• Song:

    Smoke On The Water

  • Artist:

    Deep Purple

  • Album:

    Collections

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Standard Tuning (eGBDAE)
Listen to the song to get the rhythm
Main Riff
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|--3-5----3-6-5----3-5-3--|
D|5-3-5--5-3-6-5--5-3-5-3-5|
A|5------5--------5-------5|
E|-------------------------|

Verse
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|

Chorus
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|---------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|

e|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|
G|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|---------------|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|---------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|

Solo
I find it easiest just to improvise using G Blues. There are four scales you can use to do this:
e|-------------------3-6|---------------------6-8-9|
B|----------------3-6---|------------------6-8-----|
G|-----------3-5-6------|-------------5-6-7--------|
D|--------3-5-----------|----------5-8-------------|
A|---3-4-5--------------|-----4-5-8----------------|
E|3-6-------------------|3-6-8---------------------|

e|-------------------------------15-18|
B|--------------------------15-18-----|
G|------------------15-17-18----------|
D|-------------15-17------------------|
A|-----15-16-17-----------------------|
E|15-18-------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------18-20-21|
B|-----------------------------18-20--------|
G|---------------------17-18-19-------------|
D|----------------17-20---------------------|
A|--------16-17-20--------------------------|
E|15-18-20----------------------------------|
Order:
Main Riff x6
Verse x4
Chorus
Main Riff x2
Verse x4
Chorus
Main Riff x2
Solo
Main Riff x2
Verse x4
Chorus
Repeat Main Riff to the end
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