Guitar tabs for Smoke on the water by Deep Purple. Play Smoke on the water in the style of Deep Purple.
Adding a Major 3rd to the Blues Scale Part 1
Demo of Squier Strat and Vox AD50VT Modeling Amp
Demo of Squier Strat and Vox AD50VT Modeling Amp
Squier Strat with Fender Custom Shop 54 pickups, playing through a Vox AD50VT, using no pedals. http://www.fretplay.com/guitar-videos/68737325-0-dolphinstreet/ View video
Demo of Squier Strat and Vox AD50VT Modeling Amp
Learn to Play Lips of an Angel by Hinder on Guitar
View video
Demo of Squier Strat and Vox AD50VT Modeling Amp
Learn To Play Guitar: Intro To the Pentatonic ...
Instructor Danny Grady teaches the basics of the pentatonic scale, and how to use the pentatonic over blues progressions to build chops as a lead guitarist. View video
Demo of Squier Strat and Vox AD50VT Modeling Amp
Learn to Play Love Remains the Same by Gavin Rossdale on Guitar
View video
Demo of Squier Strat and Vox AD50VT Modeling Amp
Guitar Lesson: Rock/Blues Guitar Solo Basics Part 2 of 3
View video
More videos: Guitar videos

free music
free music
Printer friendly version of this Deep Purple, Smoke on the water Guitar tabs How to read bass and guitar tabs Bookmark and Share Fretplay.com Deep Purple guitar tabs Guitar tabs D D Deep Purple tabs Smoke on the water Deep Purple tabs

Guitar tabs for

Deep Purple: Smoke on the water

Here is the Guitar tabs for "Smoke on the water" by Deep Purple. To get the complete songlist of this band please visit the Deep Purple guitar tabs archive for guitar tabs, bass tabs and chords. We also have a review section with Deep Purple CD reviews. Please help us to build our bass and guitar tabs archive, submit missing Deep Purple tabs here. You will find a printer friendly version of Deep Purple: Smoke on the water Guitar tabs here

Smoke on the water Send "Smoke on the water" Ringtone to your Cell Smoke on the water 



From uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!marsh!rob Mon Jun 22 11:42:54 PDT 1992
Article: 270 of alt.guitar.tab
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Path: nevada.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!marsh!rob
From: rob@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Robert Alley)
Subject: TAB: Smoke on the Water (all)
Message-ID: 
Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 14:29:22 GMT
Lines: 354

Ok, dont laugh, so maybe it's a pretty simple song, but its got a cool little
solo.  Anyway here it is in its glorious entirety, love to see some other
Blackmore stuff up here (hint, hint).

P.S. Never, ever play this in a guitar store!
P.P.S.  Remember to finger pick the riff, Blackmore is said to be pissed off
        that everyone plays it as chords.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Smoke on The Water - Deep Purple

(Blackmore - Gillan - Glover - Lord - Paice)

>From - Guitar For The Practicing Musician - December 1990

Key -
	Rythym Symbols (above the bar):

		Q	- Quarter note
		E	- Eighth note etc.
                g       - Grace notes
                .	- Dotted note
		-	- Tied note
		xR	- Rest of duration x
                
                Notes grouped within square brackets with a three above
                are played as triplets.

	Accents (below the bar):

		>	- Accent the note
		.	- Stacatto

	Others (within the bar):

		:	- Repeat marks
		|	- Bar seperators
                f       - full bend
                h       - half bend
                q       - quarter bend
                ~       - vibrato
                w       - wide vibrato
                p       - pull off
                h       - hammer on
                \       - slide down
                /       - slide up
                g       - Ghost bend (bend to pitch, then strike note)
                r       - Release bend, note still ringin

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
112 BPM


Riff A                                                       -----------------
                                                             |     1-5        | 
  Q   Q   Q    E  E  ER E ER E   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   E  E   ER Q.-Q      Q  
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------*----|----------------*--|--------------*-----|-------------*--|
:--------------X----|----------------X--|--------------X-----|-------------X--:
:-5---8---10------5-|---8---11--10------|--5---8---10-----8--|---5------------:
|-5---8---10------5-|---8---11--10------|--5---8---10-----8--|---5------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|---3------------|
  >.  >.  >       >.    >.  >.  >          >.  >.  >      >.     >
(* Hit pick ups with palm of right hand)


-------------------    1st Verse 
| 6. Rh. Fill 1  (We  all came out to........)
 ER  Q.-Q       Q      E  E  Q    E  E  Q                 E  E  Q   E  E  Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----%----|----------------------|
|----5--------------|--------5----------5---|-----%----|--------5---------3---|
|----5----------10\-|-----5----------5------|----------|-----5---------3------|
|----3--------------|--3----------3---------|----------|--3---------1---------|
     >        >              .          .                       .         .

