Deep Purple - "Black Night" - tablature - The Highway Star - The Official Deep Purple Webpage




 
 
   
   
 
   
     
   
 
   
      Black Night
      (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
      Released as a single, 1970. Now available on the remastered CD release
      of "Deep Purple in Rock"/ = 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------------------------------------|---------5-----------7------5---------------
-7----------7-----5-----------5------------|---7-----------7---------------------7------
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-----5------------7------------------------|------------------7-------------------------
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----------------5--------------------------|-------------5---------7----5---------------
--5/7------------------7-----5---------5---|-----7-------------7---------------7--------
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--5------7---------------------------------|--------------7-----------------------------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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-5/7-------5-------------5-----------5-----|----7/9--------7-----5-----7------5---------
------------------7------------7-----------|----------------------------------------7---

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------7p-5-h-7-p-5---7p-5-------5----------|------------------5-----3-------------------
-----------------------------7-------------|------------------------------5-------------
-5-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3-----------------------------


                             trem             
-------------------------------------------|---------------12-------------12------------
-------------------------------------------|------------12-------------12-----15^(17)---
------------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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-2-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
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------5------------------------------------|---------5-----------7------5--------------
-7----------7-----5-----------5------------|---7-----------7---------------------7------
------------------------7------------------|--------------------------------------------

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-----5------------7------------------------|------------------7-------------------------
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----------------5--------------------------|-------------5---------7----5---------------
--5/7------------------7-----5---------5---|-----7-------------7---------------7--------
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--5------7---------------------------------|--------------7-----------------------------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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-5/7-------5-------------5-----------5-----|----7/9--------7-----5-----7------5---------
------------------7------------7-----------|----------------------------------------7---

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------7-p5-h-7--p5---7-p5-------5----------|------------------5-----3-------------------
-----------------------------7-------------|------------------------------5-------------
-5-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3-----------------------------

                             trem             
-------------------------------------------|---------------12-------------12------------
-------------------------------------------|------------12-------------12-----15^(17)---
------------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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Bend up with trem<-- use trem as above->                    trem
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-^4----------------------------------------------|-14^(16)---12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-^4------------------------------------------|14||--------------------------------------
-^2----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
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                    trem up/down                 trem
-------------------------------------------|--14^15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
------------------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----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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-------------------------------------------|------------14^16--(14)^(15)^14--12---14----
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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---------------------|--------------------------------------------
-----------------------10--7\2-------------|--5/7--5-------5--------5-------------------
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-7/9--7---5---7----5-----------------------|--------------------------------------------
----------------------------7--------------|----5---------------------------------------

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-----------------5-------------------------|----5-----7-------7---------7----------7----
--5/7--------------------------------------|--------------0--------0----------0---------
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--5-----7---------7-------------7--------7-|----5----7--------7---------7-----------7---
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--5-----7---------7-------------7--------7-|----5----7--------7---------7-----------7---
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--5-----7---------7-------------7--------7-|----5----7--------7---------7-----------7---
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--5-----7---------7-------------7--------7-|----5----7--------7---------7-----------7---
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--5-----7---------7-------------7--------7-|-5/7-------7---5-------5--------------------
-------------0-----------0-----------0-----|-------------------7------------------------

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------5-----------7-----5------------------|--------------------------------------------
-5/7--------7------------------7-----------|------5-----------7-------------------------
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------5------------------------------------|---------5----------------------------------
------------------7------------------------|--5/7----------7-----5-----------5----------
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--7---------7--------------------7---------|------5-------------7-----------------------
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--------------------7----------------------|
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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--5----7-----------7---------7---------7---|--5----7----------7--------7---------7------
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-5/7-------5-------------5-----------5-----|----7/9--------7-----5-----7------5---------
------------------7------------7-----------|----------------------------------------7---

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------7-p5--h7--p5----7p5-------5----------|------------------5-----3-------------------
-----------------------------7-------------|------------------------------5-------------
-5-----------------------------------------|-----3--------3-----------------------------


                             trem             
-------------------------------------------|---------------12-------------12------------
-------------------------------------------|------------12-------------12-----15^(17)---
------------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->   Bend up with trem
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-4-----------------------------------------|-^4-----------------------------------------
-4-----------------------------------------|-^4-----------------------------------------
-2-----------------------------------------|-^2-----------------------------------------
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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--------14--12~~
-----------------------14-----------------------|-----------------------12-14----------
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--12/14^16-12------14--12-----|12|-14\12----14\12----14\12----12--|
---------------14----------14------------14-------14-------14-----|
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-----------------12------------------------|--17^19---19-18-17-15---------17^19---------
--------------12----15^17-15^17------------|----------------------17\12-----------------
--14\12-14^16------------------------------|----------------------------0---------------
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-19---19-18-17-------------17^19-----------|-----(17)^18-17-15-17h18p17-15--------17----
---------------19-20-17\0------------------|--------------------------------16-17----17-
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--------17----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
-----------16-15-14----14-14h15p14-14-------|----14----12h14-12-------------------------
--------------------17----------------17-12-|-14----14----------14-12/14p12-------------
--------------------------------------------|------------------------------14-13-12---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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-------------------------------------------|-12^15--12-11-10----------------------------
--9^11--9^11~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------|-----------------12-11-10-9-----------------
--------------------------------0----------|----------------------------12-9------------
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                          trem
-------------------------------------------|--7-----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------|------8--7------7--8-p7-----8--10-----------
--10-9----9--10-p9-------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-------------9----------9-------------------
-------12----------12-9--------------------|--------------------------------------------
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