SMOOTH DANCER (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1973 Album WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE)
Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Roger Glover - Bass'
 Intro               1st & 3rd Verses
  Q=170
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E     +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  H
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6-5-3---||o---------------3-|-(3)-------------|---------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-||--(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5---------|

  E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6-5-3---|---------------3-|-(3)-------------|---------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-|-(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5---------|

                    2nd & 4th Verses
  E E E E E E E E    +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  H
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6-5-3---||---------------3-|-(3)-------------|---------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-||-(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5---------|

  E E E E E E E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------6-5-3---|---------------3-|-(3)-------------|-------------------|
|---0-3-5-------3-|-(3)-5-----------|-----5---------3-|-(3)-5-------------|

                    Chorus
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-------||-----------------|-----------2-------|---------------2-|
|-----------2-5-2-||-----2-2-3-3-4---|-------------5-2---|-----2-2-3-3-5---|
|-----------------||-3-3-------------|-------3-5-------5-|-3-3-------------|
|-----------------||---------------3-|-(3)-5-------------|-----------------|

  +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|-(2)-2-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-5----5-(5)---5---|
|-------5-5-2-2-----|-----2-2-3-3-4---|---------------5-7-|----7-------7---7-|
|---------------5---|-3-3-------------|-------------7-----|------------------|
|-----------------3-|---------------3-|-(3)-5-5-5-5-------|------------------|

                                                         Bridge
  Q  E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q  E +E  Q  E    E E E E E E Q
|-5----5-(5)---5---|-5-6-7-----------|-----------------||----------------|
|----7-------7---7-|-------5-6-7-----|-----------------||-----7-7-7-5----|
|------------------|-------------3-4-|-5---------------||-------------7--|
|------------------|-----------------|---0--1-(1)-2--3-||-5-5------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4---------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5----|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-------------7--|
|-------------------|---------------0-|-5-2-0-5-5-2-0-0-|-5-5------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4---------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5----|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-------------7--|
|-------------------|---------------0-|-5-2-0-5-5-2-0-0-|-5-5------------|

 4/4
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4---------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-5-----|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-------------7---|
|-------------------|---------------0-|-5-2-0-5-5-2-0-0-|-5-5-------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7-5---7-(7)-5---4-|-5-5-5-4-------7-|
|-----7---------7---|---------5-5-5---|
|-------------------|-----------------|

                        Interlude
 1.
  +E  E E E E S S E E    +Q   E E +Q   E E
|---------------------||--------------------|
|-(7)-7-4-7-7-4h5-7---||--------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------0-||-(0)----1-(1)----2--|

                                                          2.
 2/4        4/4
  +Q   E E   +W           +W           E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------|------------|------------------||-------------------||
|----------|------------|------------|-----------------o||-7-7-4-7-7-4-------||
|----------|------------|------------|---------6-5-3---o||-------------7-----||
|-(2)----3-|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|---0-3-5-------3--||---------------0---||

 4/4                 2/4      4/4
  +Q   E E +Q   E E   Q  E E   +W           +H     E E E E
|-------------------|--------|------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|--------|------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|--------|------------|------------5----||
|-(0)----1-(1)----2-|-2----3-|-(3)--------|-(3)------7---7--||

   Organ Solo
    Q  E E +Q    Q    H    E E E E   Q  E E +Q    Q    H    E E E E   3x
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5---|-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5----o||
||------------------|--------7---0-|-----------------|--------7---0---||

  Q  E E +Q    Q    H    E E E E   Q  E E +Q    Q    H    E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5---|-7----7-(7)\-----|----------5---|
|-----------------|--------7---0-|-----------------|--------7---0-|

                                       2/4        4/4
  Q  E E +Q   E E   +Q   E E +Q   E E   +Q   E E   +W
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-0----1-(1)----2-|-(2)----3-(3)----4-|-(4)----5-|-(5)----|

                                          5th Verse
  +E  E E E E E E E   E  E E E  E E E E    +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|-------------------|----------10-9-7---||-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------7-9--------7-||-(7)-9-----------|------------------|
|-------------------|----9--------------||---------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/----------------||-----------------|-----7---------5--|

  +E  E Q  H      E E E E  E E E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|---------------|---------10-9-7---|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----7-9--------7-|-(7)-9-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---9--------------|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-7---------|------------------|-----------------|-----7---------5--|

                                     6th Verse
  +E  E Q  H      E E E E  E E E E    E E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|---------------|---------10-9-7---||---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----7-9--------7-||-7-9-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---9--------------||-------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-7---------|------------------||---------------|-----7---------5--|

  +E  E Q  H      E E E E  E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|---------------|---------10-9-7---|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----7-9--------7-|-7-9-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---9--------------|-------------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(5)-7---------|------------------|---------------|-----7---------5--|

                                        Chorus
  +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-------||-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-----4--|
|-------------------|-----------7-4-4-||-----4-4-5-5-7-7-|-(7)---------4-7----|
|-------------------|-----------------||-5-5-------------|--------------------|
|-(5)-7-------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------4-|-(4)-4-------------|----------------|-----4-4-4-4-----4--|
|-----4-4-5-5-7---|-------7-7-4-4-----|----4-4-5-5-7-7-|-(7)---------4-7----|
|-5-5-------------|---------------7-7-|-5--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-7--4-7-(7)-4-7-4-|-7--4-7-(7)-4-7-4-|-7-8-9-----------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------7-8-9-----|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------5-6-|-7----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|---2---3---4---5--||

 Bridge
   E E Q  E E Q    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E Q     E E Q  E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-/9-9----9-7----|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7-7---------|-9-6----9-6-----|
|------9------9--|-----9---------9---|---------7-7-7/--|-----9------9---|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E Q  E E Q     E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---6-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7----------|-9-7----9-7---7--|
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|--------7-7-7/--|-----9------9----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E Q  E E Q     E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---6-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7----------|-9-7----9-7---7--|
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|--------7-7-7/--|-----9------9----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E Q  E E Q     E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---6-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-7-7----------|-9-7----9-7---7--|
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|--------7-7-7/--|-----9------9----|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---6-9-----------|------------------||
|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-9-7---9-(9)-7---7-|-7-----7---6-9-6-|-9-9-7-7-6-6------||
|-----9---------9---|-----9---------9---|---------7-------|-------------9-9--||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-9-7---9-(9)-7-7-7-|-9-7---9-9-7---7-|
|-----9-------------|-----9-------9---|
|-------------------|-----------------|

  Q  E E E E E  E   +E  E E  E +Q   E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-7--7-7-------/9-|-(9)-9-6-/9-(9)-------||
|--------7-7-7----|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------0-2--||

 Outro
                                         2/4        4/4
  +Q   E E +Q   E E   +Q   E E +Q   E E   +Q   E E   +W
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-(2)----3-(3)----4-|-(4)----5-(5)----6-|-(6)----7-|-(7)----|

  +W           +W           +W           +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|

Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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