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Somebody Stole My Guitar

Deep Purple
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4.4(5)

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Song

Somebody Stole My Guitar

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Deep Purple , Perpendicular

Well I really like the new Purple album , Perpendicular , there's

some great guitar playing there and some really good songs to. I

saw the live show in Newcastle , I think it was. Anyway it was really

great Steve Morse played wonderfully though as I havn't seen any other

DP shows and so I would have liked to see Richie Blackmore there playing ,

who must be one of the best rock guitarists alive , apart from

Jimmy Page that it <g> , anyway hope you like it!

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KEY |

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PH =Pinched Harmonic

\ = Slide Down

/ = Slide up

p = Pull off

h = Hammer on

~ = Vibrate

X = Mute strings (left hand)

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------------------------------------------
D---2--0-----2PH----0--------0---------------------------------
A----------------------2--1-----2~-----0-----2-----------------
E-----------------------------------------3-----0--------------

Second guitar comes in doubling the same part , maybe

played on different frets.

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------------------------------------------
D---2--0-----2PH----0--------0---------------------------------
A----------------------2--1-----2~-----0-----2-----------------
E-----------------------------------------3-----0--------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------0-----------------2-----------------------------------
D--2--0-----2PH---0--------2-----------------------------------
A--------------------2--1--0------0--0h2p0---------------------
E------------------------------3------------3------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------2------------\----------------------
D---2--0-----2PH-0---------2------------\----------------------
A-------------------2--1---0------------\----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------0-----------------2-----------------------------------
D--2--0-----2PH---0--------2-----------------------------------
A--------------------2--1--0------0--0h2p0---------------------
E------------------------------3------------3------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------2------------\----------------------
D---2--0-----2PH-0---------2------------\----------------------
A-------------------2--1---0------------\----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
D---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
A---2----------------------0---2-------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

Remind me to tell you bout the old silver miner name of

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------

D---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
A---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
E---3----------------------3---5-------------------------------

hard rock Pete had his house built on a slope they

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
D---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
A---2----------------------0---2-------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

say one of his legs lived in Calico There's a

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------

D---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
A---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
E---3----------------------3---5-------------------------------

rumour going round the other lived in hope So I

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---7--X--X--X--5--7--X--X--X--5--5--X--X--X--5--7--X--X--X----
D---7--X--X--X--5--7--X--X--X--5--3--X--X--X--3--5--X--X--X----
A---5--X--X--X--3--5--X--X--X--3-----X--X--X--------X--X--X----

E--------------------------------------------------------------

walked in the room and I stopped I turned around and looked over my

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---5--7--X--X--X-5--7--X--X--X--5--5--X--X--X--5--7-------/---
D---5--7--X--X--X-5--7--X--X--X--5--3--X--X--X--5--7-------/---
A------5--X--X--X-3--5--X--X--X--3-----X--X--X--3--5-------/---

E--------------------------------------------------------------

shoulder and a voice close beside me said you better watch your head

the party's over

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------0-----------------2-----------------------------------
D--2--0-----2-----0--------2-----------------------------------
A--------------------2--1--0------0--0h2p0---------------------
E------------------------------3------------3------------------

Somebody stole my guitar

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------2------------\----------------------
D---2--0-----2PH-0---------2------------\----------------------
A-------------------2--1---0------------\----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------0-----------------2-----------------------------------
D--2--0-----2-----0--------2-----------------------------------
A--------------------2--1--0------0--0h2p0---------------------
E------------------------------3------------3------------------

They took it from the back seat of my car

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------2------------\----------------------
D---2--0-----2~--0---------2------------\----------------------
A-------------------2--1---0------------\----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
D---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
A---2----------------------0---2-------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

It wasn't long before the waitress came over and said

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------

D---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
A---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
E---3----------------------3---5-------------------------------

can I freshen up your drink and have you heard of the boys and if

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
D---4----------------------2---4-------------------------------
A---2----------------------0---2-------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

you feel inclined to buy some cowboy boots Well it's

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------

D---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
A---5----------------------5---7-------------------------------
E---3----------------------3---5-------------------------------

not that bad we can talk above the noise

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---7--X--X--X--5--7--X--X--X--5--5--X--X--X--5--7--X--X--X----
D---7--X--X--X--5--7--X--X--X--5--3--X--X--X--3--5--X--X--X----
A---5--X--X--X--3--5--X--X--X--3-----X--X--X--------X--X--X----

E--------------------------------------------------------------

so I sucked on my beer shut my eyes and tried to listen to the

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---5--7--X--X--X-5--7--X--X--X--5--5--X--X--X--5--7-------/---
D---5--7--X--X--X-5--7--X--X--X--5--3--X--X--X--5--7-------/---
A------5--X--X--X-3--5--X--X--X--3-----X--X--X--3--5-------/---

E--------------------------------------------------------------

words I know I missed the meaning but the message was something i'd

already heard

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------0-----------------2-----------------------------------
D--2--0-----2-----0--------2-----------------------------------
A--------------------2--1--0------0--0h2p0---------------------
E------------------------------3------------3------------------

Somebody stole my guitar

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------2------------\----------------------
D---2--0-----2PH-0---------2------------\----------------------
A-------------------2--1---0------------\----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G--------0-----------------2-----------------------------------
D--2--0-----2-----0--------2-----------------------------------
A--------------------2--1--0------0--0h2p0---------------------
E------------------------------3------------3------------------

They took it from the back seat of my car

E--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G---------0----------------2------------\----------------------
D---2--0-----2~--0---------2------------\----------------------
A-------------------2--1---0------------\----------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------------------

G---------7--------7---------------7---------7--------Repeat----
D------7-----7--------7---------7-----7---------7-----5-Times---
A---5-----------5--------5---5-----------5--------5-------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------

All notes palm muted (right hand rests against strings)

E---------------------------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------------------

G---------5--------5---------------5---------5------------------
D------5-----5--------5---------5-----5---------5---------------
A---3-----------3--------3---3-----------3--------3-------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------

Palm Mutes also.

E---------------------------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------------------

G--5------------------------------------------------------------
D--5---------5-----Solo-----------------------------------------
A--3---------5--------------------------------------------------
E------------3--------------------------------------------------

And that's all I can be bothered to transcribe, the rest should be

quite easy if you sit and work it out. This is one of the first

transcriptions i've done by trying to figure a song out myself

so please excuse all the wrong notes and chords and things!

Anyway I hope its some use to someone , please if you have any

updates for this , bits you spot are incorrect then let me know

and let me know what you think in general, okay then until next

month bye for now!

Peter Matthews

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