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Tablature explanation
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B Full Bend Here is a little beauty from this kind of GOD who
b 1/2 Bend never die (we always keep is soul in our heart).
bb 1/4 Bend
~~~~~ Tremolo
^(#) Bend to (#) Enjoy it!
/ Slide up
\ Slide down
h Hammer-on
p Pull-off
(#) Ghost note
% Rest Purple Haze
by
Jimi 'the dead GOD' Hendrix
words and music by
for his 50's anniversary Jimi Hendrix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
E |----------------------|----|---------------------|--------------------|
B |----------------------|----|----------8b---------|--------------------|
G |----------------------|----|-------7-------------|--------------------|
D |--------8--------8----|-%--|---/9--------7----(7)|--5-----------------|
A |----------------------|----|---------------------|-----5-----5/7------|
E |---6--------6---------|----|---------------------|--------0---------`--|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
E |---------------|----------------------|------------------|--------------|
B |---------8b----|----------------------|------------------|--------------|
G |------7--------|----------------------|------------------|--------------|
D |-/9---------7--|-(7)\/5---------------|-------5-7-7B---5-|5-------------|
A |---------------|----------5------5/7--|--5/7-------------|----0-----3-0-|
E |---------------|-------------0--------|------------------|-------0------|
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
E|----------------------|------------------------|------------------|-------|
B|----------------------|------------------------|------------------|-------|
G|----------------------|--------------7---7--9--|---0--------------|-------|
D|------5--7B---5h7-(7)-|--5------/9-------------|------------------|-------|
A|-5/7------------------|------5-----------------|------------------|-------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|---------15\------|-------|
E7#9 G A
E|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--8--8---8---8-----8--|3---3---3--------5---5---5---7-p-5---5----|
G|--7--7---7---7-----7--|4---4---4--------6---6---6---6-------6----|
D|--6--6---6---6-----6--|5---5---5--------7---7---7---7-------7----|
A|--7--7---7---7-----7--|------------------------------------------|
E|0---------------------|3---3---3---3----5---5-------5-------5----|
E7#9 G A
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-----8---8------8---8----8----8------|-------3-----------5---5---7-p-5---5-|
G|-----7---7------7---7----7----7------|-------4-----------6---6---6-------6-|
D|-----6---6------6---6----6----6------|-------5-----------7---7---7-------7-|
A|-----7---7------7---7----7----7---7\-|-------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------|-3--3--3--3----5---5-------5-------5-|
E7#9 G A E7#9
E|--------------------|---------3-------------------------|-------------------|
B|--8--8--8--8---8----|--3------3-----5---5---5--7-p-5--5-|---8--8---8-8--8--8|
G|--7--7--7--7---7----|--4------4-----6---6---6--6------6-|---7--7---7-7--7--7|
D|--6--6--6--6---6----|--5------5-----7---7---7--7------7-|---6--6---6-6--6--6|
A|--7--7--7--7---7--7\|-----------------------------------|---7--7---7-7--7--7|
E|0-------------------|--3---3-----3--5---5------5------5-|0------------------|
Pur-ple Haze_ all in my brain,_ lately things just don't
G A E7#9
E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3---------5---5---5---7-p-5---5|----8------8------8----8------8----|
G|---------4---------6---6---6---6-------6|----7------7------7----7------7----|
D|---------5---------7---7---7---7-------7|----6------6------6----6------6----|
A|----------------------------------------|----7------7------7----7------7----|
E|3----3---3----3----5---5-------5-------5|0----------------------------------|
seem the same. Act - in' funny, but I
G A E5
E|-------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------|
B|3----3----3---------5-----5---5---7-p-5---5|----------------|---------------|
G|4----4----4---------6-----6---6---6-------6|----------------|---9/11--9---7-|
D|5----5----5---------7-----7---7---7-------7|----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|----------------|---7/9---7---5-|
E|3----3----3----3----5-----5-------5-------5|0---------------|---------------|
don't know why, s'cuse me;__while I kiss the sky.
