Smoke On The Water
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head", 1972
Bass Tablature
Intro:
(x15)
|-----------|-------------|
|*---------*|-------------|
|*-r-r-r-r-*|-------------|
|-----------|-------0-1-2-|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 &


Riff 1:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-3-1-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


Riff 2:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-3-1-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|-----------------|
|---------5-3-----|
|-1-------------5-|
|---3-3-3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


Verse:
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----5-|-----5---------|-----5-3-------|---------5-------|
|---5-----5---|---5---1-1-3-5-|---5-----3-----|---1-3-5---5-3-1-|
|-3-----3-----|-3-------------|-3---------1-3-|-3---------------|
1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4 7 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----5-|-----5---5---5-|-----5-3-----|-----------------|
|---5-----5---|---5---5---5---|---5-----3---|---5-4-3-1-------|
|-3-----3-----|-3-------------|-3---------1-|-3---------3-1-2-|
1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----5-----5-|---5-3-----------|-----5-3-------|---5-3---------|
|---5-----5---|-------5-3-1-----|---5-----3-----|-------5-3---3-|
|-3-----3-----|-3-----------3-1-|-3---------1-1-|-3---------3---|
1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 &


|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----5-|---5-----3-------|-----5-3-----|-----5-3---------|
|---5-----5---|-----3-5---5-3-5-|---5-----3---|---------5-3-----|
|-3-----3-----|-3---------------|-3---------1-|-3-3---------3-1-|
1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &



Chorus:
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3-------|---------|-----1---1-------|-----1---1-----|
|---------|-4-------|-3-3---3---3-1-3-|-3-3---3---3-1-|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4


|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|-3-------|---------|
|---------|-4-------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4


Solo:
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*---------5-3-----|-----------------|---1-3-5-3-1-----|
|*---1-3-5-----5-3-|-1---------1-3-5-|-3-----------3-1-|
|--3---------------|---3-1-2-3-------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|------------------|
|---5-3---------3-*|
|-------5-1-3-5---*|(x4)
|-3----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
|-3-------|---------|---------|-------------|
|---------|---------|-1-------|-------0-1-2-|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 &



Song Structure:

Intro

Riff 1

Riff 2

Verse

Chorus

Riff 1

Riff 2

Verse

Chorus

Riff 1

Riff 2

Solo

Riff 1(x2)

Riff 2

Verse

Chorus

Riff 1(fade-out)