This song can sound very differently every time you play it,
so just try to catch the main licks and improvise.
This isn't a difficult piece, but will take time to bring
it up to speed.
h - hammer on
/ - slide
b - bend (everywhere bend up to 1 tone=2 frets)
intro:
0:06
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--12-11-------|--------------|--12-11-------|--------------|
|--0--0--12-11-|--11-12-13-14-|--0--0--12-11-|--11-12-13-14-|
|--------0--0--|--------------|--------0--0--|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
main riff(1):
play 2 times
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--12----------|-----------|--------------|
|--12h14-12h14-|-----14-12-10-|-----14b---|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--12-------|--12h14-12-14-|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-----15b---|
|--12----------|-----------|
|--12----------|-----------|
|-----14-12-10-|-----------|
|--------------|--12-------|
verse(1):
verse is played many times and always differently
listen to original recording and try to improvise.
0:26
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------2-4-2-4-2-|--------------2-4-2-|
|------2---2-2h4-----------|------2---2-4-------|
|--0-0---0-----------------|--0-0---0-----------|
main riff(2):
first part must sound like slide
1:04
|----------------------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------------12----|--------------|
|----------------------------------12----|-----------14b|
|--3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5/14-12-14-14----14-|--12-10-------|
|----------------------------------------|--------12----|
|--1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3---------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------15b|--------------------------15b|
|-----------------------------------|-----------12----------------|
|--------------12-------------------|--14-12-14----14-12----------|
|--12h14-12h14----14-13-12-10-------|--------------------14-12----|
|-----------------------------12----|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--14-14-12-------------------------|
|-----------14-12----12-------------|
|-----------------14----12-10-------|
|-----------------------------10-15-|
verse(2):
intro main part
1:16
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|--0------9h11------9h11-|----4-4---4-4---------------|
|--0-9h11-9h11-9----9h11-|------------------2-4-2-4-2-|
|----9h11------9h11------|--------2-----2-4-----------|
|------------------------|--0-------------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----4---4-------------|
|--------------2-4-4-2-|
|------2---2h4---------|
|--0-------------------|
main riff(3):
1:54
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--2-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--0-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12b------------------12b------12-12-12-|
|--12-14-14----14-12-14-12-12-14----14-14----------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--15b15b15b12-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------12-------12-------------------------|--------------12-|
|-----------------14-14----14-12-10-------------12-|--------------14-|
|-----------------------------------12-12-14-14----|--14-12-10-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------12----|
solo:
2:02
|-----12----12-------------|
|-----12-15b---17-12----12-|
|--14b---------------14b---|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--12-------12----14-12-------12----12-15-|--15-12-------------|
|-----15-12----12-------12-15----15-------|--------15b12-------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------14b14b|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------15b|--15-15b15-15-15b15-15-12-|
|-----15-15-------------------|--------------------------|
|--14b------14-12-------12----|--------------------------|
|-----------------14-12-------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----15b15b15-12h14-12----12-|--------12----12-------------|
|--12-------------------14----|-----------15b---15p12-------|
|-----------------------------|--12h13----------------14-12-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------12-------------------|
|-----------15b---------15----|
|--12h13-------15-15-14----12b|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jimi-hendrix/25524.html ]
|--------12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----12-12-|
|--12h14----12-14----15-12-15-12-15-12-12-14-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------12-12-12----14-14----12-|
|--12-12-12-12----12----14-14-14-12-12-|
|-----12-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----12-14-14-15-14-14----12-14-14-15-14-14-|
|--12-12-14-------14----12-12-14-------14-12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-14-|-----------------------14-14-12-|
|-----12-14-14-15-14-14----12-------|--------14-14----14-------------|
|--12-12-14-------14----12----------|--12-13-14-14-14----12----------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------14-14-12-------|
|-----12----14----------------15b15-|
|--12----14----14-12----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--12-14-------------------|
|--12-14-14-14-12-14-14-14-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------------14-14-14-14-14-14-------|
|-----------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|--12-14-14-12-12----------------------14-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------12----14-|
|--14-14-------------------------15b|--15b15-15b15-12-12-12----|
|--14-14-12----------12-------------|--------------------------|
|-----------14-14-14----14-12-------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------14----|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
2:43
--14-14-12-------------------|
-----------15-12-------------|
-----------------14-14-12----|
--------------------------14-|
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
ending:
4:18
|--14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14----12---|
|-----------------------------------------12-x-|
|--14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-12-13-x-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------9-11-9-11-9-11-|
|----9-9-9-9-11----------------|
|------------------------------|
|--0-0-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--12------9------------------------9-8-|
|-----9-11---11-9---------9-11-9-11-9-8-|
|-----------------11-9-11---------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--9-8-9-9-8-9-----------------------|
|--9-8-9-9-8-9-9-11------9-11-9------|
|-------------------9-11--------11-9-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--14-16-16------------------|
|------9--------------------|--------------------------9-|
|------9-9------9-11-9----9-|--14-16-16------9-11-9------|
|----------9-11-9------11---|-----------9-11--------11---|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--0-0----------------------|----------------------------|
|----15-16-16-14-14------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----15-16-16-14-14------9-11-9-11-9-|
|-------------------9-11-------------|
|--0---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----14-15-16-16------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----14-15-16-16-14------9-11-9---|
|-------------------9-11--------9-|
|--0------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------|
|----14-16-16-16-16-16----------16----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-15-------|
|-------------------------------------12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-13---------------14-14-12----|
|--14-12-14-------14-12-10---------------12-|
|--------------------------12-0-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------15b---------------------------|
|-----------------------14-12-14-14-12-------------|
|-----------12----12-------------------12-14-12-14-|
|--14-12-14----14----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|--2-|
|----------------------------|--------------------------15b|--3-|
|--12------------------------|-----------------14-14-12----|--1-|
|-----14-12-10---------------|--------12----12-------------|--0-|
|--------------12-0-12-12-10-|--14-14----14----------------|--2-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|--0-|
|--4-3-------5-3-0-5-3-0-5-3-0-----|------------------------7---|
|------5-3-0-------------------5-3-|--0---3---------------7---0-|
|----------------------------------|----4---4-2-0-1-0-2-7-----0-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
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