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The House of the Rising Sun - Animals

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House of the rising sun is a classic folk song which is surprising because it has so much relevance even today. It’s one of those classics which everyone knows and many want to learn. Dealing with many complex topics, the song has a haunting and beautiful sound which isn’t easy to forget. As mentioned above, we’ve compiled the best resources including chords to help you learn the song quickly!



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The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and in the US and Canada.[1] As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".

(Wikipedia)


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House Of The Rising Sun Chords

Difficulty: intermediate

Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: Am

In the Animals' recording the organ often plays 7th chords,
when the guitar does not.
 
 
[Intro]
| Am | C | D | F |
| Am | E | Am | E |
 
 
[Verse 1]
      Am   C        D          F
There is a house in New Orleans
      Am       C      E
They call the "Rising Sun"
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am     E         | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
And God, I know, I'm one                (organ plays E7)
 
 
[Verse 2]
   Am     C     D        F
My mother was a tailor (organ: F7) 
    Am       C        E
She sewed my new blue jeans (organ: E7) 
   Am     C     D        F
My father was a gambling man
Am      E     | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
Down in New Orleans.             (organ plays E7)
 
 
[Verse 3]
        Am   C       D       F
Now the only thing a gambler needs (organ: F7) 
     Am       C     E
Is a suitcase and a trunk (organ: E7) 
        Am   C     D         F
And the only time, he's satisfied, 
   Am        E    | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
Is when he's on a drunk              (organ plays E7)
 
 
[Solo]
| Am | C | D | F |
| Am | C | E | % |
| Am | C | D | F |
| Am | E |
| Am | C/E | D | F |
| Am | E | Am | E |
 
 
[Verse 4]
   Am     C          D           F
O, mother, tell your children (organ: F7) 
       Am      C      E
Not to do what I have done (organ: E7) 
Am         C        D           F
Spend your lives in sin and misery
       Am       E     | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
In the House of Rising Sun              (organ plays E7)
 
 
[Verse 5]
            Am       C      D            F
Well, I got one foot on the platform (organ plays F7)
    Am         C      E
The other foot on the train (organ: E7) 
    Am    C       D     F
I'm going back to New Orleans (organ: F7) 
   Am        E        | Am | C | D | F | Am | E | Am | E |
To wear that ball and chain              (organ plays E7#9)
 
 
[Verse 6]
            Am   C        D             F
Well, there is a house in New Orleans (organ: F7) 
     Am        C      E
They call the "Rising Sun"  (organ: E7) 
         Am       C       D           F
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    Am     E7      | Am | C | D | F7 | Am | E7 |
And God, I know, I'm one
 
 
[Coda]
| Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am | Dm |
(a tempo)
| Am | Dm | Am | Dm | Am
   (ritardando)     (organ plays Am9; guitar equivalent: x-0-5-5-5-7)

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Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

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Smells like teen spirit is one of those beginner guitar songs with an unforgettable riff. Because this song isn’t super technically challenging you will find it is an easy song to learn quickly and sound good while doing it. Though it isn’t an impressive song technically, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Sounds GOOD. Like it SOUNDS GOOD. It’s one of those songs that is beautiful in it’s simplicity.

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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, Nevermind (1991), released on DGC Records. The unexpected success of the song propelled Nevermind to the top of several albums charts at the start of 1992, an event often marked as the point when grunge entered the mainstream.

(Wikipedia)


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Smell Like Teen Spirit Tabs

Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: F

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Back In Black - ACDC

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Back In Black, possible one of the most iconic ACDC songs…Well who are we kidding. There are tons of Iconic ACDC songs. Anyways, Back in Black is one of those songs which many beginner guitarists want to learn. The song itself makes good use of chords and is very beneficial to learn in that regard. The solo and riffs are a bit more advanced but nothing that a guitarist would have trouble trying to learn. As mentioned above we’ve curated a bunch of high quality lessons, tabs, chords and links to help you learn really quickly! Enjoy!



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"Back in Black" is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It was released as the lead single from their seventh album of the same name in 1980 through Atlantic Records. It is notable for its opening guitar riff. The song was written as a tribute to their former singer Bon Scott, who died in February 1980. In 1981, it reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2012, it reached number 65 in Australia and number 27 in the United Kingdom.

(Wikipedia)


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Back In Black Tabs

Difficulty: intermediate

Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: E

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Hotel California - Eagles

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"Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977.[6] Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). Joe Walsh came up with the dual-guitar descending arpeggio part that ends the song: he did not, however, get writing credits. The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals, and concludes with an electric guitar solo performed by both Walsh and Felder, in which they both take turns of playing lead before harmonising and playing the aforementioned arpeggio towards the fade out at the end.

