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Deep Purple is an English hard rock band that formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. They're regarded as pioneers of the popular music genre of heavy metal along such acts as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Ian Gillan's singing and Ritchie Blackmore's playing approach proved to be influential to many rock bands of 1970s and 1980s (including but not limited to Rob Halford of "Judas Priest" and Brian May of "Queen"). "Deep Purple" were also very influential to progressive music as well
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- Anthem
- Black Night
- Burn
- Highway Star
- Love Conquers All
- Smoke On The Water
- Smoke On The Water Intro
- Smoke On Water
- Smoke On Water Riff
- Soldier Of Fortune
- Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
- Somke Under The Water
- Woman From Tokio
- All I Got Is You
- All The Time In The World
- Anyones Daughter
- April
- Blind
- Child In Time
- Clearly Quite Absurd
- Come Taste The Band
- Comin Home
- Dont Make Me Happy
- Emmaretta
- Flight Of The Rat
- Hallelujah
- Haunted
- Hush
- I Need Love
- Into The Fire
- Johnnys Band
- King Of Dreams
- Lalena
- Machine Head
- Mandrake Root
- Mary Long
- Mistreated
- Never Before
- No No No
- On Top Of The World
- One More Rainy Day
- One Night In Vegas
- Our Lady
- Perfect Strangers
- Pictures Of Home
- Place In Line
- Roadhouse Blues
- Shield
- Space Truckin
- Strange Kind Of Woman
- Super Trouper
- The Battle Rages On
- The Cut Runs Deep
- The Gypsy
- The Painter
- The Spanish Archer
- The Surprising
- This Time Around
- Time For Bedlam
- Walk On
- Wasted Sunsets
- When A Blind Man Cries
- Why Didnt Rosemary
- Wild Dogs
- Woman From Tokyo
- You Cant Do It Right With The One You Love
- You Keep On Moving
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
A G G D A A G A A G G D A A D
Play 2 times
[Verse 1]
E5 G
Johnny Jones woke up one day from dreaming
E5 A
Told Bill the bass and soon they had a plan
E5 C
He passed it on to Pete and Crazy Benny
G A
Ah, suddenly they had a band
[Chorus]
D G Bm
Hey Johnny's Band
D A/C# Bm
He sure knew how to work up a crowd
D G Bm
The sound that they made put the rest in the shade
G Bm A
And the word soon got around (Intro riff)
[Verse 2]
E5 G
They played every dance hall in the city
E5 A
Wrote themselves a cool forty-five
E5 C
With a bullet it shot to the top of the pops
G A
Oh man it was good to be alive
[Chorus]
D G Bm
Hail Johnny's Band
D A Bm
Hear them on the radio
D G Bm
Smash after smash now they're rolling in the cash
G D A D
Whatever they touch turns to gold
[Solo]
C F G F C F G G C F A F C G E5 G E5 G E5 C G/B D
Organ solo |Guitar solo (Intro riff)
[Verse 3]
E5 G
Benny went down with the hard stuff
E5 A
And Pete joined a cult in LA
E5 C
Johnny and Bill started going downhill
G D A
And the crowds began melting away
[Chorus]
D G Bm
But hey, it's Johnny's Band
D A Bm
Playing Saturday nights at The Crown
D G Bm
The beards may be long and the money's long gone
G D A
It's a wonder that they're still around
D G Bm
But hey, it's Johnny's Band
D A Bm
Playing all those wonderful songs
D G Bm
Making the rounds with that old fashioned sound
G D A
And here we are singing along (End with intro riff)
A G G D A A G A A G G D A A D
Play 2 times
[Verse 1]
E5 G
Johnny Jones woke up one day from dreaming
E5 A
Told Bill the bass and soon they had a plan
E5 C
He passed it on to Pete and Crazy Benny
G A
Ah, suddenly they had a band
[Chorus]
D G Bm
Hey Johnny's Band
D A/C# Bm
He sure knew how to work up a crowd
D G Bm
The sound that they made put the rest in the shade
G Bm A
And the word soon got around (Intro riff)
[Verse 2]
E5 G
They played every dance hall in the city
E5 A
Wrote themselves a cool forty-five
E5 C
With a bullet it shot to the top of the pops
G A
Oh man it was good to be alive
[Chorus]
D G Bm
Hail Johnny's Band
D A Bm
Hear them on the radio
D G Bm
Smash after smash now they're rolling in the cash
G D A D
Whatever they touch turns to gold
[Solo]
C F G F C F G G C F A F C G E5 G E5 G E5 C G/B D
Organ solo |Guitar solo (Intro riff)
[Verse 3]
E5 G
Benny went down with the hard stuff
E5 A
And Pete joined a cult in LA
E5 C
Johnny and Bill started going downhill
G D A
And the crowds began melting away
[Chorus]
D G Bm
But hey, it's Johnny's Band
D A Bm
Playing Saturday nights at The Crown
D G Bm
The beards may be long and the money's long gone
G D A
It's a wonder that they're still around
D G Bm
But hey, it's Johnny's Band
D A Bm
Playing all those wonderful songs
D G Bm
Making the rounds with that old fashioned sound
G D A
And here we are singing along (End with intro riff)
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Defeater
Defiance, Ohio
Deftones
Deicide