Watching The Sky Tab by Deep Purple

Watching The Sky tab by Deep Purple

Guitar Tab

(Gillan/Glover/Morse/Lord/Paice)
From "Abandon", 1998
Riff 1:

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---0--1--0--2--0--3---0--1--0--2--0--3---0--1--0--2--0--3--0--------------|

Riff 2:

E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----5----3------------------3--2----------------3h2------------------|
E---------------5---3---5--------------5--3--5------------5-----------|

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Riff 3:

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

After repeat Riff 2 do this:

Riff 4:

E----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A--5--3-------------3--2-----------------------------------------|
E----------5--3--5---------5--0--1--0--2--0--3--0----------------|

After repeat Riff 2 and 3

Riff 5:

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------5------|
A--5--3-------------3--2-------------3h2------5--3-------------3-----------|
E----------5--3--5----------5--3--5---------5---------5--3--5--------------|

Riff 6:

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------5--4-----------------------------------------------------|
D---5/7----------7--5/7---------5---7---5h7p5--4--------------------|
A----------------------------7--------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then this:

Riff 7:

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---8---10---7---5--------------8--10--12--10----8--7------------------|
G---0---0----0---0--------------0---0---0---0---0--0-------------------|
D---9--11---8---6--------------9--11--13--11----9--8-------------------|
A--10--12---9---7-------------10--12--14--12---10--9-------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

During the chorus do this:

Riff  8:

E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D--5---------------------------------2------------------------|
A--3--------------5------------------0------------------------|
E-----------------3-------------------------------------------|
       "I left my luggage at the station"
       "didn't know how to say goodbye"

Riff 9:

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----5-----------------------------------2---------------5--------------|
A----3-------------5---------------------0---------------3--------------|
E------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
       "I walked away from all the fury and the madness....


E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------2---------------5---------------------2-----------------5------|
A--------------0---------------3---------------------0-----------------3------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ......and the fury and the madness and the fury and the
madnesss....oooohh"


During the Lyrics do Riff 2-3-2-4-2-3-5

Riff 6 and 7 is for the slow part of the music and in "I smile to

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