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Deep Purple - Black Night guitar tab

Deep Purple - "Black Night" - tablature - The Highway Star - The Official Deep Purple Webpage

Black Night

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Released as a single, 1970. Now available on the remastered CD release

of "Deep Purple in Rock"/ = slide

~ = vibrato (trem = with tremolo bar)

^ = bend

| = pick scrape down string

V

^ = pick scrape up strings

|

h = hammer on

p = pull off

|note| e.g. |14| left hand mute:play note then release pressure as note sounds

(note) e.g. (12) don't pick note just let it sound.

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-5/7-------5-------------5-----------5-----|----7/9--------7-----5-----7------5---------

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------7p-5-h-7-p-5---7p-5-------5----------|------------------5-----3-------------------

-----------------------------7-------------|------------------------------5-------------

-5-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3-----------------------------

trem

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-------------------------------------------|------------12-------------12-----15^(17)---

------------12-------12--14--12~~---12-----|---14^(15)--------14^(15)-------------------

--------12-------14------------------------|--------------------------------------------

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-----------7---5------------5--------------|-----------5----3----------3----------------

--------------------5--h7------------------|----------------------5---------------------

--5----5-----------------------------------|--3----3------------------------------------

B5 (Bar A up to 2nd fret)

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------7-p5-h-7--p5---7-p5-------5----------|------------------5-----3-------------------

-----------------------------7-------------|------------------------------5-------------

-5-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3-----------------------------

trem

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-------------------------------------------|------------12-------------12-----15^(17)---

------------12-------12--14--12~~---12-----|---14^(15)--------14^(15)-------------------

--------12-------14------------------------|--------------------------------------------

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-----------7---5------------5--------------|-----------5----3----------3----------------

--------------------5--h7------------------|----------------------5---------------------

--5----5-----------------------------------|--3----3------------------------------------

B5 (Bar A up to 2nd fret)

<---------lots of trem listen to record----------------------------------------------->

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Bend up with trem<-- use trem as above-> trem

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-^4----------------------------------------------|-14^(16)---12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-^4------------------------------------------|14||--------------------------------------

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trem up/down trem

-------------------------------------------|--14^15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

------------------15------------15\12------|--14^15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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fast

-14^15hoooooooold(15)-(14)^15-14\5-5/20----|---------20-18-17-15-15-16\15---------------

--------14^15hold(15)----------------------|-20^21------------------------17\15----15---

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trem

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----16-15-14-12-14-15\14-12-------12----14-|-----12-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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<-use trem for bends-----------> trem

-12^(10)^12^(10)^12^(10)^12^(10)^12~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------------

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trem

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-14-12-------------14-11-12-12~~~~~~(12)\4-|-9/12-9-9-7-9-10p9-7---9-7---9--------------

-------14p12-14-14-------------------------|---------------------9-----9----------------

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trem

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------------12-------12--14--12~~---12-----|---14^(15)--------14^(15)-------------------

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-----------7---5------------5--------------|-----------5----3----------3----------------

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B5 (Bar A up to 2nd fret)

<---------lots of trem listen to record-> Bend up with trem

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trem

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12/14^16-12-14-14^15-12--14^15-12-14-14~~~12----|14-(12)^13-14-15\14-12--------14--12~~

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-19---19-18-17-------------17^19-----------|-----(17)^18-17-15-17h18p17-15--------17----

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--------------------17----------------17-12-|-14----14----------14-12/14p12-------------

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Start fade

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-------12----14----12-14-14\0--------------|--------7-8-9---9-7----7-8-9----------------

-13-14----14----14-------------------------|-5/7-10-------------10----------------------

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trem

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--9^11--9^11~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------|-----------------12-11-10-9-----------------

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trem

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--10-9----9--10-p9-------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-------------9----------9-------------------

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