STORMBRINGER (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1974 Album STORMBRINGER)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & David Coverdale
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Glenn Hughes - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=90
 4/4
  Gtr I
  S S S S S E. +H       S S S S S E. +H       S S S S S E. +H
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--(7)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5--(5)----|-7-7-7-7-7-7--(7)----|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

  S S S S S E. S E. S E.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------||----------------------------------|
|------------------------||o-5-------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---------||o---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|----------------8--5-7--||----------------------------------|

                                  1st Verse
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-5-----------------9-8-7-7-5--o||-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------o||---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.    Q  S S S S +H       H    H
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--||-------------------|-----------|
|-5----------------------------||-2--2-3-4-5-(5)----|-----------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------||-------------------|-3----6----|
|------------------------------||-------------------|-----------|

  H    H      H    H      Q  S S S S +H       H    H
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-2--2-3-4-5-(5)----|------7----|
|-7----5----|-3----2----|-------------------|-5----7----|
|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|

  S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------10-----------------------|---------10-----------------------|

  S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S  S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9----9-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------10-----------------------|---------10-------------------10---|

  S E. +Q   +Q   +S  S S S   S E. +Q   +H       +W
|--------------------------|------------------|--------||
|--------------------7---7-|------------------|--------||
|-7-5--(5)--(5)--(5)-------|-5-3--(3)--(3)----|-(3)----||
|----------------------8---|------------------|--------||

 Interlude
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|
|-5-------------------------------|-5----------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--||
|-5-------------------------------|-5----------------------------||
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||

 2nd Verse
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------------|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|
|-5-------------------------------|-5----------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-0-------------------------------|-0-----------------4-3-2-2-0--||
|---2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||

 Chorus
  Q  S S S S +H       H    H      H    H      H    H
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2--2-3-4-5-(5)----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------------|-3----6----|-7----5----|-3----2----|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

  Q  S S S S +H       H    H      S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-----------|----------------------------------|
|-2--2-3-4-5-(5)----|------7----|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-|
|-------------------|-5----7----|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|---------10-----------------------|

  S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------10-----------------------|---------10-----------------------|

  S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S  S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-7-9-9-9----9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7-9----9-|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------10-------------------10---|

  S E. +Q   +Q   +S  S S S   S E. +Q   +H
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------7---7-|------------------|
|-7-5--(5)--(5)--(5)-------|-5-3--(3)--(3)----|
|----------------------8---|------------------|

               Interlude
  +W            S S S S S E. +H       S S S S S E. +H
|------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-(3)--------||-7-7-7-7-7-7--(7)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5--(5)----|
|------------||---------------------|---------------------|

  S S S S S E. +H       S S S S S E. S E. S E.
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--(7)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---------||
|---------------------|----------------8--5-7--||

 Guitar Solo
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7--|
|----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   Q  S S S S +H       H    H
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|-------------------|-----------|
|-5----------------------------|-2--2-3-4-5-(5)----|-----------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|-------------------|-3----6----|
|------------------------------|-------------------|-----------|

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-7----5----|-3----2----|-7----5----|-3----2----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

  Q  S S S S +H       H    H      S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------------------|
|-2--2-3-4-5-(5)----|-----------|---------5-----------------------|
|-------------------|-3----6----|-5-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------------------|

                                    Interlude
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------5-----------------------||-5-------------------------------|
|-5-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-----5-6-||---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------8-8-----||---------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                  3rd Verse
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--||----------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------||o-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------||o---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------||----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.  3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0---||---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------o||-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------o||---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------|

                                  Outro
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--||----------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------||o-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------||o---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------||----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|---------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  1.                              2.                       Q=75
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------4-3-2-2-0---||-------------------4-3-2-2-0--|
|-5----------------------------o||-5----------------------------|
|---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------o||---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5------------|
|-------------------------------||------------------------------|

               Q=90
  +W           S S E Q  H
|-(0)--------|---------------*|
|------------|-2-2-----------*|
|------------|---------------*|
|------------|---------------*|

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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