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JIMI HENDRIX
Voodoo Chile - slight return (few parts)
Only an attempt! Don't expect too much.
When you get the basic feel you can
improvise, and it can sound close to Jimi.
Notation:
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
bd - bend down
read comments
normal tuning (for Hendrix) (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Intro:
try 9.fret try at 7.fret
---x----------------------------------
---x----------------------------------
---x--few times and then---------x----
---x-----------------------------x----
---x----------------------------------
---x----------------------------------
wah down wah up
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--9------7----------------9v-------9--9-slide to nothing-
-----7h9------5-5--7p5---------7h9-----------------------
-----------------------7---------------------------------
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WAH-WAH
later replace that end with this:
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--------10b-hit bended (once)-10-8---------------------
9-----7------------------------------------------------
--7h9--------------------------------------------------
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full bend
Main riff:
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-----------2bend up, bend down, pull off to 0----
---------2---------------------------------------
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--0-0--3--------------------------------------0--
full bend
Main riff variation
-----------33333--0----
-----------33333--0----
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0-0--3--0--------------
his favourite chord
little solo (at the beginning):
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-12-------------------------------
-14b-----14b-bd--12---------------
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--------------------12-slide down-
full bend
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3-p-0--3-p-0-....---------------
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Push tremolo arm gently down
Singing parts (I saw Jimi on video):
-------0-3-0-----0-|--------------------------
-0-0-3-------0-3---|-3-0-3---0--3-0-3-0-------
-------------------|--------------------0-----
-------------------|--------------------------
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-------------------|--------------------------
while bended do wah-down, wah-up
or emulate this with your guitar
switches
-15-15-...----------|----------------|----------------------
-14-14-...----------|----------------|----------------------
--------------------|----------------|---2b-----------------
--------------------|---2p0-2p0-...--|----------------------
--------------------|-----------...--|----------------------
--------------------|-----------...--|----------------------
full
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---2---2-2----5---2--------------
---2---2-2----5---2--------------
---0---0-0----3---0---0000000----
/\ /\ \/ /\ \/ PM these (and play fast)
(/ and \ mean up and down stroke)
..."pick up the pieces make an island"...
-0----0------
-0----0------
-7----6------
-9----7------
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..."I'm a voodoo chile"...
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-3--------------------5-------
-2--------------------4-------
-3--------------------5-------
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C7 D7
this solo he plays live on a video:
---------------------12-vib--12----12----------------------------------
-15b---15b-bd--12-15------------15-------------------------------------
---------------------------------------14b--12----...------------------
-----------------------------------------------14-...------------------
-------------------------------------------------------12-slide down---
full bend
Please correct this
Yours