[Intro]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  C# C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x6)
 
[Verse 1]
   Gm
We all came out to Montreux
               F   Gm
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
Gm
To make records with a mobile
F          Gm
 We didn't have much time
Gm
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
                 F       Gm
Were at the best place around
Gm
But some stupid with a flare gun
                 F       Gm
Burned the place to the ground
 
 
[Chorus]
C            Ab    Gm
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
C            Ab
Smoke on the water
 
 
[Riff]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  C# C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x2)
 
 
[Verse 2]
Gm
They burned down the gambling house
                F      Gm
It died with an awful sound
Gm
A funky Claude was running in and out
F         Gm
  Pulling kids out the ground
Gm
When it all was over
                F        Gm
We had to find another place
Gm
But Swiss time was running out
                        F         Gm
It seemed that we would lose the race
 
 
[Chorus]
C            Ab    Gm
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
C            Ab
Smoke on the water
 
 
[Riff]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  C# C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x2)
 
 
[Solo]
|Gm    |Gm    |Cm  F |Gm    | (x4)
|C     |C     |F     |F     |
 
[Riff]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  C# C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x2)
 
 
[Verse]
Gm
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
       F      Gm
It was empty, cold and bare
Gm
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
F           Gm
 Making our music there
Gm
With a few red lights, a few old beds
          F         Gm
We made a place to sweat
Gm
No matter what we get out of this
      F              Gm
I know, I know we'll never forget
 
 
[Chorus]
C            Ab    Gm
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
C            Ab
Smoke on the water
 
 
[Outro]
|Gm  Bb  C   Gm | Bb  C# C    |Gm  Bb  C   Bb | Gm       | (x4)
 Gm
(fade out, c. 12 bars)