Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water (ENG)

Guitar chords and lyrics of Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple
Published 1972
Original key G

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INTRO: playing only the two central strings on these frets:

free – 3 – 5
free – 3 – 6 – 5
free – 3 – 5 – 3 – free

 

G
We all came out to Montreux
.             F                        G
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
.          F                           G
We didn’t have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
.                     F                   G
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
.                     F                 G
Burned the place to the ground
C                        Ab G
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race

C                        Ab G
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling Stones truck thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we’ll never forget






C                        Ab G
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky