SPACE TRUCKIN' (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1972 Album MACHINE HEAD)
Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Roger Glover - Bass'
    [Intro]
    Q=120
    4/4
    Gtr I
     E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  H      H    H      E E Q  H     4x
G||-----------------|-------------|-----------|--------------||
D||o----------------|-------------|-----------|-------------o||
A||o----------5---3-|-------------|-3----5----|-------------o||
E||--3-5------------|---5---------|-----------|-3-5----------||

  [1st Verse]
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|-----------------|
E|-5-5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|-5-5---5---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 E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|-------------3-4-|
E|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|-5-5---5---5-----|

   E E +E  E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------4-(4)-5-6-7-|-----7-5-(5)-------|
A|-5-5-(5)-------------|-------------7-----|
E|---------------------|-5-5-----------5-8-|

   E E +E  E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-----------------|
D|---------4-(4)-5-6-7-|-----------------|
A|-5-5-(5)-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|

                     [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
G|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------||---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|
E|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---2-1-0-(0)-------|-------------------|
A|-0-----------3-2-1-|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
E|-------------------|-0-----------3-2-1-|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
E|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|

                     [2nd Verse]
   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
G|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|
E|-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-||-5-5---5---5---5-|---5---5---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 E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|
E|-5-5---5---5---3-|-5-5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|

   E E E E E E E E   E E +E  E +E  E E E
G|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|---------4-(4)-5-6-7-|
A|-------------3-4-|-5-5-(5)-------------|
E|-5-5---5---5-----|---------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E +E  E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-----7-5-(5)-------|---------4-(4)-5-6-7-|
A|-------------------|-5-5-(5)-------------|
E|-5-5---------5-5-8-|---------------------|

   E E E E E E E E   E E a E. +S  E E E E
G|-----------------|-----7h9--(9)-7-----0-||
D|-----------------|----------------9-7---||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-|-7-7------------------||
E|-----------------|----------------------||

  [Chorus]
   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-(0)---------0-2-4-|-------------------|
D|-----2-0-1-2-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
A|-------------------|-0-----------3-2-1-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
A|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
E|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|

                                         [3rd Verse]
   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 Q  H
G|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------|
A|---2-1-0-(0)-------|-----------------||----------5---3-|-------------|
E|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-||-3-5------------|---5---------|

     H    H      E E Q  H      E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  H     3x
G||------------|-------------|----------------|--------------||
D||o-----------|-------------|----------------|-------------o||
A||o-3----5----|-------------|----------5---3-|-------------o||
E||------------|-3-5---------|-3-5------------|---5----------||

   H    H      a E E a E E a E E a E E   a E E a E E a E E a E E
G|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-3----5----|-5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7-|-5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7--|
E|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

   a E E a E E a E E a E a E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------7h9-|-(9)-7-------------||
D|---------------------------|-------9-8-7-5-----||
A|-5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-----|---------------7-5-||
E|---------------------------|-------------------||

  [Chorus]
   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)--------|
A|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1--|
E|-------------------|--------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
A|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
E|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|

                                         [Guitar Solo]
   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E
G|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|--------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------||----------------|--------------|
A|---2-1-0-(0)-------|-----------------||----------------|--------------|
E|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-||-5--------3---5-|------3---5---|

   H    E E E E   H    E E E E   H    E E E E   H    E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|------3---5---|------3---5---|------3---5---|------3---5---|

                  [Drum Break]      [Bridge]
   H    E E E E     H    E E E E 16x H    E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
G|--------------||----------------||--------------|---------------|
D|--------------||o--------------o||--------------|---------------|
A|--------------||o--------------o||--------------|-7--7--7-7-5-6-|
E|------3---5---||-------3---5----||------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   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-9-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-6---|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                         [Out-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
G|-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-9-|-9-9-7-7---------|-----------------||--------------------|
D|-----------------|---------9-9-7-7-|-5-5-------------||o---2-1-0-(0)-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-7-5-5-3-3-||o-0-----------3-2-1-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
A|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---2-1-0-(0)-------|-------------------|
A|-0-----------3-2-0-|---2-1-0-(0)-------|
E|-------------------|-0-----------3-2-1-|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
G|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||
D|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
A|---2-1-0-(0)-------|---2-1-0-(0)-------|-----------------o||
E|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-----------3-2-1-|-0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3--||
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; 
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). 
|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   h   -  hammer on
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