(Wikipedia)


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Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: Bm

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Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Sweet Home Alabama is one of those classic guitar songs that is both memorable, and just sounds amazing. That sweet southern sound and iconic opening are second to none. Originally written as a comeback to Neil Young’s Southern Man, Sweet Home Alabama became a song that was much bigger than anything Neil could have imagined, or Lynyrd Skynyrd for that matter. Enjoy learning this masterpiece!



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"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping. The song was released as the band's second single. The song was written in response to Neil Young's "Southern Man", which was released in 1970, because it took the entire South to task for the bloody history of slavery and its aftermath. Young is name-checked in the lyrics to "Sweet Home Alabama".

(Wikipedia)


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Sweet Home Alabama Chords

Difficulty: beginner

Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: G

[Intro Riff]
 
e|-------------------------3-|
B|-----3---------3---------3-|
G|-------2----------0------0-|  x4
D|-0-0---------------------0-|
A|----------3-3------------2-|
E|---------------------3-3-3-|
 
 
[Intro]
D Cadd9 G  x4
 
 
[Verse]
D     Cadd9          G
  Big wheels keep on turning
D          Cadd9          G
  Carry me home to see my kin
D         Cadd9           G
  Singing songs about the south land
D               Cadd9      G
  I miss 'ole' 'bamy once again and I think it's a sin
 
 
[Interlude]
D Cadd9 G
D Cadd9 G
 
 
[Verse]
D                  Cadd9       G
  Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her
D                  Cadd9        G
  Well I heard old Neil put her down
D                  Cadd9        G
  Well I hope Neil Young will remember
D            Cadd9               G
  A southern man don’t need him around, anyhow
 
 
[Chorus]
D       Cadd9   G    D          Cadd9        G
  Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue
D       Cadd9   G    D         Cadd9          G
  Sweet home Alabama, Lord I’m coming home to you 
 
 
[Solo]
F C
D Cadd9 G
D Cadd9 G
 
 
[Verse]
D           Cadd9             G        F   C   D
  In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo-hoo-hoo
(D)          Cadd9             G
  Now we all did what we could do
D          Cadd9        G
  Now watergate does not bother me
D          Cadd9             G
  Does you conscience bother you (tell the truth!)
 
 
[Chorus]
D       Cadd9   G    D          Cadd9        G
  Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue
D       Cadd9   G    D         Cadd9          G
  Sweet home Alabama, Lord I’m coming home to you
(Here I come, Alabama)
 
 
[Solo]
D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G  D Cadd9 G
D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G  D Cadd9 G
 
 
[Verse]
D            Cadd9              G
  Now Muscle Shoals has got the swampers
D                  Cadd9                   G
  And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes we do)
D           Cadd9      G
  Lord they get me off so much
D              Cadd9               G
  They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how 'bout you?
 
 
[Chorus]
D       Cadd9   G    D          Cadd9        G
  Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue
D       Cadd9   G    D         Cadd9          G    F C
  Sweet home Alabama, Lord I’m coming home to you
 
 
[Outro]
D       Cadd9   G
  Sweet home Alabama (Oh, sweet home baby)
D           Cadd9        G
  Where the skies are so blue (And the governor's true)
D       Cadd9   G
  Sweet Home Alabama, (Lord, yeah)
D           Cadd9          G
  Lord, I'm coming home to you (Yeah, yeah)
 
 
[Outro]
D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G   D Cadd9 G

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Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

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"Seven Nation Army" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). V2 Records released the song to American alternative radio on February 17, 2003, as the lead single from the album. Worldwide, the single was issued through XL Recordings. Written and produced by Jack White, the song consists of distorted vocals, a simple drumbeat, and a bass-like riff created by playing a guitar through a pitch shift effect.

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Seven Nation Army Tabs

Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: E

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Seven Nation Army Chords

[Verse 1]
          Em            G C B
I'm gonna fight 'em off
               Em            G       C    B
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
              Em         G C B
They're gonna rip it off
             Em           G       C    B
Taking their time right behind my back
        Em           G       C
And I'm talking to myself at night
          B        Em  G C B
Because I can't forget
Em             G          C
Back and forth through my mind
         B   Em    G C B
Behind a cigarette
      G                      A
And a message coming from my eyes says leave it alone
 
[Instrumental]
Em G C B x4
Am B E
 
[Verse 2]
          Em            G C B
Don't want to hear about it
               Em            G       C    B
Every single one's got a story to tell
          Em            G C B
Everyone knows about it
               Em            G       C    B
From the Queen of England to the hounds of Hell
          Em            G C B
And if I catch it coming back my way
               Em            G       C    B
I'm gonna serve it to you
          Em            G C B
And that ain't what you want to hear
               Em            G       C    B
But that's what I'll do
      G                      A
And a feeling coming from my bones says find a home
 
[Verse 3]
          Em            G C B
I'm going to Wichita
               Em            G       C    B
Far from this opera, forever more
          Em            G C B
I'm going to work the straw
               Em            G       C    B
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
          Em            G C B
And I'm bleeding and I'm bleeding and I'm bleeding
               Em            G       C    B
Right before the Lord
          Em            G C B
All the words are going to bleed from me
               Em            G       C    B
And I will think no more
        G                     A
And the stains coming from my blood tell me go back home
 
 
**************************
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
 
**************************

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Enter Sandman - Metallica

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"Enter Sandman" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the opening track and lead single from their self-titled fifth album, released in 1991. The music was written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Hetfield wrote the lyrics, which deal with the concept of a child's nightmares.

