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Smoke on the water
Deep Purple

alot of people think that this song is played with power chords 
but they arre wrong richie blackmore used forths when playing 
this song that why it does not sound like power chords this is 
the real way to play the song

PUT SOME SICK DISTORTION ON THIS PIECE

Intro/Main riff
e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g-0-3-5---0-3-6-5---0-3-5-3-0-|
d-0-3-5---0-3-6-5---0-3-5-3-0-|
a------------------------------|
e------------------------------|

Verse
e-----------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------|
d--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3-3---5-5-----|
a--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---3-3---5-5-----|
e--3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---1-1---3-3-----|

Chorus
e-------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------|
g--5----------------------------------------5-----------|
d--5-----6----------------------------------5----6------|
a--3-----6----------------------------------3----6------|
e--------4-----3-6-3-6-3-1-3-3-6-3-6-3-1--------4------|
smoke..  water..     a fire in the sky                       smoke..   water..

after chorus go to intro

Solo
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------13br-11-----11b-------------------------------------------------------------|
g------10-12------------12--------------12-15--15b-15-14-12-14-12h14p12/10-12-10-8-10----|
d--12-----------------------------12-15-----------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------8-----8---------------8-----------------------------------------------|
b------8----8--8-11b----11b---8-11-------8---11-10-8---------------------------------------|
g--10b--10b--------------------------10b---------------11-10-8-----10-8-7------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------------10----------10-8-7-----8-7-|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------3----3---------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------3---6b---6-5-3---------------------------|
g--------8-7-5---3br-3/5--3-2-3-2-3-2-0----5b-----------------6p5-3---5-3-5b-5b-5b-5b-|
d--10-8--------------------------------------------------------------5------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e-------3------3-6-6b--8b--8-6-6----------------6-------6--------6-----6--10--11-13-13b-|
b--3-6----3-6---------------------8--8-11-----8----11-8----11-8----11--------------------|
g-------------------------------------------10--------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--13b-13b-13b--13-10--------------------------------------6-8-6-8b--|
b-----------------------13-13b-----6-------------------6/8------------|
g-------------------------------5b----5brp3--5-3b---------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------5------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
this gets confusing (realease slowly)
e-12b-r12r12r12r--r12r12r12r12--r12r12r12r-r12r12r------|
b--------------------------------------------------6~-|
g-----------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|

...and thats how it goes.