~~~~~~~~~ E7#9 G A
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------8b-----------8b|----8---8---8-8-8-8----|--------3--------5---5-5-5--|
G|----7------------7-----|----7---7---7-7-7-7----|--------4--------6---6-6-6-\|
D|/9----------/9---------|----6---6---6-6-6-6----|--------5--------7---7-7-7-\|
A|-----------------------|----7---7---7-7-7-7----|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------|0--------------------0-|--3--3--3----3---5---5---5--|
Pur - ple Haze_ all a - round,_
E7#9 G A E7#9
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---8------------------|-------3--------5--5--7--5--5|--8--8-----------------|
G|---7------------------|-------4--------6--6--6--6--6|--7--7-----------------|
D|---6------------------|-------5--------7--7--7--7--7|--6--6------5----------|
A|---7-----5h7-5--------|-----------------------------|--7--7----5---7-5------|
E|0----5h7-------7--6--5|-3--3--3--3--5--5-----5------|0-------7---------7-6-5|
don't know if I'm com - in' up or down. Am I hap - py or
G A E5
E|--------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-------3-----5---5--5---7-p-5--5|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|-------4-----6---6--6---6------6|-----------------|-------------9/11--9---7-|
D|-------5-----7---7--7---7------7|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------|-------------7/9---7---5-|
E|3---3--3--3--5---5------5------5|0----------------|-------------------------|
in mis - er - y? What-ev - er it is__ that girl put a spell on me._
A B ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E|-------------------------|---------------------|---------15----------15--12|
B|-------8bb----------8\(0)|------12B---------12B|---------------------------|
G|----7-----------7--------|----9----------9-----|-----12----------12--------|
D|/9---------/9------------|/11-------/11--------|/14---------/14------------|
A|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
Help me! Help me!
Guitar solo (w/Octavia)
D ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ E7#9
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----15-----15--15---15---15-|-----------------------------------------------|
G|14B----14b-----14B--14B--14B|16-16-h-18-18-h-18-p-16--16\14--14h16p14--14\13|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Oh,____ no,____ no!
F#5 D5 E7#9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-------------X---------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|13/14---14B--X-------12--14--12----|12---------------11/12\11--11-----------|
D|-----------------14--------------14|---------------------------------14---12|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
F#5 D5 E7#9 ~~~~~~~~~
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|12--14--12---11--12---------14--16|(16)-14h16p14\12--12/14--14----14/16---12|
A|--------------------14/16---------|-----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
F#5 D5 E7#9
E|----------------------------------|---------14----12h14p12------12----------|
B|------------------------17\-------|------------------------15-------14h15p14|
G|----------------------------------|11---12----------------------------------|
D|16--12--16--12--16--12------12--14|-----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
F#5 E5 ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
E |--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |-----14---12B---12h14h12--------15----------||------------8b-----------------|-----------------------------|
G |-------------------------14B---------14B----||--------7----------------------|-----------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------||--/9------------7----------(7)\|/5---------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------5-------5/7------------|
E |--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------0------------------|
Oh, ah!
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
E |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B |--------------8b---------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G |----------7--------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D |----/9------------7------|-(7)\/5----------------------------|-----5h7-7b--7B-------------------5--------|
A |-------------------------|----------5-------5/7--------------|-/7----------------------------------7-----|
E |-------------------------|--------------0------------------0-|-------------------------------------------|
Oo, ah! Oo,
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B |-------------------------------------|-----------8b-------------------|----------------------------------||
G |----------------------------------(0)|------7-------------------------|--------------------------------X-||
D |----5h7--7-7B---7p5------------------|-/9------------7------------(7)\|/5------------------------------X-||
A |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------5----------5/7------------X-||
E |---------------------3---------------|--------------------------------|------------0-----------------0---||
ah! Oo, ah! Yeah!
