------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
N.C.
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q Q
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|-----2-----2-----|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|---4-----2---0-1-|-2-------------|
||o-5-7-----7-----|-5-7-----7-----|-5-----4---------|---------------|
||--------0-------|-------0-------|-----------------|---4----5--7---|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----2-----2-----|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---4-----2---0-1-|-2------------|
|-5-7-----7-----|-5-7-----7-----|-5-----4---------|--------------|
|-------0-------|-------0-------|-----------------|---4----5--7--|
B
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q E S S
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------7-7-||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------7-7-||
|---------------|---------------|-----2-----2-----|-------------8-8-||
|---------------|---------------|---4-----2---0-1-|-2-----------9-9-||
|-5-7-----7-----|-5-7-----7-----|-5-----4---------|-------------9-9-||
|-------0-------|-------0-------|-----------------|---4----5--6-7-7-||
Chorus
B D
W +E E E E +Q. S S H.. E +E Q. Q. S S
|-7--------|-(7)-7-----------7-7-|-7---------7-|-(7)-7----7----5-5---|
|-7--------|-(7)-7-----------7-7-|-7---------7-|-(7)-7----7----7-7---|
|-8--------|-(8)-8-----------8-8-|-8---------8-|-(8)-8----8----7-7---|
|-9--------|-(9)-9-----------9-9-|-9---------9-|-(9)-9----9----7-7---|
|-9--------|-(9)-9-----------9-9-|-9---------9-|-(9)-9----9----5-5---|
|-7--------|-(7)-7-7-7-(7)---7-7-|-7---------7-|-(7)-7----7----------|
A/C# G A G C/G
Q E E Q E S S Q E E Q E S S H. E E +W
|-5--x---0----3-3-|-3--x---5----3-3-|-3-------3-3-|-(3)----|
|-7--x---2----3-3-|-3--x---5----3-3-|-3-------5-3-|-(3)----|
|-7--x---2----4-4-|-4--x---6----4-4-|-4-------5-4-|-(4)----|
|-7--x---2----5-5-|-5--x---7----5-5-|-5-------5-5-|-(5)----|
|-5--x---4----5-5-|-5--x---7----5-5-|-5-------3-5-|-(5)----|
|-------------3-3-|-3--x---5----3-3-|-3-------3-3-|-(3)----|
1.
To Coda
A D/A N.C.
~~~ ~~
H. E E +W H E E E E +W E E E E E Q.
|-5-------5-5-|-(5)--------|--------------|------------|-----------------||
|-5-------7-5-|-(5)--------|--------------|------------|----------------o||
|-6-------7-6-|-(6)--------|----------2-0-|-(0)--------|-----------------||
|-7-------7-7-|-(7)--------|--------2-----|------------|-----7-----5-----||
|-7-------5-7-|-(7)--------|-0----4-------|------------|-5-7---5-7------o||
|-5-------5-5-|-(5)--------|--------------|------------|-----------------||
Bridge
2.
