Never A Word Chords
by Deep Purple
Never A Word by Deep Purple is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
--== Deep Purple ==--
--= Never a word =---
Album: Bananas
author: [email protected]
{ hammond intro }
E|-10--8-----8--------|------------|--13--12-10----------10--13------|
B|-------11-----10--8-|--6--8------|-------------13--10----------13--|
G|--------------------|-------(9)--|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------|------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------|------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------|---------------------------------|
E|-10--8-----8--------|------------|--10--12-13------13--12------10--|
B|-------11-----10--8-|--6--8------|-------------13----------13------|
G|--------------------|-------(9)--|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------|------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------|------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------|---------------------------------|
{ guitar1 riff1 - verse }
E|------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
B|------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
G|------------7-----|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
D|--7---9-10--------|-------9-----7--|--7---9-10--9------|-----------|
A|---------------10-|-10------10-----|---------------10--|--10--7-7--|
E|------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
{ guitar1 riff2 - chorus }
E|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|--11--12--12~--|--11--12--12h14p12-11--|--12------9---------------|
D|---------------|-----------------------|------12-----9--7---------|
A|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------9--10--|
E|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
{ guitar2 riff2 - chorus - play along guitar1 riff2 }
E|--15----------15----------14------|------12--------------------------|
B|------15----------15--17------12--|--15------13--15--12--10--12--13--|
G|----------16----------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
{ guitar3 riff3 - play while guitar1 plays riff1 2nd time }
E|------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
B|------------------|---------------|--10--12-12-12-|-12b13r12p10--|
G|--11--12--12--12--|--12b14r12p11--|---------------|--------------|
D|------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
A|------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
E|------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------15--14h15--15--15s0-|
B|--10s15-15-15--|-15h17----------------------|
G|---------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------|----------------------------|
{ guitar3 riff4 - play while chorus }
E|--------------------|----------------------|
B|-15--13--12---------|----------------------|
G|-------------14--12-|-12----9--------------|
D|--------------------|----12---9--7---------|
A|--------------------|---------------9--10--|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
{ guitar1 riff5 - play once while chorus }
E|--17--19--19--|
B|--------------|
G|--14--16--16--|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
{ guitar1 riff6 - similar to hammond intro but an octave higher }
E|----------------|----------|------------------|-------------|
B|----------------|----------|------------------|-------------|
G|--7--5----5-----|----------|--10--9-7---------|--7--10------|
D|-------8-----7--|--5--3-5--|-----------10--7--|---------10--|
A|----------------|----------|------------------|-------------|
E|----------------|----------|------------------|-------------|
w/ phaser
E|----------------|----------|------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|----------|------------------|---------7----------|
G|--7--5----5-----|----------|--7--9-10-----10--|--9------7----------|
D|-------8-----7--|--5--3-5--|-----------10-----|-----10--7----------|
A|----------------|----------|------------------|---------5----------|
E|----------------|----------|------------------|--------------------|
{ Lyrics }
D G G D
Never a word, a word so true
D G G C
Passed between us, me and you
D G G D
Heard you found your pot of gold
D G G G
That's the story I've been told
Never a word was said in vain
Some were never sad again
Some were lost in lovers' heat
Some lay fallen at our feet
All day all night
You and only you
All day all night
I think of you and only you
Never a word escaped my lips
Silenced by your fingertips
I kept my word, can you believe
All this time so hard to breathe
Hard to breathe