PICTURES OF HOME (Bassline)
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) - 'Roger Glover - Bass'
Intro 1 Intro 2 & Interlude
Q=150(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Wx4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|------------||----------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|------------||o-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9-----|--------------|
|------------||o-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9\--|-9--9--7--7---|
|------------||----------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------12----|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|
|-5--5--10-10----10-|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-----------|----------||-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8---|
|-------------|----------||-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-------|
|-------------|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|
|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|
|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |3| |3|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-----7-------7-7-|
|-----9---------9-----|-5-5---5-5-5-----|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----9-------9\--|-9---9---7-8-9---9------|
|-7-7---7-7-7-----|-------9-----------9----|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----9---------9\--|-9---9---7-8-9---9-----|
|-7-7---5-6-7-7-----|-------9-----------9---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----9---------9\--|-9---9---7-8-9---9-----|
|-7-7---5-6-7-7-----|-------9-----------9---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------|-------12-------------12-------|
|---------------|-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-|
|-8--8--10--10--|-------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----11---------11-----|-----11---------11-----|
|-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-|-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
|-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E Q
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||
|------------------|-8-9-10-11-11-12--o||-8-9-10-11-11-12--||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|------------------o||------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||
Guitar Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 9x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-o||
||o-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---------|
|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9s7s9---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3|
E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q H Q Q E E E Q E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----7-------7----|
|-----11-------11---|-----9-------9---|-------0--0--|-5-5---5-5-5---5--|
|-9-9----9-9-9----9-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-5\----------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q
|---------------------|-3-4-5-6-6-7--||
|---4---4-4---4---4-4-|--------------||
|---------------------|--------------||
|-2---------2---------|--------------||
Organ Solo
&
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------||----------------------|
|---------------||o-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|
|--------7-7-9--||o-----9---------9-----|
|-9--10---------||----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E 9x E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||---------------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-o||-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|
|-----9---------9-----o||-----9---------9-----|
|----------------------||---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9-------|-------------------|-----9\------9\--|
|-----9---------9s7s9-|-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-|-7-7-----7-7-----|
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |3-| |3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------12----------12----|--------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-8-9-9-10-10-11-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4/--||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------||
Bass Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---4---5---6---7---8---9-|---10---11----12----13----14----15-|
|-----3---4---5---6---7---|-8----9----10----11----12----13----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|----16----17----18----19----20-------|
|-14----15----16----17----18----19-20-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--|
H. +E E E E +E E E E E +E E E E E +E E E H
|----------------|-----------------------------|-12-12-(12)-11-9-11----|
|----------------|-------------10-10-(10)-8----|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------6-9--------------10-|-----------------------|
|-0-------(0)-1/-|-7-7-(7)---------------------|-----------------------|
Interlude
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-/16-16-16-14-14----------|-------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------16-15-14-|-------------------||-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|
|--------------------------|-14-12-------------||-----9---------9-----|
|--------------------------|-------14-13-12-10-||---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E Q Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9-----|-------------------|----------------12----|
|-----9---------9\--|-9--9-9-9-7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-10-10----10-|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
2/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------||--------||
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---9---|-9----------9--||-8--7---||
|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|-----6--10-----||--------||
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------||--------||
Breakdown Outro
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Wx4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|------------||-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|
|------------||-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0-2-4-2-0-|---------------------|
|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-----------|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|
|-----2---------2-----|-----2-----------------|-----2---------2-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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 6x
|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------0-2-4-2-0-||o---------------------|-------------0-2-4-2-0-o||
|-2-2---0-1-2-----------||o-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-----------o||
|-----2-----------------||------2---------2-----|-----2------------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1--|
|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------0-2-4-2-0-|
|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-----------|
|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1--|
|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-o||
||------2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2------||
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
