SMOKE ON THE WATER  (capo 3rd)    (intro)    (midi)

 

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1. We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline,

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    To make records with the Mobile,          we didn`t have much time.

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     Frank Zappa and the mothers,       were at the best place around

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     but some stupid with a flaregun    burnt the place to the ground.

 

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Smoke on the water,     and fire in the sky,

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(and fire in the sky),  Smoke on the water.

 

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2. They burnt down the gambling house,   it died with an awful sound.

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    Funky Claud was running in and out, pulling kids out the ground.

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    When it was all over, we had to find another place,

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    Swiss time was running out, it seemed that we would lose the race. 

 

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Smoke on the water,     and fire in the sky,

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(and fire in the sky),  Smoke on the water.

 

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3. We ended up with the Grand hotel,     it was empty, cold and bare,

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    But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside

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            making our music there.

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    With a few red lights and a few old beds,    

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    we`d make a place to sweat.

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   No matter what we get out of this, I know, I know, we`ll never forget. 

 

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Smoke on the water,     and fire in the sky,

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(and fire in the sky),  Smoke on the water.

 

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    (Deep Purple)