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Vavoom Ted the Mechanic

Deep Purple
Tab
★4.2(3)

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

Song

INTRO - ???

MAIN RIFF

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

PM - - - - - - - - - - - - PM - - - - - - - - - - - -

VERSE

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

PM - - - - - - - - - - - - PM - - - - - - - - - - - -

He was playing pool and drinking beer ...

e |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |---2---5-------5-------7-------5---|---2---5-------5-------7---8---9--|
A |---2---5-------5-------7-------5---|---2---5-------5-------7---8---9--|
E |---0---3---0---3---0---5---0---3---|---0---3---0---3---0---5---6---7--|

PM - - - - - - - - - - - - PM - - - - - -

CHORUS

e |--------------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|
B |--------------------|---10---9~---|-----------------------|---10---9~---|
G |---------7~---------|---9----9~---|---------7~-----9(B)---|---9----9~---|
D |---7--9------9--7---|-------------|---7--9------9---------|-------------|
A |--------------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|
E |--------------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|

I wiggle in my chair ...

e |--------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
B |--------------------|---10---9~---|-------------------------------------|
G |---------7~---------|---9----9~---|---------7~-----9(B)---7-------------|
D |---7--9------9--7---|-------------|---7--9------9------------7--5-------|
A |--------------------|-------------|--------------------------------7~---|
E |--------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|

Can I buy you a beer?

PRE-SOLO / OUTRO

e |-------5--7--7(B)--7----------|--------------------|
B |---/7-----------------7--8~---|---6---6---5---6\---|
G |------------------------------|---5---5---5---5\---|
D |------------------------------|---7---7---5---7\---|
A |------------------------------|--------------------|
E |------------------------------|--------------------|
e |-------5--7--7(B)--7-------------|----------------|
B |---/7-----------------7--8--5~---|---6---5---6\---|
G |---------------------------------|---5---5---5\---|
D |---------------------------------|---7---5---7\---|
A |---------------------------------|----------------|
E |---------------------------------|----------------|
e |-------5--7--7(B)--7----------|------------------|
B |---/7-----------------7--8~---|---8~---8-/-10~---|
G |------------------------------|---7~---7-/-9 ~---|
D |------------------------------|------------------|
A |------------------------------|------------------|
E |------------------------------|------------------|
e |------------------------------------------|
B |---12--12-----12--12-----12--12-----12/---|
G |---11--11-----11--11-----11--11-----11/---| SOLO - ???
D |------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|

OUTRO

e |------------------|
B |------------------|
G |---7--------------|
D |------7--5--------|
A |-------------7*---|
E |------------------|

KEY

(B) - Bend

~ - Vibrato

PM - Palm Mute

/ - Slide Up

\ - Slide Down

* - Artificial Harmonic

Well, there it is minus the introduction and the harmonics-saturated solo!

Any suggestions for these or other corrections & queries, please e-mail me.

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