BLOODSUCKER
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1970 Album DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=90
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------0-------|
|---0-1-2---2-0-----0-1-2---2-0---|
|---------------3---------------3-|
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C. G5 F#F5 N.C.
E S S E S S S E. E E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------|-----------------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------------|
||-----------------------|---------------------0-------|
||o---------------5--4-3-|---------------0-1-2---2-0---|
||--0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3-|
G5 F#F5 N.C. G5 F#F5
E S S E S S S E. E E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S E. E E
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------0-------|----------------------|
|---------------5--4-3-|---------------0-1-2---2-0---|---------------5--4-3-|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|
N.C. G5 F#F5 N.C.
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S E. E E E E Q H
|-----------------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------|-------------||
|---------------------0-------|----------------------|-------------||
|---------------0-1-2---2-0---|---------------5--4-3-|-------------||
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|-0-----------||
Interlude
N.C.
S S S S S S S S E a S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S E.
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------3s5-3-------|----------------------------|
|-2-4-2---2---------------4-2---|-2s4-2---2------------------|
|-------5---5-2---2-----------5-|-------5---5-2---2-5--------|
|---------------5---------------|---------------5---------5--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
3/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S E a S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +H +Q Q
|-------------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------3s5-3-------||-----3-----5-----3-----5-||-(5)----(5)------|
|-2-4-2---2---------------4-2---||-2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4---||-----------------|
|-------5---5-2---2-----------5-||-------------------------||-----------------|
|---------------5---------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
1. 2.
W H S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S
|----------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|----------|----------------------o||-----------------------||
|----------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|----------|--------------0--------||--------------0--------||
|----------|--------0-1-2---2-0---o||--------0-1-2---2-0----||
|----------|--------------------3--||--------------------3--||
3rd Verse
N.C. G5 F#F5 N.C. G5 F#F5
E S S E S S S E. E E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S E. E E
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------0-------|----------------------|
|---------------5--4-3-|---------------0-1-2---2-0---|---------------5--4-3-|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|
N.C.
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---------------------0-------|
|---------------0-1-2---2-0---|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3-|
G5 F#F5 N.C.
E S S E S S S E. E E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------0--------|
|---------------5--4-3-|---------------0-1-2---2-0----|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3--|
Interlude
G5 F#F5 N.C. N.C.
E S S E S S S E. E E E E Q H S S S S S S S S E a S S S S E
|----------------------|-------------||-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||-------------------3s5-3-------|
|----------------------|-------------||-2-4-2---2---------------4-2---|
|----------------------|-------------||-------5---5-2---2-----------5-|
|---------------5--4-3-|-------------||---------------5---------------|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|-0-----------||-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S S S S S E a S S S S E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------3s5-3-------||
|-2s4-2---2------------------|-2-4-2---2---------------4-2---||
|-------5---5-2---2-5--------|-------5---5-2---2-----------5-||
|---------------5---------5--|---------------5---------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
3/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S +W W W
|-------------------------||------------|----------|------|
|-----3-----5-----3-----5-||-(5)--------|----------|------|
|-2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4---||------------|----------|------|
|-------------------------||------------|----------|------|
|-------------------------||------------|----------|------|
|-------------------------||------------|----------|------|
E S S +S S E S E. S S E S S S S Q S E S +S S E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------5----------5-|--------------------------||
|-7-5-------5---7------5---|-7-7-7--------------------||
|-----7-(7)----------------|------------7-6-5-(5)-0-3-||
Guitar Solo 1
N.C.
\1
~~~ ~~~~
|-3--|
E Q +S S +H +E E E E E E +S +S +Q
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------8-7-10-10pb12r(10)b12-(10)-(10)--|
|---7---(7)-7-(7)----|-(7)-/9----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-0------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---3----| |--3--| |-----6-----|
S S S E E E E E S S S S Q
|----------12----------------------------------|
|-------12----15b17---15-14-12-----------------|
|-14b16------------------------15p14p12----12--|
|---------------------------------------14-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
~~~~
E a S S T T S E S E. +Q
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---7s9-9-------------12--(12)--|
|---------12p11-9---9-----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E S S +S S E S E. S S E S S S S Q S E S +S S E
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------5----------5-|----------------------------||
|-7-5-------5---7------5---|-7-7-7----------------------||
|-----7-(7)----------------|------------7-6-5-(5)-0-3---||
Organ Solo 1
N.C.
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
a E S S +S S E e E S S E S S S S Q S E S +S S E
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------5---------5-|--------------------------||
|-5s7-5-------5---7-----5---|-7-7-7--------------------||
|-------7-(7)---------------|------------7-6-5-(5)-0-3-||
Guitar Solo 2
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~
|-3--|
E Q. +E S S S S S S S +H E E S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---9----(9)-9--------------12-|-(12)------x/-12-11-9----|
|--------------12-11-9----9----|----------------------12-|
|----------------------12------|-------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------11-9s8----------------9------------|
|-11p9-12----------9--------------12p11-9----|
|--------------------12-11-9-11-----------11-|
|--------------------------------------------|
~~~~
S E. +H. E S S +S S E e E S S E S S S S Q S E S +S S E
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---12--(12)------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-9---------------|-------------5---------5-|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-7-5-------5---7-----5---|-7-7-7--------------------||
|-----------------|-----7-(7)---------------|------------7-6-5-(5)-0-3-||
Organ Solo 2
N.C.
E S S E S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S E E E S S E E E. S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-0-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-x-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-x-0-0------0-0-0-|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E S S +S S E e E S S E S S S S Q S E S +S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------5---------5-|---------------------------|
|-7-5-------5---7-----5---|-7-7-7---------------------|
|-----7-(7)---------------|------------7-6-5-(5)-0-3--|
Outro
N.C. G5 F#F5
\1
W +Q E E S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S E. E E
|-----------|--------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------||o-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------|------------------0-------||------------------------|
|-0---------|-(0)--x-x---0-1-2---2-0---||o---------------5--4-3--|
|-----------|------------------------3-||--0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1--|
N.C. G5 F#F5
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S E. E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------0-------|----------------------|
|---------------0-1-2---2-0---|---------------5--4-3-|
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------3-|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3--2-1-|
N.C.
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
|---------------------0---------||
|---------------0-1-2---2-0----o||
|-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-------------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
----------------
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
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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
