BURN (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1974 Album BURN)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, David Coverdale & Ian Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Glenn Hughes - Bass'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=194
4/4
Gtr I
E E Q H W W H E E E E
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-3-----------|----------|----------|--------3-3-3-|
W +W +W +H E E E E
|----------|------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-----------------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)------3-3-3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E +E E Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------o||
||--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3----3-(3)-1-2---||
1st, 3rd & 5th Verses
$$
Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o----5--(5)-3----|----5--(5)-3----|----5--(5)-3----|----5--(5)-3----|
||o-------------5--|-------------5--|-------------5--|-------------5--|
||--3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q Q. Q. Q +H H
|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|----5--(5)-3----|----5--(5)-3----|--------------|---------------|
|-------------5--|-------------5--|-3----3----3--|-(3)S===15\----|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E +E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3----3-(3)-1-2---||
2nd, 4th & 6th Verses
Q H. +W Q H. +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|----5-------|-(5)--------|----3-------|-(3)----|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-3----------|------------|-1----------|--------|
Q H. +W Q. Q. Q +W
|------------|------------|--------------|--------||
|----5-------|-(5)--------|--------------|--------||
|------------|------------|-1---------3--|-(3)----||
|-3----------|------------|------1-------|--------||
Chorus
+E E Q H Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. E +H
|---------------||--------------|------2----3--|---------------|
|---------------||--------------|-5------------|------5-(5)----|
|-(3)-----------||-----------5--|--------------|-6-------------|
|---------------||-3----3-------|--------------|---------------|
To Dbl. Coda
a Q H. Q. Q. Q H Q +Q E E Q H
|-6s10--8-------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------5--|-3----1--(1)--|-------------|
|---------------|-3----3-------|--------------|-3-----------|
H E E E E W +H E E Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------|---------------|--------------|
|--------3-3-3-|-3--------|-(3)------1-2--|-3--3--3--3---|
1. 2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E +E E Q Q H.
|-------------|-------------|------------------||----------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------------o||----------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------------o||----------||
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3----3-(3)-1-2---||-3--3-----||
Bridge
$
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------3-|-(3)---2-(2)-----|----------------|----------------|
|-3----5-(5)-----|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------5-|-(5)---5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
To Coda
Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E +H
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)---5-5----5-|-(5)---5-5----5-|-(5)---5-(5)-----|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E Q H H E E E E W +H E E E E
|-------------|--------------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------|-----------------|
|-3-----------|--------3-3-3-|-3--------|-(3)------3-3-3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3----||
Guitar Solo
Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3---|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3----|
|-------------5---|-------------5-|-------------5---|-------------5--|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)-----------|-3-------------3-|-(3)------------|
Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E Q. E Q. E Q Q H
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3---|---------------|------------|
|-------------5---|-------------5-|-3----3-3----3-|-3--3--3----|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)-----------|---------------|------------|
Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3---|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3----|
|-------------5---|-------------5-|-------------5---|-------------5--|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)-----------|-3-------------3-|-(3)------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E E Q. Q. E Q. E Q Q +E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-5--5--(5)-3-----|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-1----|---------------|-------------5---|
|---------------|---------------|-3----3-3----3-|-----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-6----6-6----6-|-6----6-5--3--|---------------|-----------5---|
|---------------|--------------|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6----6-6----6-|-6----6-6----6-|-/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E H H. Q W
|----------------|--------------||-------------|------|
|----------------|--------------||o-5-------3--|------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5----||o------------|-6----|
|----------------|--------------||-------------|------|
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|-3----------|----------|------------|------|
|---------6--|-5--------|-6-------5--|-3----|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
1. 2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------o||-----------------|------------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H W
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3-----------|------|
W H E E E E W +W +W
|----------|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
|----------|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
|----------|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
|----------|--------3-3-3-|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
H E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3------3-3-3-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-3----3-(3)-1-2--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-----||
Organ/Guitar Solo
&
Q Q +E E E E +Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E E E +Q Q +E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----5--(5)-3-----|------5--(5)-3----|----5--(5)-3-----|------5--(5)-3-----|
|-------------5---|---------------5--|-------------5---|---------------5---|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)--------------|-3-------------3-|-(3)---------------|
Q Q +E E E E +Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----5--(5)-3-----|------5--(5)-3----|----5--(5)-3-----|------------------|
|-------------5---|---------------5--|-------------5---|---------3-5-3-5--|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)--------------|-3-------------3-|-(3)--6-----------|
Q Q +E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|------12--(12)-10-------|-------12-12-12-12-10----|
|------------------12----|----------------------12-|
|-/10-----------------10-|-(10)--------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
Q Q +E E E E +Q H.
|-----12--(12)-10-------|-------12\----|
|-----------------12----|--------------|
|-10-----------------10-|-(10)---------|
|-----------------------|--------------|
Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E Q Q +E E E E +Q H E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3---|----5--(5)-3-----|------5----3----|
|-------------5---|-------------5-|-------------5---|-------------5--|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)-----------|-3-------------3-|-(3)------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E +Q. E +E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)---5-(5)-5-3----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------5--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o-5-------3--|------------|-3----------|------------|
||o------------|-6----------|---------6--|-3----------|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
1.
H. Q H. Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|------------|------------|---------------|----------------||
|------------|------------|---------------|---------------o||
|-6-------5--|-3----------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5------o||
|------------|------------|---------------|----------------||
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
E E Q H W W H E E E E
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-3-----------|----------|----------|--------3-3-3--|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E +H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|----------3---|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|------------5-|-------------|----------------||
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3------|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3-3-(3)-----||
Outro
&&
E E Q H W W H E E E E
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-3-----------|----------|----------|--------3-3-3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3----1-(1)----|-6----5-(5)----|-6----5-(5)----|
|-3----1-(1)----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Free Time Cadenza
H.=H
TP
Q. E +H Q. E +H W
|---------------|---------------||------:
|---------------|---------------||------:
|-6----5-(5)----|-6----5-(5)----||------:
|---------------|---------------||-3----:
TP TP
+W +W Q Q H
|------------:------------:------------*|
|------------:------------:------------*|
|------------:------------:------------*|
|-(3)--------:-(3)--------:-3----------*|
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
