Deep Purple – Pictures Of Home (Bass Tab)
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PICTURES OF HOME (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1972 Album MACHINE HEAD)
Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Roger Glover - Bass'
Intro 1 Intro 2 & Interlude
Q=150(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
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Wx4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q |------------||----------------------|-------------------|--------------| |------------||o-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9-----|--------------| |------------||o-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9\--|-9--9--7--7---| |------------||----------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |-------------12----|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-| |-5--5--10-10----10-|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----| |-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
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E E Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------|----------||---------------------|-----------------------| |-9-----------|----------||-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8---| |-------------|----------||-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-------| |-------------|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|---------------------| |-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-| |-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----| |---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|---------------------| |-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-| |-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----| |---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |3| |3|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q |---------------------|-----------------| |-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-----7-------7-7-| |-----9---------9-----|-5-5---5-5-5-----| |---------------------|-----------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------------| |-----9-------9\--|-9---9---7-8-9---9------| |-7-7---7-7-7-----|-------9-----------9----| |-----------------|------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------------| |-----9---------9\--|-9---9---7-8-9---9-----| |-7-7---5-6-7-7-----|-------9-----------9---| |-------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------------| |-----9---------9\--|-9---9---7-8-9---9-----| |-7-7---5-6-7-7-----|-------9-----------9---| |-------------------|-----------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E |---------------|-------------------------------| |---------------|-------12-------------12-------| |---------------|-10-10----10-10-10-10----10-10-| |-8--8--10--10--|-------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----11---------11-----|-----11---------11-----| |-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-|-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-| |-----------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
|-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E Q |------------------|-------------------||------------------|| |------------------|-8-9-10-11-11-12--o||-8-9-10-11-11-12--|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|------------------o||------------------|| |------------------|-------------------||------------------||
Guitar Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 9x ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||o-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-o|| ||o-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----o|| ||----------------------|----------------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---------|
|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9s7s9---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3|
E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q H Q Q E E E Q E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----7-------7----|
|-----11-------11---|-----9-------9---|-------0--0--|-5-5---5-5-5---5--|
|-9-9----9-9-9----9-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-5\----------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------||-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q 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---4-4-4-4-| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
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E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q |---------------------|-3-4-5-6-6-7--|| |---4---4-4---4---4-4-|--------------|| |---------------------|--------------|| |-2---------2---------|--------------||
Organ Solo
&
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E |---------------||----------------------| |---------------||o-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-| |--------7-7-9--||o-----9---------9-----| |-9--10---------||----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E 9x E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------||---------------------| |-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-o||-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-| |-----9---------9-----o||-----9---------9-----| |----------------------||---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E Q E E Q |---------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-9-9---7-8-9-9-------|-------------------|-----9\------9\--| |-----9---------9s7s9-|-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-|-7-7-----7-7-----| |---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |3-| |3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------|-------12----------12----|--------------------------| |-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| |-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q |-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|| |-------------------------|-8-9-9-10-10-11-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4/--|| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----------------|-----------------|| |-------------------------|----------------|-----------------||
Bass Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
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---5---6---7---8---9-|---10---11----12----13----14----15-| |-----3---4---5---6---7---|-8----9----10----11----12----13----| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------| |----16----17----18----19----20-------| |-14----15----16----17----18----19-20-| |-------------------------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--|
H. +E E E E +E E E E E +E E E E E +E E E H |----------------|-----------------------------|-12-12-(12)-11-9-11----| |----------------|-------------10-10-(10)-8----|-----------------------| |----------------|---------6-9--------------10-|-----------------------| |-0-------(0)-1/-|-7-7-(7)---------------------|-----------------------|
Interlude
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E |-/16-16-16-14-14----------|-------------------||---------------------| |-----------------16-15-14-|-------------------||-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-| |--------------------------|-14-12-------------||-----9---------9-----| |--------------------------|-------14-13-12-10-||---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E Q Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------|----------------------| |-9-9---7-8-9-9-----|-------------------|----------------12----| |-----9---------9\--|-9--9-9-9-7--7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-10-10----10-| |-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
2/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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 Q E E |---------------------|---------------------|---------------||--------|| |-9-9---7-8-9-9---7-8-|-9-9---7-8-9-9---9---|-9----------9--||-8--7---|| |-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|-----6--10-----||--------|| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------||--------||
Breakdown Outro
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Wx4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------||---------------------|---------------------| |------------||---------------------|---------------------| |------------||-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-| |------------||-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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 |---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------0-2-4-2-0-|---------------------| |-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-----------|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-| |-----2---------2-----|-----2-----------------|-----2---------2-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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 6x |-----------------------||----------------------|------------------------|| |-------------0-2-4-2-0-||o---------------------|-------------0-2-4-2-0-o|| |-2-2---0-1-2-----------||o-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-----------o|| |-----2-----------------||------2---------2-----|-----2------------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1--| |-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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 |---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|-------------0-2-4-2-0-| |-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-----------| |-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1--| |-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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 ||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------o|| ||o-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-o|| ||------2---------2-----|-----2---------2-----|-----2---------2------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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