Smoke On The Water Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	G
Capo:	no capo

Author Blindlemonade [a] 174.

3 contributors total, last edit on Mar 5, 2024

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Ab4

Ab5

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[Intro/Riff]
 
| D4 F4 G4 - | D4 F4 Ab4 G4 | D4 F4 G4 - | F4 D4 - - | x6
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
   G5 ///          G5 ///
We all came out to Montreux
       G5 /   F5 / G5 ///
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
G5 ///                 G5 ///
To make records with a mobile
G5 /      F5 /      G5 ///
We didn't have much time
G5 ///              G5 ///
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
     G5 /        F5 /  G5 ///
Were at the best place around
G5 ///                 G5 ///
But some stupid with a flare gun
G5 /             F5 /   G5 ///
Burned the place to the ground
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C5 ///       Ab5 /// G5 ///             G5 ///
Smoke on the water,     fire in the sky
C5 ///       Ab5 ///
Smoke on the water...
 
 
[Riff]
 
| D4 F4 G4 - | D4 F4 Ab4 G4 | D4 F4 G4 - | F4 D4 - - | x2
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
     G5 ///          G5 ///
They burned down the gambling house
   G5 /         F5 /  G5 ///
It died with an awful sound
G5 ///           G5 ///
Funky Claude was running in and out
G5 /         F5 /
Pulling kids out the ground
G5 ///          G5 ///
When it all was over
   G5 /        F5 /    G5 ///
We had to find another place
G5 ///             G5 ///
But Swiss time was running out
   G5 /                 F5 /     G5 ///
It seemed that we would lose the race
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C5 ///       Ab5 /// G5 ///             G5 ///
Smoke on the water,     fire in the sky
C5 ///       Ab5 ///
Smoke on the water...
 
 
[Riff]
 
| D4 F4 G4 - | D4 F4 Ab4 G4 | D4 F4 G4 - | F4 D4 - - | x2
 
 
[Solo]
 
|G5 ///|G5 ///|C5 ///|G5 ///|
|G5 ///|G5 ///|C5 ///|G5 ///|
|G5 ///|G5 ///|C5 ///|G5 ///|
|G5 ///|G5 ///|C5 ///|G5 ///|
|C5 ///|C5 ///|F5 ///|F5 ///|
 
 
[Riff]
 
| D4 F4 G4 - | D4 F4 Ab4 G4 | D4 F4 G4 - | F4 D4 - - | x2
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G5 ///             G5 ///
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
G5 /   F5 /  G5 ///
It was empty cold and bare
G5 ///                     G5 ///
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
G5 /       F5 /  G5 ///
Making our music there
       G5 ///               G5 ///
With a few red lights and a few old beds
G5 /      F5 /     G5 ///
We make a place to sweat
G5 ///            G5 ///
No matter what we get out of this
G5 /    F5 /         G5 ///
I know, I know we'll never forget
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C5 ///       Ab5 /// G5 ///             G5 ///
Smoke on the water,     fire in the sky
C5 ///       Ab5 ///
Smoke on the water...
 
 
[Riff]
 
| D4 F4 G4 - | D4 F4 Ab4 G4 | D4 F4 G4 - | F4 D4 - - | x4
 
 
[Instrumental Verse] fade out
 
 
In the Intro/Riff, I mean a two-note chord played
 
D4 is x55xxx
F4 is xx33xx
G4 is xx55xx
Ab4 is xx66xx.
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the notes are correct, the chord names are wrong

The song is in the relative key of G minor. The major key is B flat. The opening riff is G, Bb, C. He only play the root and the fifth. The key of Bb is Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb.

For those who don't know, a fourth and an "inverted fifth" are the same interval. Example: the fifth scale degree from C is G. So a fifth would be C-G. The fourth scale degree from G is C, so a fourth would be G-C. If you want to "invert" a fifth from C, (swap C-G to G-C), the interval is a fourth.