Easy Learn How To Play Smoke on the Water [on Guitar]

learn how to play smoke on the water on guitar

Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple has to be the easiest guitar song in the world to learn. This timeless classic rock song is as much fun to play as it is easy to play for guitar beginners. What else is cool about this song is there’s a lot of different ways to play it. The riff was written and played by Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple. Watch the video below and also see the easy to read guitar tab on how to play Smoke on The Water by Deep Purple

Smoke On the Water by Deep Purple Guitar Tab

Standard tuning

 

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||------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
||--4-----5----7----|---4----5----8--|--3x------------|--------------------||
||o-4-----5----7----|---4----5----8--|----------------|-------------------o||
||--2-----3----5----|---2----3----6--|----------------|--------------------||



  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q  E E   E Q.   +Q    Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-0---3---5----0-|---3---6-5-----|-0---3---5----3-|---0----(0)---------|
|-0---3---5----0-|---3---6-5-----|-0---3---5----3-|---0----(0)--(5)---|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------(5)---|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|


 Verse
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  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-----------|---------0---0----|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|---0-----3---3---|-----5-----0------|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|-----------3-----|---5--------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3----------------|


  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5---5---5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3----|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3------|
|-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1--------|


  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5---3---3----|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3----------------|


  PM---------------------------------------------------
  E E e E E E e E   E E e E E E e E   E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|


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  E E e E E E e E   E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----5---3---3---|-----5-------5-----||
|---5-------3-----|---5-------5-------||
|-3---------------|-3-------3---------||


 Chorus
  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  E E +H
|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|-------5----|------------|------0-(0)----|
|----5-------|-------6----|----0----------|
|-3----------|----6-------|---------------|
|------------|-4----------|-3-------------|


  +W           Q  Q  H      Q  Q  Q.  E
|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|
|-(0)--------|-------5----|---------------|
|------------|----5-------|-------6-------|
|------------|-3----------|----6----------|
|------------|------------|-4-------------|


  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|-(3)---------------|
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|-(3)-5----(5)------|
|-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|-----5----(5)------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|


  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q.   E   E Q.   +Q   Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5-----|-----3---5----3-|-------------5---||
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5-----|-5---3---5----3-|---5----(5)--5---||
|-5------------5-|---------------|-5--------------|---5----(5)--5---||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||


   Verse
    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  3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-------5----||
||o---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5-------5-----o||
||--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------3--------||


 Chorus
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  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      W          +W           Q  Q  H      Q  Q  Q.   E
|------------|------------|----------|------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------------|------------|---------------|
|-------5----|------------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-------5----|---------------|
|----5-------|-------6----|----------|------------|----5-------|-------6-------|
|-3----------|----6-------|----------|------------|-3----------|----6----------|
|------------|-4----------|-3--------|-(3)--------|------------|-4-------------|


  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|-(3)-------------|
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|-(3)-5----(5)----|
|-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|-----5----(5)----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   E  Q.   +Q    E   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|------------------10--||
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|----5----(5)--12------||
|-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|----5----(5)----------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
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| Gtr II
| W                W                W                H.            Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------8-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------8-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------8-----||


 Guitar Solo
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   H        +E  E  a       +E   E    E  Q.      E      q    E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------13pb15==(13)r13p|=11---------11b11.5--------|
|-12-------(12)-------------------|----12---------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  PM----------------------------------------------------------
|  E E E E   E  E  Q                 E  E  e E  E      E e  E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5-----5--------------------|--5-----5-------------5----|
|----5---5------5-----------------|-----5--------------5------|
|--3------------------------------|-------------3-------------|


                    ~~~~
   E  e  E  S      +S   +Q      e  E
|------------------------------------|
|-------11-11b13==(11)-(11)r---11-10-|
|-10-12------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------|
|  E  E  e  E       E    E   e  E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------5-------------------5-------|
|-----5------------------5-----------|
|--3----------------3----------------|
|------------------------------------|


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         |--3--|
   e  e  S  S  S  E  e  e e  e    E  a       +e    E  a       +E   +Q     E E
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------8-|
|-12-14-12h14p12s10-12-10-8-10-|-10-10pb12==(10)r-10-10pb12==(10)-(10)r-------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
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|  PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  E  E  e        E  E  E E  E    E           E    e           E    E   E e E
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------5----------------3h=5-|-------------------5----------------------5---|
|-----5-----------------5------|--------------5-------------------------5-----|
|--3-----------------3---------|--3---------------------------------3---------|


                              ~~~~
   E  a  +e        E  a      +E   +E   e e  E
|--------------------------------------8-------|
|-11-11-(11)pb13==11-11b13==(11)-(11)r---8-11--|
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|  E      E        e          E    E   E e  E
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|------------------5---------------------5-----|
|---------5----------------------------5-------|
|--3-------------------------------3-----------|


   a      +S   S S  S  S S  S   S S  S  S S S  S S S
|----------------8-----------------------------------|
|--------------8---11-10-8---------------------------|
|-10b12==(10)r-------------11--10p8----10-8-7--------|
|-----------------------------------10--------10-8-7-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
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|          PM-------------------------------|
|          E     E     e    E     E     E   e    E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5--------------------3--------|
|----------------5---------(5)----------5------------|
|----------3----------------------3------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


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   E e e  e e e e e   E    +S  S +Q    E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------8-7-5-|-3b5==(3)r3-(3)---5-3-2-3-|
|----8-7-10-8-------|--------------------------|
|-10----------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  PM----------------------------------------|
|  E E e  E E E e E   E     E     e  E E E e E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------5--------5---|-------------5--------5---|
|----5--------5-----|-------5----------3-5-----|
|--3--------3-------|-3------------------------|


