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Voodoo Child (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.
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VOODOO CHILD (Slight Return)
Words and music by
JIMI HENDRIX
Transcribed by David Sladovic
E-mail: David.Sladovic@Uni-mb.si
Hi to all Hendrix fans!
Here's my version of this Hendrix's great song (My favorite one :)) ). The
rithm part is exact, but the solos sound a little different as on Electric
Ladyland (the solo (1)..). So if you want exact Hendrix sound you'll have
to change some solo parts, but in majority it does sound like on record!
And Intro part is maybe played different as I posted it ( I don't use
Wah Wah, so that could be the reason..), but it sound good to anyway...
...Have fun....
Tune guitar 1/2 step down
(1) = Eb (2) = Bb (3) = Gb
(4) = Db (5) = Ab (6) = Eb
Intro part:
Similar to this. (use Wah Wah) E5
E---||------------x-----------------x------||--||--------------------------
B---||------------x-----------------x------||--||--------------------------
G---||*-----x--x-----x--x--x-----x-----x--*||--||*--7/9~~~--7-----7--------
D---||*-----x--x-----x--x--x-----x-----x--*||--||*-------------9-----5-----
A---||------x--x-----x--x--x-----x-----x---||--||--------------------------
E---||---x--------------------x------------||--||--------------------------
2x
E---------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------
B---------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------
G---------------------|--7/9~~~--7-----7h9~~~--*||--7/9~~~--7-----7--------
D---^--5^--7~~~p5-----|-------------9----------*||-------------9-----5-----
A------------------7--|-------------------------||-------------------------
E---------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------
bu/--------\rb
E---------------------|--------------------------------------------||------
B---------------------|---------------------10^--(10)--(10)--8-----||------
G---------------------|--7/9~~~--7-----7h9----------------------9--||*-----
D---^--5^--7~~~p5-----|-------------9------------------------------||*-----
A------------------7--|--------------------------------------------||------
E---------------------|--------------------------------------------||------
E5 bu/\rb E5
E---------------------------------||------------------------------|--------
B---------------------------------||--10^--10--10^--(10)--8~~~----|--------
G---------2^--(2)p0--------------*||------------------------------|--------
D--------------------------------*||------------------------------|--------
A---2-----------------------------||----------------------------9\|--2-----
E---0--0-------------0--0--3--0---||------------------------------|--0-----
bu/\rb E5
E--------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------
B--------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------
G------2^--(2)p0-----|--2^--2^--2^--2^--2^--2^--2^--2^--(2)p0--|-----------
D--------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------
A--------------------|-----------------------------------------|--2--------
E---0-------------0--|-----------------------------------------|--0--0-----
Intro Solo (1)
E---------|----^----^--12--------------------------------------------------
B---------|--15---15-------15--12h14p12------15----------------------15----
G---------|------------------------------14------14--12------12--14--------
D---------|----------------------------------------------14----------------
A---------|----------------------------------------------------------------
E---3--0--|----------------------------------------------------------------
bu/\rb
E-----------------------------|--------------3----------------|------------
B-----------------------------|--------------3----------------|------------
G---14^--12--14^--(14)--12----|-----------------2^--(2)p0-----|------------
D-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------
A---------------------------9\|--2----------------------------|--2---------
E-----------------------------|--0--0--3--0----------------0--|--0--0------
bu/\rb
E---------3--3--3--|--------------3-------------|--------------------------
B---------3--3--3--|--------------3-------------|---------------------3----
G------------------|-----------------2^--(2)p0--|---------------4--4-------
D------------------|----------------------------|------------2-------------
A------------------|--2-------------------------|--------------------------
E---3--0-----------|--0--0--3--0----------------|--0--0--3^----------------
Well,I'm stand-in'next to a
E5
E-------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------
B---h5--|------------------------------------------------15~~~--|----------
G-------|-----7--4--7--7--4--7--4-----2p0-----------------------|----------
D-------|--2-----------------------7-------2p0------------------|----------
A-------|-------------------------------------------------------|--2-------
E-------|---------------------------------------0--3--0---------|--0--0----
mountain Chopit down-with the edge of my hand_
bu/\rb E5 bu/\rb
E---------3-------------|--------------3-------------|--------------7------
B---------3-------------|--------------3-------------|--------3--5--8------
G------------2^--(2)p0--|-----------------2^--(2)p0--|--4--4---------------
D-----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------
A-----------------------|--2-------------------------|---------------------
E---3--0----------------|--0--0--3--0----------------|---------------------
Well,I'm standin'next
bu/\rb
E---5--5--5--3--|----------------------------------------|-----------------
B---5--8--3--5--|----------------------------------------|--2--------------
G---------------|--2^--(2)p0--------7--4--7--7--4--7--4--|--2-----2p0------
D---------------|----------------2-----------------------|-----7-----------
A---------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------
E---------------|-------------0--------------------------|-----------------
to a mountain.. Chop it down with the edge of my hand
E5 bu/\rb E5 G
E--------|----------------------------|--------------|---------------------
B--------|----------------------------|--------------|--3--3--3--3--3------
G--------|--------------2^--(2)p0-----|--------------|--4--4--4--4--4------
D---2p0--|----------------------------|--------------|---------------------
A--------|----------------------------|--2-----------|---------------------
E--------|--0--0--3--0-------------0--|--0--0--3--0--|---------------------
Pick up the pieces,
A E5 Bu/\rb E5
E------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------
B---3--3--3--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|----------------------------|--------
G---4--4--4--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-----------------2^--(2)p0--|--------
D------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------
A------------|-----------------------|--2-------------------------|--2-----
E------------|-----------------------|--0--0--3--0--0-------------|--0-----
make an island|might rase a little sand...