C
Gtr I
E E E E E E Q W +W
|----------------||-3--------|-(3)--------|
|----------------||-5--------|-(5)--------|
|----------------||-5--------|-(5)--------|
|-----7-----5----||-5--------|-(5)--------|
|-5-7---5-7------||-3--------|-(3)--------|
|----------------||----------|------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W
|----------------||----------|------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|
F
W +W
|-1-------------|-(1)----------------------|
|-1-------------|-(1)----------------------|
|-2-------------|-(2)----------------------|
|-3-------------|-(3)----------------------|
|-3-------------|-(3)----------------------|
|-1-------------|-(1)----------------------|
|
| H H H Q. +E
|---------------|--------------------------|
|------15b16----|-15b16----15pb16r==(15)---|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
G# C
W +H. Q W +W
|--4--------|--(4)------4--|--3--------|--(3)----|
|--4--------|--(4)------4--|--5--------|--(5)----|
|--5--------|--(5)------5--|--5--------|--(5)----|
|--6--------|--(6)------6--|--5--------|--(5)----|
|--6--------|--(6)------6--|--3--------|--(3)----|
|--4--------|--(4)------4--|-----------|---------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W W +W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|---------|
|-13--------|-(13)---------|-----------|---------|
|-----------|--------------|-12--------|-(12)----|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|---------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|---------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|---------|
F
W +W W +W
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-1---------|-(1)---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-1---------|-(1)---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-2---------|-(2)---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3---------|-(3)---------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3---------|-(3)---------|
|----------|------------|-1---------|-(1)---------|
|
| W W H H H H
|----------|------------|-----------|-------------|
|----------|------------|-----------|-------------|
|----------|------------|-----------|-------------|
|----------|------------|-3----2----|-------------|
|----------|------------|-----------|--5-----3----|
|----------|------------|-----------|-------------|
G# C
W +W W +W
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-3--------|-(3)--------------||
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------------||
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------------||
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-3--------|-(3)--------------||
|-4--------|-(4)--------|----------|------------------||
|
| W +W W +H. E E
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------10b12-||
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------------||
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-8--------|-(8)--------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+H E Q. +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-(10)------10pb12r==|=(10)---9-7----------------|
|--------------------|------------7b8---9-7b7.5==|
|--------------------|------9---------9----------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
PM
+Q Q +E E E E E. +S E E E +E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------12b15===|
|-(7)r-----------7---|-9pb11r(9)-7b7.5---7b8==(7)r-----------|
|-------9--(9)-9---9-|-----------------9-----------9---------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------------------|
E E E E S +S E E E Q E E +E E E E
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------7-|
|-12r-12b15-12b15-12b15-12pb15r(12)p10-10----|-10-----10-(10)------7---|
|-----------------------------------------11-|-----11---------9b11-----|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E +E E E +E E E +E
|---10b12-10-7-----------|--------------------------------|
|-7------------7---------|--------------------------------|
|----------------7b8---9-|-6pb7r(6)-4-6pb7r(7)-4-6pb7r(6)-|
|--------------------9---|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
E E E E Q E E +E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----7-------------|-----------------------|
|-6b8---6-6-4\----4-|-(4)-----4-----4---6---|
|---------------6---|-----5h6---5h6---6---6-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
E E e E e E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------7\---7-7\----|
|--------7----7------5----|-7---7-7\---7-7\----|
|-4-6b8====6r---4b6====4r-|---6----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|----------x---------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|-7--------------7-|-(7)-----------------7-|-(7)--------7-------|
|-7-9------------7-|-(7)-9-7b7.5---------7-|-(7)-9-7----7-9-7---|
|---9-7---7--------|-----9-7-------7-------|-----9-7------9-7---|
|-------9---9------|-------------9-7-9\----|---------7\-------9-|
|-------------9\---|-----------------9\----|--------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
E Q +E +E +E +E +E
|------------------------------------------|
|-7-9pb10r=(9)b10==(9)r(9)b10==(9)r(9)b10==|
|-7-9------(9)-----(9)-(9)-----(9)-(9)-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
N.C. N.C.
Gtr I
+E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E E E E E E Q. E E E E Q Q
|----------------------------------------------||----------------||-----------------|
|-(9)r(9)b10==(9)r(9)b10==(9)r(9)b10==(9)r(9)--||----------------||o----------------|
|-(9)-(9)-----(9)-(9)-----(9)-(9)-----(9)-(9)--||----------------||-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------||-----7-----5----||-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------||-5-7---5-7------||o-5-7-----7------|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------||--------0--------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E Q. Q Q 3x
|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|---------------|-----------------|--------------o||
|---------------|-----2-----2-----|---------------||
|---------------|---4-----2---0-1-|-2-------------||
|-5-7-----7-----|-5-----4---------|--------------o||
|-------0-------|-----------------|---4----5--7---||
E E Q H W E E E E E E Q
|-------------|----------|----------------*|
|-------------|----------|----------------*|
|-------------|----------|----------------*|
|-------------|----------|----------------*|
|-7-----------|----------|-5-7-----7------*|
|-------------|----------|-------0--------*|
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