           2.5    |
                                                                  |---3---|
  E E E E +E.     +S  +Q      a   +S  S S a   +S  S S S S S S S S S s E   E
|---------------------------|-----------3---------3-3------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------3---6b8-(6)-----6-5-3------------------|
|-2-3-2-0-(0)-----(0)-(0)---|-5b7-(5)-----------------------6-5p3---5-----3--|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------5----------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E e E  E    E      e  E        E    E         e   E   E   E   e     E
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------5---------------5----------|
|-----5----------------5----|-----------5-------------5-------5--------------|
|-3-5------3----5-----------|------3----------------------3------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


       |---------3---------|
  a   +q    a   +q    a   +q    S   +E.   e E
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------3-6-|
|-5b7-(5)---5b7-(5)---5b7-(5)---5b7-(5)-------|
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|      PM--------------------------------------
|      E  E         e         E E       E E E
|---------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------5---------------------5---|
|---------5-----------------------------5---5-|
|------3------------------------3-------------|


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  E e E E E a    +Q.       a    +E  E e E Q.     E
|-3-------6-8b10-(8)-----|-8b10-(8)-8-6-8----------|
|---3-6-8----------------|----------------8------8-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------|
| E E e E E       E  e E         E  E e E E  E e E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5--------------5---|------------5--------5---|
|---5-------------5------|----------5--------5-----|
|-3-------3--------------|-------3--------3--------|


                                                                ~~~~
   E  a      +S  S S  S  S  S  S S S  S e  e    e  E e  a      +E   +Q.       E
|------------------8--------8------8----8-10-|-11-13---13b15==(13)-(13)r-----13b15-|
|-11-------------8---11--8----11-8---11------|-------------------------------------|
|----10b12==(10)-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|  PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  E          E    e     E     E   E    e  E    E  E E          E    E   E Q
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------5--------------------3----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------5---------(5)--------5-------5-|-------5---------------------5-------|
|--3---------------------------3-------------|-----5------------5----3---5---------|
|--------------------------------------------|--3----------------------------------|


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   +E   E   a       +E   E  a      +Q.     E
|-(13)-13-(13)pb15-(13)-13-13b15==(13)r---13--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
|   Q                Q              H
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5---------|
|--------------------5------------------------|
|---3-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


                                 ~~~~
    a       +E   E  E  E  a     +Q.   E
|-(13)pb15-(13)-13-10-------------------|
|---------------------13-13b15-(13)-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|            Q      Q            H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5------|
|-------------------5-------------------|
|------------3--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  a   +E  e a     +S  S e e E     Q     E e E E a     +H
|------------------------------------|----8-6-8-8b10==(8)---------|
|---------6--------------------------|-/8-------------------------|
|-5b7-(5)---5pb6==(5)r5-3-5-3b3.5----|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------5--|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|      W                                Q   Q          Q   +Q
|------1-----------------------------|--1-------------------------|
|------1-----------------------------|--1-------------------------|
|------x-----------------------------|--0-------------------------|
|------3-----------------------------|------3---------------------|
|------x-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------1-----------------------------|-----------------1---(1)/---|


                       |---3---|   |-3--|
  +E  e e e e e e e    q   q   q   q  q Q
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8r-|-9---9---9---9--8-----|
|--------------------|------------------6---|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
|  E  E E E Q   E E    E E   E   E Q.     E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------3---5--------|---3-------6-5--------|
|--5----3---5-----5--|---3-------6-5--------|
|--5--------------5--|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|


            >
            ~~~
  +Q       +H.            +H.            Q
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-(6)b8====(6)----------|-(6)r----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|
|  E     E  E  E Q.   E   +E   Q.   +Q.    E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------3----5----3-|-(3)-----------------||
|--5--------3----5----3-|-(3)--5----(5)-------||
|--5--------------------|------5----(5)-------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||


  Gtr I
  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +Q    E   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-----3---5------|---3---6-5------|-----3---5----3-|-(3)-----------(5)----|
|-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-5------|-5---3---5----3-|-(3)-5----(5)--(5)----|
|-5------------5-|----------------|-5--------------|-----5----(5)--(5)----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|


 Verse
  PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-3---------|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5-------5-----|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------3-------|


  PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E e E E E e E   E E e E E E e E   E E e E E E e E   S S E e E E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-5-------5---|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5---------5-----|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3---------3-------|


  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5---3---3---|-----5-------5----|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5-------5---5--|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3---------------|-3-------3--------|


  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------3---|-----5-------5----|
|---5-------5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---3---3-|---5---5---5------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------3-----3--|


 Out-Chorus
  Q  Q  H      Q  Q  Q.   E   Q  Q  E Q.
|------------|--------------|-------3------|
|------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------5----|--------------|----0----0----|
|----5-------|-------6------|----0---------|
|-3----------|----6---------|--------------|
|------------|-4------------|-3------------|


  +W           Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|-(0)--------|-------5----|------------|
|------------|----5-------|-------6----|
|------------|-3----------|----6-------|
|------------|------------|-4----------|


   4/4
    E E E E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +Q.   E   3x
||------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
||--4-----5----7----|---4----5----8--|--3x------------|--------------------||
||o-4-----5----7----|---4----5----8--|----------------|-------------------o||
||--2-----3----5----|---2----3----6--|----------------|--------------------||


  PM----------------------------------------------|
  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.   +Q    Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-5---5---3---3---|---5----(5)--(5)---|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-----|---5-------3-----|---5----(5)--(5)---|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|--------------------|

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