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Jimmy Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
(E pentatonic)
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...
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-|
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-|---------------------------------|
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...
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.
---
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
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--9------7----------------9v-------9--9-slide to nothing-
-----7h9------5-5--7p5---------7h9-----------------------
-----------------------7---------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
WAH-WAH
later replace that end with this:
-------------------------------------------------------
--------10b-hit bended (once)-10-8---------------------
9-----7------------------------------------------------
--7h9--------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
full bend
Main riff:
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-----------2bend up, bend down, pull off to 0----
---------2---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--0-0--3--------------------------------------0--
full bend
Main riff variation
-----------33333--0----
-----------33333--0----
-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------------------
0-0--3--0--------------
his favourite chord
little solo (at the beginning):
----------------------------------
-12-------------------------------
-14b-----14b-bd--12---------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--------------------12-slide down-
full bend
--------------------------------
3-p-0--3-p-0-....---------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
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
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---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------
-------------
-------------
I'm a voodoo...
------------------------------
------------------------------
-3--------------------5-------
-2--------------------4-------
-3--------------------5-------
------------------------------
C7 D7
this solo he plays live on a video:
---------------------12-vib--12----12----------------------------------
-15b---15b-bd--12-15------------15-------------------------------------
---------------------------------------14b--12----...------------------
-----------------------------------------------14-...------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------12-slide down---
full bend
Voodoo Chile
as recorded by SRV
written by J. Hendrix
At first you have to mute the strings and break out the ol' wah pedal
listen to the record and get the rythm down good. Then go into...
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5---3----3-----------------|--5--3---3--5-------------------------------|
G|--------4------0--0-2--0----0|-------4------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------2--|----------------5--5sd----------------------|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5---3---3---------------0--|--5--3----3--5----b*10--8-------------------|
G|--------4-----0--0--2-0------|-------4-------------------9----------------|
D|------------------------2----|--------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
Main Riff
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|----------------------0--0-0-------|-repeat the last bar a few -----------|
G|-----------2h3p2p0----1--1-1-------|---then go into the verse-------------|
D|----------------------2--2-2-------|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-0-------0----------0---------3--0-|--------------------------------------|
Well I'm standin' next to a mountain chop it down with the edge of my hand
E
Repeat
Pick up the peices make an island might even raise a little sand
G main riff
Cause I'm a voodoo chile voodoo chile, lord knows Im a voodoo chile
C7 D7 E(main Riff)
(random muted strumming)
E---------------XX-----------------------------------------------------------------
B------X--------XXX-----------------------------------------------------------------
G------X-X-----------------9~~----9~----------------9-------9-XX-------------------
D------X-X--------------------7-9----5-5-7-5-----------7-9----------------------------
A------X-------------------------------------H7----------------------------------------
E--XX-------XX-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------X-X-----------------------------------------------
G--9~~----9~----------------9-------9^-XX-----------------------------------------------
D-----7-9----5-5-7-5-----------7-9------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------H7---------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------X-X----------------------------------------------
G--9~~----9~----------------9-------9^-XX-----------------------------------------------
D-----7-9----5-5-7-5-----------7-9------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------H7--------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9~~----9~----------------9-------9~~----14^-14^-12------------------------------------
D-----7-9----5-5-7-5-----------7-9---------------------14--------------------------------
A---------------------7~~---------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------12/0-----------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------2^-0------------------2^-0--------------------------------------------
G---------------------2~~-------------------2~--------------15^-15^ 14-12~~~-------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0-(let ring)-----------0-3-0------------------0-3-0-----------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------2^-0-------------2^-2^-2^-2^-2^-2^-2^-2^- (slow realise)--------
G-------------------------2~----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----15/0---2------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----15-0---0----------------0-3-0---------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------2^-0-----2-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------2-3-----------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--12/0--0----------------0-3-0----------------------------------------------------------
( the solo goes something like this, but i dont think its anywhere close...erm
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--15^-15^-15-12-h15-p12---------------------------------14^-14^-14^-12~~~~-----------
G------------------------15-14-12~-12-15-12-------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------12-15-12----------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------2^-0---------------2^-0-------------------------------------------
G-----------------------3-3---------------2~~--------------------------------------
D-----------------------3-3--------------------------------------------------------
A--12/0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--12/0---0-3-0--------------3-0-3-------------3-0-------------------------------