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Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix

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Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tabbed by Chris Hoolihan
Errors/corrections/hassles - [email protected]
                             [email protected]


****INTRO****

E-|-----|
B-|-----|
G-|-x-x-|
D-|-x-x-|
A-|-x-x-|
E-|-----|
    This muted wah riff can't be transcribed. I do it with a lot of palm
    muting with slight distortion while muting an e chord on the Chord diagramA augmentedA string.
    The same goes for the bits marked x x x in the rest of the intro ...

E-|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------x-x-x-|---------------------------------|
G-|-/9-7---7-------------/9-7---9-9-7-x-x-x-|-/9-7---7-----------/9-7--9-9----|
D-|------9---5-5-7-5----------9-------x-x-x-|------9---5-5-7-5-------9--------|
A-|------------------7----------------x-x-x-|------------------7--------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------0--|
E-|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------x-x-x-|---------------------------------|
G-|-/9-7---7-------------/9-7---9-9-7-x-x-x-|-/9-7---7-----------/9-7---7-----|
D-|------9---5-5-7-5----------9-------x-x-x-|------9---5-5-7-5--------9-------|
A-|------------------7----------------x-x-x-|------------------7--------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


E-|---------------|
B-|-/12-12-10-8---|
G-|-------------9-|
D-|---------------|
A-|---------------|
E-|---------------|


E-|------------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
G-|----2b3b2p0-------------2b3b2p0--------14b15b14b15b14-12---14-12\2---------|
D-|--2---------2---------2---------2------------------------------------------|
A-|--2---------2---------2---------2------------------------------------------|
E-|-\0---------0-0-3-0---0---------0-0----------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------2b4b(real-slow-back-down-to-2)-2b3b2p0-|
D-|-2----------------------------------------------|
A-|-2----------------------------------------------|
E-|-0-0-3-0----------------------------------------|

****SORRY THIS IS AS MUCH INTRO AS I HAVE TIME FOR****

+==== Important bit here! ==================+
|                                           |
| E-|--------------------|-----------3-3-|  |
| B-|--------------------|-----------3-3-|  |
| G-|------------2b3b2p0-|---------------|  |
| D-|-2-----2------------|-2-----2-------|  |
| A-|-2-----2------------|-2-----2-------|  |
| E-|-0-0-3-0--0---------|-0-0-3-0-0-----|  |
|     If you play this you will realise it  |
|     is the main riff in the song, just    |
|     throw this in between parts, it's not |
|     hard to work out where it goes but it |
|     is all through the song ...           |
+===========================================+

E-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------0-----------------------------------------------|
D-|---0-2---2p0----0-h2-------------0---0h2-0---0h2p0-----|
A-|-2-----------h2----------------2---2-------2-----------|
E-|-----------------------0-3-0-----------------------3-0-|
    I stand up...

E-|---------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----0---------------------------------------------------|
G-|---0-----0h2-2-0-0h2p0-----------------------------------|
D-|-2-----2---------------2-----------0---0h2-0---0h2p0-----|
A-|---------------------------------2---2-------2-----------|
E-|-------------------------0-3-0-----------------------3-0-|

E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E-|---------------------------------|

E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-|---------------------------------|
    Cos i'm a voodoo...

E-|-------------------------|
B-|-15b17-15b17b15-12-15b17-|
G-|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|
A-|-------------------------|
E-|-------------------------|

    This is how the main solo starts... I'm not going to transcribe the
    whole thing but this will get you on track, it's an Chord diagramE MajorE minor
    pentatonic thing so work round that. Mainly the 1st pos at the 12th
    fret...

When i first started (about a year ago) this was the song i most wanted
to learn but was unable to find. Hope it works ok for you.

Chris

PS: Mail me if you wanna talk/trade hendrix info/tab/anything at all.

---


   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) (Chord diagramEb MajorEb Chord diagramAbAb Chord diagramDbDb Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramEb MajorEb)


Intro:

try 9.fret                  try at 7.fret
---x----------------------------------
---x----------------------------------
---x--few times and then---------x----
---x-----------------------------x----
---x----------------------------------
---x----------------------------------
 wah down                     wah up


---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--9------7----------------9v-------9--9-slide to nothing-
-----7h9------5-5--7p5---------7h9-----------------------
-----------------------7---------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
  WAH-WAH


later replace that end with this:
-------------------------------------------------------
--------10b-hit bended (once)-10-8---------------------
9-----7------------------------------------------------
--7h9--------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
          full bend


Main riff:
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-----------2bend up, bend down, pull off to 0----
---------2---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--0-0--3--------------------------------------0--
           full bend


Main riff variation
-----------33333--0----
-----------33333--0----
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
0-0--3--0--------------
           his favourite chord


little solo (at the beginning):
----------------------------------
-12-------------------------------
-14b-----14b-bd--12---------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--------------------12-slide down-
   full bend


--------------------------------
3-p-0--3-p-0-....---------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
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-----
-------------------|--------------------------
-------------------|--------------------------
-------------------|--------------------------

                                           while bended do wah-down, wah-up
                                           or emulate this with your guitar
switches
-15-15-...----------|----------------|----------------------
-14-14-...----------|----------------|----------------------
--------------------|----------------|---2b-----------------
--------------------|---2p0-2p0-...--|----------------------
--------------------|-----------...--|----------------------
--------------------|-----------...--|----------------------
                                         full
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---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------
-------------
-------------

   I'm a voodoo...
------------------------------
------------------------------
-3--------------------5-------
-2--------------------4-------
-3--------------------5-------
------------------------------
 Chord diagramC7C7                   Chord diagramD7D7

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
 Milan Kosanovic ([email protected])

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