Smoke On The Water

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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]
GmBbC Gm BbDbC GmBbC 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]
GmBbC Gm BbDbC GmBbC 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]
GmBbC Gm BbDbC GmBbC Bb Gm
| | | | | (x2)
[Solo]
Gm Gm CmF Gm
| | | | | (x4)
C C F F
| | | | |
[Riff]
GmBbC Gm BbDbC GmBbC 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]
GmBbC Gm BbDbC GmBbC Bb Gm
| | | | | (x4)
Gm
(fade out, c. 12 bars)

Smoke On The Water chords and lyrics

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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]
[Chorus]
[Riff]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  Db C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x2)
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[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]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  Db C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x4)

Smoke On The Water Chords by Deep Purple

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