Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water (Guitar Acoustic)

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Lavet af Daniel Jonassen I like to play this version in a shuffle rhythm on an acoustic guitar! (Easier if you transpose it +2 so it becomes Am instead of Gm). Sounds great that way. I know that the chords in the original song are powerchords (G5), but this version is an acoustic version meaning these are the full chords and not just powerchords. [Intro] |Gm Bb C Gm | Bb Db C |Gm Bb C Bb | Gm | (x6) [Verse 1]
   Gm
We all came out to Montreux

               F   Gm
On the Lake Geneva shoreline

Gm
To make records with a mobile

F          Gm
 We didn't have much time

Gm
Frank Zappa and the Mothers

                 F       Gm
Were at the best place around

Gm
But some stupid with a flare gun

                 F       Gm
Burned the place to the ground
[Chorus]
C            Ab    Gm
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky

C            Ab
Smoke on the water
[Riff] |Gm Bb C Gm | Bb Db C |Gm Bb C Bb | Gm | (x2) [Verse 2]
Gm
They burned down the gambling house

                F      Gm
It died with an awful sound

Gm
A funky Claude was running in and out

F         Gm
  Pulling kids out the ground

Gm
When it all was over

                F        Gm
We had to find another place

Gm
But Swiss time was running out

                        F         Gm
It seemed that we would lose the race
[Chorus]
C            Ab    Gm
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky

C            Ab
Smoke on the water
[Riff] |Gm Bb C Gm | Bb Db C |Gm Bb C Bb | Gm | (x2) [Solo] |Gm |Gm |Cm F |Gm | (x4) |C |C |F |F | [Riff] |Gm Bb C Gm | Bb Db C |Gm Bb C Bb | Gm | (x2) [Verse]
Gm
We ended up at the Grand Hotel

       F      Gm
It was empty, cold and bare

Gm
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside

F           Gm
 Making our music there

Gm
With a few red lights, a few old beds

          F         Gm
We made a place to sweat

Gm
No matter what we get out of this

      F              Gm
I know, I know we'll never forget
[Chorus]
C            Ab    Gm
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky

C            Ab
Smoke on the water
[Outro] |Gm Bb C Gm | Bb Db C |Gm Bb C Bb | Gm | (x4)
 Gm
(fade out, c. 12 bars)