Living Wreck

Song

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FROM: Lukas Lechner, Woergl, Austria

E-MAIL: luggi69@web.de

DATE: 12 Aug 2001

ARTIST: Deep Purple

SONG: Living Wreck

ALBUM: In Rock, 1970

Living Wreck

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writtten by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice

used chords:

F#5 E5 B5 D5 F5 G#5 C#5

e----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G---11---9---4---7----10----13-----6-----------|
D---11---9---4---7----10----13-----6-----------|
A---9----7---2---5----8-----11-----4-----------|
E----------------------------------------------|

Intro:

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---9-7--------7-----7-9-7-----------7-9-7-------7----7-9-7-----------7-9--|
E-------9--7-9-----9-------9-7-9---9-------9-7-9----9-------9-7-9---9------|

Verse: F#5 E5

You came along for a weekend

But you only stayed for one night

You pulled off your hair

You took out your teeth

Oh I almost died of fright

D5 E5 F#5 ---> play this F#5 on the 2nd fret

You'd better do something for your own sake

D5 E5

Yes it's a shame

C#5 B5 D5 F5 G#5

Ah you know you're a living wreck

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A----7-9-7-------7----7-9-7-----------7-9--|
E--9-------9-7-9----9-------9-7-9---9------|

Verse: F#5 E5

You said you were a virgin

Full of promise and mystery

But I know that you

Would bring me down

'Cos everyone calls you big G

D5 E5 F#5

You'd better do something for your own sake

D5 E5

Yes it's a shame

C#5 B5 D5 F5 G#5

Ah you know you're a living wreck

slow solo over bass riff:

G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A---7-9-----7-9-----|   several times
E---------9---------|

then out of this with:

e------------|
B------------|
G------------|
D------------|
A-----7-9----|
E---9--------|

Verse: F#5 E5

You said you're gonna love me,

You said you're gonna set me free.

But I know that you would bring me down, yeah!

And caught me misery (?)

D5 E5 F#5

You'd better do something for your own sake

D5 E5

Yes it's a shame

C#5 B5 D5 F5 G#5

Ah you know you're a living wreck

great drum beating, bass picking and organ howling over outfading guitar part:

e---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D----7-9-7-----------7-9-7-------7----7-9-7-----------7-9-------|  and variations
A---9-------9-7-9---9-------9-7-9----9-------9-7-9---9----------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

etc.

Corrections, questions, comments and suggestions are always welcome, just mail me!

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|"Won't you tell me, where have all the good times gone?" |

| -Ray Davies, 1965 |

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|You can hardly listen to today's music, if you can call |

|it music at all. |

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