Speed King
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Deep Purple In Rock", 1970
Bass Tablature
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1st VERSE:
Good Golly said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin'' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin'' to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real
When she didn''t do her daddies will
Come on baby drive me crazy - do it do it
CHORUS:
Cause I''m a speed king you go to hear me sing
Yeah, I''m a speed king see me fly
2nd VERSE:
Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about ain''t gonna save
People gonna rock people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
CHORUS:
Cause I''m a speed king you go to hear me sing
Yeah, I''m a speed king see me fly
3rd VERSE:
Good Golly said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin'' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin'' to the east and west
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
CHORUS:
Cause I''m a speed king you go to hear me sing
Yeah, I''m a speed king see me fly
I''m a speed king you go to hear me sing
Yeah, I''m a speed king se me.....
I''m a speed king you go to hear me sing
Yeah, I''m a speed king se me.....
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----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop
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----58--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap
Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd
x = 64th note X = dotted 64th
