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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE (Bassline) As recorded by Deep Purple (From the 1974 Album BURN) Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice & David Coverdale Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Glenn Hughes - Bass' Intro Q=128(8=s8) 4/4 Gtr I H Q E E H +Q. E +H +Q. E H +Q. E |-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------| |-----------0-|-2----(2)-----|--------------0-|-2----(2)-----| |-------------|------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----|------------0-| +H +Q. E H +Q. E +W E E Q H |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |--------------0-|-2----(2)-----|------------|-------------| |-(0)----(0)-----|------------3-|-(3)--------|-2-----------| 1st - 3rd Verses $ W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------||------4-4-----4-4-|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4--| |----------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||o-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-----2-2------| |----------||------------------|-----4-4---------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-----2-2------| |-----4-4---------|-----------------|-----4-4---------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------0-0-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-2-2-4-4---------|-----------------|---------0-0-1-1-|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4---------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4--| |-2-2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------0-0-1-1-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-----2-2------| |-----4-4---------|-----------------|-----4-4---------|------------------| To Coda E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-2-2--------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-----3-3-0-0-----|-------------0-0-|-----4-4-2-2------| |-----------------|-------------2-2-|-----2-2-3-3-----|-------------4-4--| Chorus E E E E E E E E H +Q. E +H +Q. E H +Q. E |-----------------||--------------|----------------|---------------| |-----------------||--------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------0-||-2----(2)-----|--------------0-|-2----(2)------| |-0-0-2-2-3-3-4---||------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----|------------0--| 1. +H +Q. E H +Q. E +W E E Q H |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |--------------0-|-2----(2)-----|------------|-------------| |-(0)----(0)-----|------------3-|-(3)--------|-2-----------| 2. W E E Q H W |-----------||-------------|------|| |----------o||-------------|------|| |----------o||-------------|------|| |-----------||-2-----------|------|| Guitar Solo E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----0-0-1-1--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4----------| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----4-4---4---4-2---|-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-| |-------------------4-|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-----------------|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-----2-2-----| |---------------------|-----4-4---------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----4-4---------|-----------------|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------| |-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---4---4-4---4---4-2---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------------4-|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-2-2-------------| |-2---2-----2-----------|-----------------|-----2-2-0-0-----|-----4-4-2-2-----| |-----------------------|-----2-2-3-3-4-4-|-------------2-2-|-------------4-4-| Interlude E E E E E E E E H +Q. E +H +Q. E H +Q. E |-----------------||--------------|----------------|---------------| |-----------------||--------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------0-||-2----(2)-----|--------------0-|-2----(2)------| |-0-0-2-2-3-3-4---||------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----|------------0--| +H +Q. E H +Q. E +W E E Q H |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |--------------0-|-2----(2)-----|------------|-------------| |-(0)----(0)-----|------------3-|-(3)--------|-2-----------| Piano Solo W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |----------||-----------------|-----4-4---------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------0-0-1-2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4---------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----9-9-----9-9-|-----9-9-----9-9-|-----9-9-----9-9--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---9---9-9---9---9-7---|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------------9-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------------|-----------------|-----4-4---------|-----------------| |-3-| |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----4-4---------|-----5-5-2-2-----|-----------------0-2-|------------------| |-----------------|-------------4-4-|-0-0-4-4---4---4-----|-2-2--------------| |-2-2-----3-3-4-4-|-5-5-------------|---------------------|-----4-4-2-2------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------4-4--| Interlude E E E E E E E E H +Q. E +H +Q. E H +Q. E |-----------------||--------------|----------------|---------------| |-----------------||--------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------0-||-2----(2)-----|--------------0-|-2----(2)------| |-0-0-2-2-3-3-4---||------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----|------------0--| +H +Q. E H +Q. E +W E E Q H |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |--------------0-|-2----(2)-----|------------|-------------| |-(0)----(0)-----|------------3-|-(3)--------|-2-----------| D.S. al Cod& W E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------||----------------|-----------------| |----------||-2-2------------|-0-0-------------| |----------||-----4-4-2-2----|---------------0-| |----------||----------------|-----2-2-3-3-4---| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----5-5-2-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|| |-------------4-4-|-2-2-------------|-----------------|| |-5-5-------------|-----4-4-2-2-----|---------------0-|| |-----------------|-------------3-3-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4---|| Outro H +Q. E +H +Q. E H +Q. E |--------------|----------------|--------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------| |-2----(2)-----|--------------0-|-2----(2)-----| |------------0-|-(0)----(0)-----|------------0-| +H +Q. E H +Q. E +W E E Q H |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |----------------|--------------|------------|-------------| |--------------0-|-2----(2)-----|------------|-------------| |-(0)----(0)-----|------------3-|-(3)--------|-2-----------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| W E E E Q E E E a Q E E E Q E E E a Q |----------|----------------2h4--|----------------2h4---| |----------|-------0-------------|-------0--------------| |----------|-2-0-2----2-0-2------|-2-0-2----2-0-2-------| |----------|---------------------|----------------------| E Q. +H E Q. +H W +W |-4-2----(2)----|---------------|----------|--------*| |---------------|-2-0----(0)----|----------|--------*| |---------------|---------------|-2--------|-(2)----*| |---------------|---------------|----------|--------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths