SMOOTH DANCER (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1973 Album WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE)
Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Roger Glover - Bass'
Intro 1st & 3rd Verses
Q=170
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q H
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6-5-3---||o---------------3-|-(3)-------------|---------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-||--(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5---------|
E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6-5-3---|---------------3-|-(3)-------------|---------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-|-(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5---------|
2nd & 4th Verses
E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q H
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6-5-3---||---------------3-|-(3)-------------|---------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-||-(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5---------|
E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------6-5-3---|---------------3-|-(3)-------------|-------------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-|-(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5-------------|
Chorus
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
|-2-2-2-2-2-------||-----------------|-----------2-------|---------------2-|
|-----------2-5-2-||-----2-2-3-3-4---|-------------5-2---|-----2-2-3-3-5---|
|-----------------||-3-3-------------|-------3-5-------5-|-3-3-------------|
|-----------------||---------------3-|-(3)-5-------------|-----------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-(2)-2-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-5----5-(5)---5---|
|-------5-5-2-2-----|-----2-2-3-3-4---|---------------5-7-|----7-------7---7-|
|---------------5---|-3-3-------------|-------------7-----|------------------|
|-----------------3-|---------------3-|-(3)-5-5-5-5-------|------------------|
Bridge
Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +E Q E E E E E E E Q
|-5----5-(5)---5---|-5-6-7-----------|-----------------||----------------|
|----7-------7---7-|-------5-6-7-----|-----------------||-----7-7-7-5----|
|------------------|-------------3-4-|-5---------------||-------------7--|
|------------------|-----------------|---0--1-(1)-2--3-||-5-5------------|
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 Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4---------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5----|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-------------7--|
|-------------------|---------------0-|-5-2-0-5-5-2-0-0-|-5-5------------|
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 Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4---------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5----|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-------------7--|
|-------------------|---------------0-|-5-2-0-5-5-2-0-0-|-5-5------------|
4/4
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 Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4---------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5-----|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-------------7---|
|-------------------|---------------0-|-5-2-0-5-5-2-0-0-|-5-5-------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4-------7-|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|
|-------------------|-----------------|
Interlude
1.
+E E E E E S S E E +Q E E +Q E E
|---------------------||--------------------|
|-(7)-7-4-7-7-4h5-7---||--------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------0-||-(0)----1-(1)----2--|
2.
2/4 4/4
+Q E E +W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------|------------|------------------||-------------------||
|----------|------------|------------|-----------------o||-7-7-4-7-7-4-------||
|----------|------------|------------|---------6-5-3---o||-------------7-----||
|-(2)----3-|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|---0-3-5-------3--||---------------0---||
4/4 2/4 4/4
+Q E E +Q E E Q E E +W +H E E E E
|-------------------|--------|------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|--------|------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|--------|------------|------------5----||
|-(0)----1-(1)----2-|-2----3-|-(3)--------|-(3)------7---7--||
Organ Solo
Q E E +Q Q H E E E E Q E E +Q Q H E E E E 3x
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5---|-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5----o||
||------------------|--------7---0-|-----------------|--------7---0---||
Q E E +Q Q H E E E E Q E E +Q Q H E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5---|-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5---|
|-----------------|--------7---0-|-----------------|--------7---0-|
2/4 4/4
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +W
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-0----1-(1)----2-|-(2)----3-(3)----4-|-(4)----5-|-(5)----|
5th Verse
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E
|-------------------|----------10-9-7---||-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------7-9--------7-||-(7)-9-----------|------------------|
|-------------------|----9--------------||---------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/----------------||-----------------|-----7---------5--|
+E E Q H E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E
|---------------|---------10-9-7---|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----7-9--------7-|-(7)-9-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---9--------------|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-7---------|------------------|-----------------|-----7---------5--|
6th Verse
+E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E
|---------------|---------10-9-7---||---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----7-9--------7-||-7-9-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---9--------------||-------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-7---------|------------------||---------------|-----7---------5--|
+E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E
|---------------|---------10-9-7---|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----7-9--------7-|-7-9-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---9--------------|-------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-7---------|------------------|---------------|-----7---------5--|
Chorus
+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
|-------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------||-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-----4--|
|-------------------|-----------7-4-4-||-----4-4-5-5-7-7-|-(7)---------4-7----|
|-------------------|-----------------||-5-5-------------|--------------------|
|-(5)-7-------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------4-|-(4)-4-------------|----------------|-----4-4-4-4-----4--|
|-----4-4-5-5-7---|-------7-7-4-4-----|----4-4-5-5-7-7-|-(7)---------4-7----|
|-5-5-------------|---------------7-7-|-5--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7--4-7-(7)-4-7-4-|-7--4-7-(7)-4-7-4-|-7-8-9-----------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------7-8-9-----|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------5-6-|-7----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|---2---3---4---5--||
Bridge
E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-/9-9----9-7----|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7-7---------|-9-6----9-6-----|
|------9------9--|-----9---------9---|---------7-7-7/--|-----9------9---|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---6-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7----------|-9-7----9-7---7--|
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|--------7-7-7/--|-----9------9----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---6-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7----------|-9-7----9-7---7--|
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|--------7-7-7/--|-----9------9----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---6-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7----------|-9-7----9-7---7--|
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|--------7-7-7/--|-----9------9----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
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
|-------------------|-------------------|---6-9-----------|------------------||
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-----7---6-9-6-|-9-9-7-7-6-6------||
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|---------7-------|-------------9-9--||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7-7-7-|-9-7---9-9-7---7-|
|-----9-------------|-----9-------9---|
|-------------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-7--7-7-------/9-|-(9)-9-6-/9-(9)-------||
|--------7-7-7----|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------0-2--||
Outro
2/4 4/4
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +W
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-(2)----3-(3)----4-|-(4)----5-(5)----6-|-(6)----7-|-(7)----|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
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