(Wikipedia)


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Enter Sandman Tab

Difficulty: intermediate

Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: E



Enter Sandman Chords

[Intro]
 
E5
 
Em   E5
 
E5       G5 F#5 G5 F#5
E5       G5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
                     F5
say your prayers, little one
                 F5
don't forget, my son,
                G5
to include everyone
 
F#5 G5 F#5
 
 
E5                      F5
   I tuck you in, warm within
                   F5
keep you free from sin
                    G5
till the sandman he comes
 
F#5 G5 F#5
 
 
[Pre-chorus]
(F#5)
sleep with one eye open
 
gripping your pillow tight
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#5  B5  F#5  B5
Ex   it: light
 
F#5  B5  E5
Ent  er: night
 
F#5 B5   E5
take  my hand
 
      G5     F#5     G5 F#5 E5
we're off to never-never land
 
(E5)      G5 F#5 G5 F#5
 E5       G5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
                     F5
something's wrong, shut the light
                 F5
heavy thoughts tonight
                        G5
and they aren't of snow white
 
F#5 G5 F#5
 
 
E5                    F5
   dreams of war, dreams of liars
                   F5
dreams of dragon's fire
                        G5
and of things that will bite
 
F#5 G5 F#5
 
 
[Pre-chorus]
(F#5)
sleep with one eye open
 
gripping your pillow tight
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#5  B5  F#5  B5
Ex   it: light
 
F#5  B5  E5
Ent  er: night
 
F#5 B5   E5
take  my hand
      G5     F#5     G5 F#5 E5
we're off to never-never land
 
 
[Solo Сhords]
 
E5       G5 F#5 G5 F#5
E5       G5 F#5 G5 F#5
 
F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5
 
B5 E5 F#5 B5 E5
 
E5
 
 
[Bridge]
(F#5)
Hush little baby, don't say a word
 
and never mind that noise you heard
 
It's just the beasts under your bed
F#5
    In your closet, in your head
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F#5  B5  F#5  B5
Ex   it: light
 
F#5  B5  E5
Ent  er: night
 
F#5 B5   E5
grain of sand
 
F#5  B5  F#5  B5
Ex   it: light
 
F#5  B5  E5
Ent  er: night
 
F#5 B5   E5
take  my hand
 
      G5     F#5     G5 F#5 E5
we're off to never-never land
 
 
E5
 
E5       G5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5
 
F5

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Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

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"Wish You Were Here" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released as the title track of their 1975 album of the same name. David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal. In 2021, the song was ranked No. 302 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is popular on Classic rock radio stations. For example, it was voted the #20 best song of all time by listeners of NYC’s Q104.3 in 2020.
(Wikipedia)


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Wish You Were Here tab

by Pink Floyd

Difficulty: beginner

Tuning: E A D G B E

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Wish You Were Here chords
Pink Floyd  1975 (Wish You Were Here)
 
G Em  G Em  G Em  A Em A G  2x
 
C                        D
So, so you think you can tell 
            Am
Heaven from Hell, 
                G
Blue skies from pain. 
                     D
Can you tell a green field 
                  C
From a cold steel rail? 
               Am
A smile from a veil? 
                     G
Do you think you can tell? 
 
                        C
And did they get you to trade 
                D
Your heroes for ghosts? 
              Am
Hot ashes for trees? 
              G
Hot air for a cool breeze? 
                 D
Cold comfort for change? 
              C
And did you exchange 
                      Am
A walk on part in the war 
                     G
For a lead role in a cage? 
 
G Em  G Em  G Em  A Em A   G
 
C                               D
How I wish, how I wish you were here. 
           Am
We're just two lost souls 
 
Swimming in a fish bowl,
G
Year after year, 
D
Running over the same old ground. 
C
What have we found? 
             Am
The same old fears. 
              G
Wish you were here.
 
G Em  G Em  G Em  A Em A G  4x


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Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

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Stairway to Heaven is one of those classical songs that has inspired many people to pick up a guitar. Though simplistic in it’s chord patterning, Stairway to Heaven is arpeggiated and played in a stylized way that makes it sonically complex and big sounding song.