E7#9 G A E7#9
E |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B |-------8---8-----8---8---8----X\--|------3--3--3---3-/-5----5---5---7---5-------|-----8--8----8-8--8---8----|
G |-------7---7-----7---7---7----X\--|------4--4--4---4-/-6----6-------6-------6---|-----7--7----7-7--7---7----|
D |-------6---6-----6---6---6--------|------5--5--5---5-/-7----7-------------------|-----6--6----6-6--6---6----|
A |-------7---7-----7---7---7--------|---------------------------------------------|-----7--7----7-7--7---7----|
E |--0-------------------------------|--3---3--3--3---3-/-5----5-------------------|--0----------------------0-|
Pur-ple Haze_ all in my eyes,__ uh, don't know if it's_
G A E7#9
E |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B |------3----3----3-/--5-----5---7---7-p-5-----0--|----------8------8---8----8---8----------------|
G |------4----4----4-/--6-----6---6---6-------6----|----------7------7---7----7---7----------------|
D |------5----5----5-/-----------------------------|----------6------6---6----6---6------6---------|
A |------------------------------------------------|----------7------7---7----7---7-----------7\---|
E |--3---3----3----3-/--5--------------------------|---0-------------------------------------------|
day or night. You got me blow - in',
G A E5
E |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B |--3---3----3------------5------8\7----------5---|-----------------------------------------------|
G |--4---4----4------------6------6----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D |--5---5----5------------7------7----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E |--3---3----3------------5-----------------------|---0-------------------------------------------|
blow-in' my mind,__ is it to - mor - row, or just the
E |------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|------------8bb---------------------8bb------(8)\-|
G |----------------------------9/11----9------7----------|-------7---------------------7--------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------|--/9-------------------/9-------------------------|
A |----------------------------7/9-----7------5----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
end of time?
B D D#
A(sus2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------12--14-15--14 12h14p12----|
G |-------------------------12----|---(12)-----------------9----12---|----(12)------------------------------14-|
D |--------------------12---------|-----------------/11--------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-------------/14---------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtr.I
E |-----------0----0---0----------|-----------0----0------------0----|-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------0----0---0----------|-----------0----0---0---0----0----|-----------------------7---7-----8----8--|
G |---2-------2----2---2----2/4---|-----------4----4---4---4----4----|------7------7----7----7---7-----8----8--|
D |---2------------2---2----2-----|----------------------------------|------7------7----7----7---7-----8----8--|
A |---0---------------------0/2---|-----------2----2---2---2----2----|------5------5----5----5---5-----6----6--|
E |---0---------------------------|----0---------------0---0---------|------0------0----0----------------------|
Gtr.II
Oo,__ help me, ahh, yeah,_____
E7#9 F#5 D5 E7#9
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |-------------15B----15--15--15-15-|--15---15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15B--|--15--15--15--15--15---15---15---15---15-|
G |-----12---------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtr.I (pick randomly)
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |-------------8------8-------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G |-------------7------7-------------|----0-------0----7---7----6---6---|-----\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\---------------------|
D |-------------6------6---9--9--9h11|-------0----0---------------------|----2-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-0------------------|
A |-------------7------7---7--7------|-----------------5---5----4---4---|-----------------------------------------|
E |-----0------------------0--0------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtr.II Pur-ple Haze,_ Yeah. Oh, no,_ no,__ oh,_
F#5 D5 E7#9 F#5 D5
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |--15---15--15-15-15-15--15--15-15-|--15---15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15---|--15--15--15--15--15---15---15---15---15-|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtr.I
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G |-----\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------|------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\----------|-----\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\----------------|
D |-----2\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0------------|------2\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0--------|----2-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0--------------|
A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtr.II help me. tell me ba - by, tell me! I can't go on like this...
Pur-ple Haze...
E7#9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F#5 D5
E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B |----15----15---15-15-15------15B-----15^(20)-15^(18)-|---15B----15^(18)---15---15--15--15--15B-15^(18)-15B-|
G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
you're mak-in' me blow my mind... ma-ma...
Pur - ple Haze...
E7#9 F#5 D5
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E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B |----15B---15---15----15----15----15----15----15---15-|-15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15--15-|
G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
no, no.... no... no,___
Pur - ple Haze...
E7#9 F#5 D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B |----15^(18)----------15B---15----15----15----15---15-|-15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15--15-|
G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
___ it's pain - ful, ba - by...
Pur - ple Haze...
E7#9 F#5 D5
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E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B |----15---15---15-----15----15----15----15----15---15-|-15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15--15-|
G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Pur - ple Haze... fade out
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ok, that's it for Purple Haze. Hope you enjoy it! The solo is pretty cool and very weird. It's in E Dorian and
is very jazzy. Good song to improve yourself with others. Good for jamming too!
later...
P.S. The following article is mostly inspired by an article
from Guitar World... ;-)
{Electric CountryMan} (
geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224) (
geocities.com/SunsetStrip)