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Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
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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 in the rest of the intro ...
E-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|------------------------x-x-x-|-------------------------|
G-|-/9-7---7---/9-7---9-9-7-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-|-/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.
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 16:57:04 +0100
From: Akos Buranj
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--------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
full bend
Main riff:
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-------------------------------------------------
-----------2bend up, bend down, pull off to 0----
---------2---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--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---------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--------------------12-slide down-
full bend
--------------------------------
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-----
-------------------|--------------------------
-------------------|--------------------------
-------------------|--------------------------
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-...------------------
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--------------------------------------------12-slide down---
full bend