Black Night guitar tab
Played by Deep Purple
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Tablature
Preview
/ = 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-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3---------------------
trem
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------------12-------12--14--12~~---12-----|---14^(15)--------14^(15)-----------
--------12-------14------------------------|------------------------------------
-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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-4-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------
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------5------------------------------------|---------5-----------7------5-------
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-----5------------7------------------------|------------------7-----------------
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--5------7---------------------------------|--------------7---------------------
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-5/7-------5-------------5-----------5-----|----7/9--------7-----5-----7------5-
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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--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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-4-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------
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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
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------------------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-
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trem
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-17----------------------------------------|------------------------------------
----16-15-14-12-14-15\14-12-------12----14-|-----12-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----------------------------14-12----14----|-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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-7---9---7-9p7-----------------------------|------------------------------------
---9---9-------9-7h9p7---------------------|------------------------------------
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------7-p5--h7--p5----7p5-------5----------|------------------5-----3-----------
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-5-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3---------------------
trem
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------------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-> Bend up with trem
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-4-----------------------------------------|-^4---------------------------------
-4-----------------------------------------|-^4---------------------------------
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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--------1
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-19---19-18-17-------------17^19-----------|-----(17)^18-17-15-17h18p17-15------
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-----------16-15-14----14-14h15p14-14-------|----14----12h14-12-----------------
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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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Alex
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