Main Riff
| G5 Bb5 C5 G5 | Bb5 Db5 C | G5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 | G5 | [X4]
Instruments (Bass In)
| G5 Bb5 C5 G5 | Bb5 Db5 C | G5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 | G5 | [X2]
Verse 1
| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm |We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm |To make records with a mobile we didn't have much time| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | But Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground
Hook
| C | Ab7 | Gm | Gm |Smoke on the water a fire in the sky| C | Ab7 |Smoke on the water
Instruments
| G5 Bb5 C5 G5 | Bb5 Db5 C | G5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 | G5 | [X2]
Verse 2
| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | They burned down the gambling house it died with an awful sound| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | Uh, Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids on the ground | Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | When it all was over we had to find another place| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | But Swiss time was running out it seemed that we would lose the race
Hook
| C | Ab7 | Gm | Gm |Smoke on the water a fire in the sky| C | Ab7 |Smoke on the water
Instruments (Riff)
| G5 Bb5 C5 G5 | Bb5 Db5 C | G5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 | G5 | [X2]
Guitar Solo
| Gm | Gm | Cm | Gm | [X4]
Solo Cool Down
| Cm | Cm | F | F |
Solo (Riff)
| G5 Bb5 C5 G5 | Bb5 Db5 C | G5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 | G5 | [X2]
Verse 3
| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | We ended up at the Grand Hotel it was empty, cold, and bare | Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm |But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside making our music there | Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm |With a few red lights, a few old beds we make a place to sweat| Gm | Gm | Gm F | Gm | No matter what we get out of this I know, I know we'll never forget
Hook Ending
| C | Ab7 | Gm | Gm |Smoke on the water a fire in the sky| C | Ab7 |Smoke on the water
Outro Fade Out
| G5 Bb5 C5 G5 | Bb5 Db5 C | G5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 | G5 | [X4]| Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm | [X2]