 (line                   to ...  mo - bile,_____                     we didnt)
   E  E  Q    E  E  Q              E  E  Q    E  E  Q      E  E  Q   E  E  Q
|-----------------------|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---%---|------------------(3)--|---------------------|
|--------5----------5---|---%---|--------5----------5---|--------5---------3--|
|-----5----------5------|-------|-----5----------5------|-----5------3--3-----|
|--3----------3---------|-------|--3----------3---------|--3---------1--------|
         .          .                    .          >.                     .

(have much time       But Frank.....     Mothers.....        at the best....)
 Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E    Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E  Q  Q  E
-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
-------5---------5-|-------5---------5--|-------------------|-------5--3------|
----5------5--5----|----5------5--5-----|-5--5--5---5--5--5-|-5--5--------3---|
-3---------3-------|-3---------3--3-----|-3--3--3---3--3--3-|-3--------------1|
       .         .         .         .          .         .         .        .

                   (   But some .......  flare  gun         burned...........) 
 Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E    Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E  Q  Q  E
-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
-------5-----------|-------5---------5--|-5---------------5-|-------5--------3|
-5--5------5--5--5-|----5---------5-----|-5--5---------5----|----5--------3---|
-3---------3-----3-|-3---------3--------|-------3---3-------|-3--------1------|
       .         .         .         .          .         .         .        .

_______________________
        end Rhy Fig 1 |
 Q  Q  g E   Q  Q  E
----------------------||
----------------------||
----------------------||
-------3h5---------5--||
-5--5-----------5-----||
-3-----------3--------||
         .         .

Chorus
(Smoke   on..  wa  --   ter     a fire..         Smoke     on.. wa  --  ter--)
_______________________________________________________________________________
|  Riff B.                                                                    |
 Q   Q   H      Q   Q   H     Q   H.-----W        Q   Q   H      Q   Q   Q.  E
--------------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|--------------|
--------------|--------------|---------|--------|--------------|--------------|
---------5----|--------------|---------|--------|---------5----|--------------|
-----5--------|---------6----|---------|--------|-----5--------|---------6---X|
-3------------|-----6--------|-----5---|-(5)----|-3------------|-----6--------|
--------------|-4------------|-3-------|--------|--------------|-4------------|
 >              >              >                  >       >      >       >
let ring----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff A

Riff A, 1st 3 bars + Rhy Fill 1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2nd Verse
Rhy. Fig 1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus
Riff B

Riff A

Riff A, 1st 3 bars + Rhy Fill 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo  (With 2nd guitar playing 16 bars similar to Rhy Fig 1)

  RH      Q   Q
|----------------|
|----------------|  (Played over last bar, Rhy Fill 1)
|----------------|  (Played with neck pickup)
|---------12--15-|  (2nd guitar comes in after this bar)
|----------------|
|----------------|

    H------S S RE E    E   E   Q.        E   E E  E    E  E  E  E-----Q  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------13gfr(13)p11q-----------11t-X-X-----|----12-15-15f~~~~~-15-14-|
|--12~~~~~~~-X------------|----12wwwwwwww----X-X--12-|-15----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

             3
  E   E  [S  S  S] E   E  E  E  E    E   E   E  E---Q         E   E 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------8-|
|-12-14--12h14p12\10--12-10--8-10-|-10-10gf10gh10gf(10)~~~~~--X-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------X-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                        
   E   E   E   E------E   E   E   E    S S S S   S S   S  S S  S  S S S S S S  
|----------------~~~~~~~--8---------|------8----------------------------------- 
|-11--11gf11--11gf--------11--8--11-|----8---11-10-8--------------------------- 
|-----------------------------------|-10f-------------11-10p8----10-8-7p5------ 
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------10----------8-7-- 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------ 




  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E-S-S-E     E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E--S-E--S-E
|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------\--/-----| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|----------------\/------| 
|----------5-----8--7--5--|-3fr-(3)~~~~-5--3--2--3-|-2--3--2--0-----(0)-----|
|-5--8--7-----8-----------|------------------------|------------------------|  
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|  
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|  
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     >          .  .  .  .   .  .  .  > (drop pitch
                                                                2.5 steps with
                                                                trem and return
                                                                to pitch)

                        behind              Gradual                   Gradual
                        beat--|       3      Bend                      Bend 
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  [Q   Q   Q]  Q    E  E   E  E  E  E  E  Q--E
|-----3h--3-3-------------------|-----------------------|-3--------3--6--8f---| 
|---3---6h----6-5p3-------------|------------------3--6-|----3--6-------------| 
|-5f----------------6p5-3---5-3-|-5f--5f--5f--5f--------|---------------------|
|-------------------------5-----|-----------------------|---------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------| 
  > . .   . . .               .                    .  .   .  .  .  .  .