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"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for their untitled fourth studio album (usually called Led Zeppelin IV). The song is often regarded as one of the greatest and most iconic rock songs of all time. (Wikipedia)


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Stairway To Heaven Tabs


Tuning: E A D G B E

Key: Am

[Intro]
 
[Verse]
[Chorus] %
[Verse]
[Solo] 
[Outro]

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Stairway To Heaven chords Led Zeppelin 1971 (Jimmy Page / Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin IV) Am E+* C D F G Am Am E+ * There’s a lady who’s sure C D All that glitters is gold F G Am And she’s buying a stairway to heaven. Am E+ * When she gets there she knows C D If the stores are all closed F G Am With a word she can get what she came for. C D F Am C G D Ooh, ooh, Ooh, ooh and she’s buying a stairway to heaven. Am E+ * There’s a sign on the wall C D But she wants to be sure F G Am cause you know sometimes words have two meanings. Am E+ * In a tree by the brook C D There’s a songbird who sings, F G Am Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. Am E+ C D F G Am D Am Em D C D Ooh, it makes me wonder, D Dsus4 D Am Em D C D Ooh, and it makes me wonder. C G There’s a feeling I get Am When I look to the west, C G F Am And my spirit is crying for leaving. C G In my thoughts I have seen Am Rings of smoke through the trees, C G F Am And the voices of those who stand looking. C G Am D Am Em D C D Ooh, it makes me wonder, D Dsus4 D Am Em D C D Ooh, and it makes me wonder. C G And its whispered that soon Am If we all call the tune C G F Am Then the piper will lead us to reason. C G And a new day will dawn Am For those who stand long C G F Am And the forests will echo with laughter. C G Am Am D Am Em D C D Am Ooooh D Am Em D C D Oooooooh C G Am If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow G Don’t be alarmed now, C G Am It’s just a spring clean for the may queen. C G Am Yes, there are two paths you can go by G But in the long run C G Am There’s still time to change the road you’re on. D Am Em D C D Ooh, it makes me wonder C G Am Your head is humming and it won’t go G In case you don’t know, C G Am The pipers calling you to join him, C G Am Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, G And did you know C G Am C G Am Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C 2x Am G F G \ Am And as we wind on down the road G F G \ Am Our shadows taller than our soul. G F G \ Am There walks a lady we all know G F G \ Am Who shines white light and wants to show G F G \ Am How everything still turns to gold. G F G \ Am And if you listen very hard G F G \ Am The tune will come to you at last. G F G \ Am When all are one and one is all G F To be a rock and not to roll. F G Am And she’s buying a stairway to heaven. * E+ is an E augmented chord...perhaps the easiest way to play it is: 1st finger, first fret G string 2nd finger, first fret B string 3rd finger, 2nd fret D string



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Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

How to play Smoke on the Water on Guitar (Instructional Videos, Tabs, Chords, Sheet Music, Lessons and More)

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Smoke on the water is one of those iconic songs, one of those songs that almost every beginner guitar player wants to learn when they start playing guitar. It’s got one of those great rhythm lines that is both easy to learn, but also super catchy and hard to forget. We’ve compiled a list of all the best resources below to help you learn smoke on the water in the fastest easiest way possible! More about the song at the bottom!



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Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in 1968 in London. Some considered them to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid- seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. (Wikipedia)


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Smoke On The Water Chords

Difficulty: intermediate

Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: 1st fret

 
E G A  E G B-A  E G A  G E   6x *
 
   G        F      G
We all came out to Montreux
            F      G
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
        F              G
To make records with a mobile
          F         G
We didn't have much time
 
G     F             G
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
                 F      G
Were at the best place around
         F             G
But some stupid with a flare gun
                 F      G
Burned the place to the ground
 
C            G#         G
Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky
C            G#   E G A  E G B-A  E G A  G E  2x
Smoke on the water
 
     G               F        G
They burned down the gambling house
                F     G
It died with an awful sound
                           F      G
A funky Claude was running in and out
             F        G
Pulling kids outa the ground
        F       G
When it all was over
                F      G
We had to find another place
                   F       G
But Swiss time was running out
                        F        G
It seemed that we would lose the race
 
C            G#         G
Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky
C            G#   E G A  E G B-A  E G A  G E  2x
Smoke on the water
 
solo
 
E G A  E G B-A  E G A  G E  2x
 
   G               F       G
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
             F        G
It was empty cold and bare
                                        F       G
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
           F     G
Making our music there
       F       G         F       G
With a few red lights, a few old beds
          F        G
We made a place to sweat
                  F          G
No matter what we get out of this
                     F        G
I know, I know we'll never forget
 
C            G#         G
Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky
C            G#   E G A  E G B-A  E G A  G E  6x
Smoke on the water
 
* don t like B
 
Capo II D F G  D F A-G  D F G  F D
 

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