Oh aye, like I'd tab Jimi Hendrix...
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tabbed by Chris Hoolihan Errors/corrections/hassles - HOOL@ACTRIX.GEN.NZ HOOLIH1C@WCC.GOVT.NZ
****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 A 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 next to a mountain ....
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-| I stand up next to a mountain (second time) ...
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-|---------------------------------| I pick up all the pieces and make an island ...
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 chile ...
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 E 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.

Ah poo, I hope he got this right....well if he didn't, you know where to go. That's right: somewhere else.


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