  E  E  E  E  Q.         E   E   S S S  S  S S S E  E    E  E  RE  E-Q.    E---
|-8h-8--6--8---------------|---------8-------8---8--10-|-11-13-----13f~~~~13--|
|-------------8~~~~~~~~--8-|-11----8---11--8---11------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----10h--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|

--E   E   E  E  Q   RE  E    E  E  E  E  Q.     ER   E  E  S-S E   E  E  Q
|(13)f13-13f13-13fwwww-13-|13gf13-10---------------|-----------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------13-13f~~~~~~~-|----6------------------| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|-5f----5ghr3q--5--3h---| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------------5-| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| 
|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|  
                                                           ^   ^      ^
                                             Half Ghost bend   Quarter Half
                                             and release       bend    bend


                      Bridge pickup, guitar 2 plays Riff A
   E  E  E  E  H------E  E  E  E   E  E  E  [Q  Q  Q] E RS S RE E--
|-----8--6--8--8----|(8)f8--8--8h-f8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8----8q-----|
|-/8----------------|----------------------|--------------------6-|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
              Grad bend        1/2 Release               Release bend to
                               bend, and re-bend         quarter


--E-----E------H------------H            RH
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|(6)---(6)f---(6)~~~~~~~~|~(6)~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|


Riff A - first 3 bars
Rhy. Fill 1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 3

Rhy Fig 1. - first 12 bars

Palm Mute-------------------------------------------------------
  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------5---------------5-----|---------5---------------5-----|
|-----5-------x-------5-------5-|-----5-------5-------5-------5-|
|-3---------------3-------------|-3---------------3-------------|

 

Palm Mute-------------------------------------------------------
  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------5---------------3-----|---------5---------------5-----|
|-----5-------5-------3-------3-|-----5-------5-------5---------|
|-3---------------1-------------|-3---------------3-----------3-|

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus (Variation:)

Let ring throughtout:

  Q    Q    H         Q    Q    H         Q    E   E-H--------W
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
|-----------5-------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
|------5------------|-----------6-------|-------------------|-----------------| 
|-3-----------------|------6------------|----------5--------|(5)--------------| 
|-------------------|-4-----------------|-3----3------------|-----------------| 


  Q    Q    H         Q    Q    H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------5-------|-------------------|
|------5------------|-----------6-------|
|-3-----------------|------6------------|
|-------------------|-4-----------------|

Riff A - four times


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outro - Organ Solo

  E  E  E  E  H                    E  E  E  E-Q    E  E
|-------------------|------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|------------|-----------------------|
|-------3-----------|------%-----|-3---------------------|
|-3--5--3--3--5-----|------%-----|-3--5--3--5------3-----|
|-3--5-----3--5-----|------------|----5--3--5------3--5--|
|-------------------|------------|-----------------------|


  E  E  E  E-Q    E  E   E  E  E  E-Q    E  E   E  E  E  E-Q   E  E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| 
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--------------------|-3--------------------|-3h-5-----------------|
|-3--5--3--5------3--5-|-3--5--3--5------3--5-|-3h-5--3--5-----3-----|
|----5--3--5------3--5-|----5--3--5------3--5-|-------3--5-----3--5--|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
                         Begin to fade.......


  E  E  E  E RE  E RE  E   RE  E RE  E RE  E  E  E   Q    Q    Q    E  E   
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3--5--3--5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5--3--4-|-5----5----5----5--5-|
|----5--3--5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5--3--4-|-5----5----5----5--5-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|


  RE  E RE  E RE  E RE  E   E  E  E  E RE  E RE  E   RE  E RE  E RE  E RE  E
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-3--5--3--5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|----5--3--5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

---

--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rob Alley                  |        And I'm so tired, and I'm so uninspired
CS/GIS Hons. Student       |        Won't you please help me?
Curtin Uni.  WA.  Aust.    |        ----------------------------------------
rob@cs.curtin.edu.au       |          So Tired / Uriah Heep
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Smoke On The Water tabs Send "Smoke On The Water" Ringtone to your Cell Smoke On The Water tabs

Search guitar tabs

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
[ Search tabs | Guitar tabs | Bass tabs |
Easy guitar tabs | Guitar solo tabs |
Acoustic guitar tabs | Guitar chords |
How to read guitar tabs ]
Reviews
Deep Purple CD reviews and discography Get the latest Deep Purple info and read all the Deep Purple reviews here
Forum topics
Music forums
- Bands and artists - Songwriting and lyrics - Tablature talk - Promote your band
Instrument forums
- Guitar basics - Gear & accessories - Bass guitar
Community
- The pit - Site Feedback - Reviews
[ User survey | About us | Privacy statement | Online Guitar Lessons ]