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Space Truckin

Deep Purple
Tab
★4.7(65)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|------5-3----3--5-----|
E|-3-5------5-------3-5-|

Verse

(riff 1)

A C D

e|--------- ------- -------|
B|--------- ------- -------|
G|--------- ------- -------|
D|--------- ------- -------|
A|-7-9-7-9- -10-12- -12-14-|
E|-5-5-5-5- -8--8-- -10-10-|

(w/riff 1)

A C D A

(1)We had a lot of luck on Venus We always had a ball on Mars

(2)Remember when we did the moonshot And Pony Trekker led the way

C D A

Meeting all the groovey people We've rocked the Milky Way so far

We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop And everynaut would dance and sway

D A D E E7

We danced around with Borealice We're space truckin' round the the stars

We got music in our solar system We're space truckin' round the stars

Chorus

(riff 2) (riff 3)

A(4x) E(3x) (1x)

e|---------------- ---------------- ---------|
B|---------------- ---------------- ---------|
G|---------------- ---------------- ---------|
D|---------------- ---------------- ---------|
A|---7-6-5-------- ---2-1-0-------- ---------|
E|-5--------8-7-6- -0--------3-2-1- -0-1-2-3-|

A(w/riff 2)

Come on Come on Come on let's go Space Truckin'

E(w/riff 3)

Come on Come on Come on Space Truckin'

(riff 4)

Am7

e|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-5-5-|
B|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-5-5-|
G|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-5-5-|
D|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-5-5-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

Am7(w/riff 4)

(3)The fireball that we rode was moving But now we've got a new machine

C5 D5

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said Man those cats can really swing

Am7

They got music in their solar system They've rocked around the Milky Way

C5 D5 E

They dance around the Borealice They're Space Truckin' everyday

Solo

A

e|----------------------------------5--------------------------------|
B|------------------------8b10-8b10---8-5----------------------------|
G|-----5b6--------5b6---------------------8p7-5---7-5--------5b7---0-|
D|-5s7-----7--5-7-----7-------------------------7-----7-5--7-----7-0-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---5-3s5-5-3s5-----5-5-----5------------------------------------------5-------------------------|
B|---5-3s5-5-3s5-5-3s5-5-3s5-----8---7---5-------------------------8b10---8p5---------------------|
G|-----------------------------7---7---7---7-7---5b6-----5b6------------------8p7p5---7---5b6-----|
D|-7-------------------------------------------7-----7--------7p0-------------------7---7-----7p0-|
A|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(drum solo)

Esus4 Esus4(b9) E

e|-5-----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----5--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-----4---------3-4-5-6--3-4-5-6--7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18s9-|
D|-2-----3---------2-3-4-5--2-3-4-5--6-7-8-9--10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17s8-|
A|-2-----2---------1-2-3-4--1-2-3-4--5-6-7-8--9--10-11-12-13-14-15-16s7-|
E|-0-----0--------------------------------------------------------------|

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| x Dead note

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| s Slide

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