C7 D7
E------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
B------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
G------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5----
D---------------2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4----
A------------2--2--2--2--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5----
E---0--3--0--0--0--0--0--|--------------------------|----------------------
'Cause I'm a Woodoo chile, Lord knows I'm a woo-
E5 bu/\rb E5
E---------|---------------------------------|-----------0--0--0--|---------
B---------|---------------------------------|-----------0--0--0--|---------
G---5--5--|-------------------2^--(2)p0-----|--------------------|---------
D---4--4--|---------------------------------|--------------------|---------
A---5--5--|--7\2----------------------------|--2-----------------|---------
E---------|----0--0--3--0--0-------------0--|--0--0--3-----------|---------
doo chile.. ETC..
Guitar solo (2)
bu/\rb
E--------------------------~~~~~~---------------12-------------------------
B---15^--15^--(15)--12--15^--------15-------12------15-------12------------
G--------------------------------------14^--------------14^------14^-------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------|---------------------------------------------
B---12-----------------------|---------------------------------------------
G-------14^--14^--14^--(14)--|--12~~~--------------------------------------
D----------------------------|------------14~~~--12------------------------
A----------------------------|-----------------------14--12h13p12----------
E----------------------------|---------0---------------------------15------
E-------|----------------------------------12------15^-----------(15)------
B-------|-------------------8~~~-------12------12--------------------------
G-------|--7^--7^--7^--(7)--------14^--------------------------------------
D-------|------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------|------------------------------------------------------------------
E---12--|------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------(15)-----15^--15--12h15p12------12---------------12--------------
B-------------------------------------15------15--12--15^------15--12------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E5 bu/
E------------12--------------------------------|---------------------------
B--------12------15p12-------------------------|---------------------------
G---14^-----------------14^--(14)--12------12--|-------------------2^------
D--------------------------------------14------|---------------------------
A----------------------------------------------|--7\2----------------------
E----------------------------------------------|----0--0--3--0--0----------
\rb E5 bu/\rb E5 bu/\rb
E-------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------
B-------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------
G---(2)p0-----|-----------------2^--(2)p0-----|--------------2^--(2)p0-----
D-------------|-----------2--2----------------|-----------2----------------
A-------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------
E----------0--|--0--0--3-------------------0--|--0--0--3-------------------
E5 bu/\rb E5
E---|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
B---|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
G---|--------------x--x--x--2^--(2)p0--|--------------x--x--x--------------
D---|--------------x--x--x-------------|--------------x--x--x--2p0h2p0-----
A---|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E---|--0--0--3--0----------------------|--0--0--3--0-----------------------
E5 bu/\rb E5
E---------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||------
B---------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||------
G---------||*--------------2^--(2)p0-----|------------------------*||------
D---h2p0--||*-----------2----------------|-----------2p0h2p0h2p0--*||------
A---------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||------
E---------||---0--0--3----------------0--|--0--0--3----------------||------
G A E5
E---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------
B---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|----------------------
G---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-----------------2----
D---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------
A---------------------------|-----------------------|--2-------------------
E---------------------------|-----------------------|--0--0--3--0--0-------
bu/\rb E5 C7
E-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------
B-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------
G---^--(2)p0--|--------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|------
D-------------|-----------------2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|------
A-------------|--2-----------2--2--2--2--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|------
E-------------|--0--0--3--0--0--0--0--0--|--------------------------|------
A7 E5 bu/\rb E5
E---------------------------|---------------------------------|------------
B---------------------------|---------------------------------|------------
G---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-------------------2^--(2)p0-----|------------
D---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|---------------------------------|------------
A---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--7\2----------------------------|--2---------
E---------------------------|----0--0--3--0--0-------------0--|--0--0------
Guitar solo (3)
bu/-----\rb
E------0--0--0--|-------------------------~~~~~~---------------12----------
B------0--0--0--|--15^-------(15)--12--15^--------15-------12------15------
G---------------|-------------------------------------14^------------------
D---------------|----------------------------------------------------------
A---------------|----------------------------------------------------------
E---3-----------|----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------|
B-----------|
G---14^-----| ... Here is solo played in a E blues scale, like solo(1)
D-----------| and (2)...I'm not gonna transcribe a whole thing now
A-----------| but you can get the major idea at solo (2)...If you
E-----------| can't figure it out E-mail me, maybe I'll help you OK?
