Deep Purple Song Tabs from Memorable Music

SMOKE ON THE WATER
(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-|

|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|