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Killing Floor Tab by Jimi Hendrix

Killing Floor tab by Jimi Hendrix

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Note - This is my first attempt at transcribing this awesome song... I
posted messages on usenet requesting this song and when i received no
replies i decided to try to work it out. This version is in A minor (which
I think is the key Jimi played it in, if you want to play along with Jimi
then you'll have to downtune half a step to Eb).  I find this is a good
type of song to jam with heaps of guitarists as there are always too many
guitarists so you can use 3 with this...

       - one doing the lead riffs
       - one doing the 12 bar blues
       - one soloing

Alternate so the poor guy doing the 12 bar blues doesn't fall asleep.  I
can't describe the timing but basically play it as fast as you can.
🎸
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-: Riff 1
E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|
A-|---------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|-5-5-8-8-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


-: Riff 2
E-|---------------------------|
B-|-----------7-5-------------|
G-|-----------7-5-------------|
D-|-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-------------|
A-|-7-------------7-7-5-5-----|
E-|-5---------------------8-8-|


-: Riff 3
E-|----------------------------------------|
B-|----------------12-10-------------------|
G-|----------------12-10-------------------|
D-|-12-12-12-10-10-12-10-------------------|
A-|-12-------------------12-12-10-10-------|
E-|-10-------------------------------13-13-|


-: Riff 4
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--9-9-9-7-7------7-7-7-5-5--------------------------------------|
D-|--9---------9-9--7---------7-7----------------------------------|
A-|--7--------------5----------------------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|--------------------------------5-5-8-8-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


Jimi alternates between playing the lead riffs and the 12 bar blues.
12 bar blues in A minor which goes with the riffs - brackets show which
riff this section goes with: in this case the chords are A, D and E.


(Goes with riff 2)
E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|
A-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
E-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


(Goes with riff 3)
E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
A-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-|---------------------------------|


(Goes with riff 4)
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9--7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7----------------------------------|
A-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|-------------------------------------5-5-8-8---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


The order goes like this:

Intro : Start off with some small solo then do riff 1
(no 12 bar blues behind this riff, it's the turn around riff)

:beginning
riff 2
riff 2
riff 3
riff 2
riff 4
goto beginning

then repeat this pattern until you're sick of hearing it.

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