Jimi Hendrix

Voodoo Child Slight Return

Jimi Hendrix


Tom: E

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|| E-|--------------------|-----------3-3-|  |
B|| B-|--------------------|-----------3-3-|  |
| G-|------------2b3b2p0-|---------------|  |
E|| D-|-2-----2------------|-2-----2-------|  |
B|| A-|-2-----2------------|-2-----2-------|  |
G|| 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...

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