bu/\rb E5 bu/\rb E5
E|---------------------------|-------------------------3--3--3-----
B|---------------------------|-------------------------3--3--3-----
G|----2^--(2)p0--------------|--2^--(2)p0--------------------------
D|---------------------------|-------------------------------------
A|--7\-----------------------|-------------------------------------
E|---------------0--0--3--0--|-------------0--0--3--0--------------
Bu/\rb
E---|-------------3--3--3--3--3--3--/--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14------
B---|-------------3--3--3--3--3--3--/--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14------
G---|--2^--(2)p0-----------------------------------------------------------
D---|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A---|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E---|----------------------------------------------------------------------
bu/\rb E5 bu/\rb
E---14--14--14--14--17^--|---------------------------------|---------------
B---14--14--14--14-------|---------------------------------|---------------
G------------------------|----2^--(2)p0--------------------|--2^--(2)------
D------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------
A------------------------|--7\-----------2-----------------|---------------
E------------------------|---------------0--0--3--0--0--0--|---------------
E5 Guitar Solo (4)
E-------------------|------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------|--15--17--18p17--15--17-------------------------------
G---p0--------------|-------------------------16--14--12------12--14^------
D-------------------|-------------------------------------14---------------
A-------2-----------|------------------------------------------------------
E-------0--0--3--0--|------------------------------------------------------
bu/\rb E5 bu/\rb
E---------------------|----------------------------||-----------------3----
B---------15----------|----------------------------||-----------------3----
G-------------12------|--2^--(2)p0-----------------||*--2^--(2)p0----------
D-----------------14--|----------------------------||*---------------------
A---------------------|-------------2--------------||----------------------
E---------------------|-------------0--0--3--0--0--||--------------0-------
bu/\rb E5
E---3--3--3--3---||--||------------------------------||--------------------
B---3--3--3--3---||--||------------------------------||--------------------
G---------------*||--||*--2^--(2)p0-----------------*||--2^--2^--2^--2-----
D---------------*||--||*----------------------------*||--------------------
A----------------||--||--------------2---------------||--------------------
E----------------||--||--------------0--0--3--0--0---||--------------------
Bu/\rb
E--------------||------------------------------||
B--------------||------------------------------||
G---^--2^--2^--||*--2^--(2)p0-----------------*|| Repeat many times and
D--------------||*----------------------------*|| fade out....END!
A--------------||--------------2---------------||
E--------------||--------------0--0--3--0--0---||
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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
===========================================================================
---------- ---------- ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6--- Tap
---------- ---------- Note --------
----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------
---------- ---------- -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop
---------- ---------- Note --s-----
----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap
---------- ||------|| Repeat --------
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend
---------- ||*----*|| --------
---------- ||------|| --------
---------- bu/\rb --------
-4:------- Time ---------- Bend up --------
-4:------- Signature ---------- and --------
---------- ---------- release --------
Comments, suggestons, anything at all at: David.Sladovic@Uni-mb.si
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This submission made to zorba@cais.com by JM (ElanS4@erols.com):
By the way, the long bend at the intro, you should flip your toggle
switch back and forth while doing it. Just thought you might like to
know.
(
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