Jimi Hendrix - Spanish castle magic
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SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC (Bassline)
As recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
(From the 1967 Album AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE)
Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Noel Redding - Bass (1/2 step down)'
Intro
Q=100
1/4 4/4
Gtr I (1/2step down)
Q W S S E E. S E E +S S E S S E E. S E Q E
|----|----------|------------------------|--------------------|
|----|----------|-2--------2-------------|-2--------2---------|
|----|----------|---2---4----4-4-(4)-2-4-|---2---4----4-4-----|
|----|----------|-----0------------------|-----0--------------|
1st Verse
|--3--|
S S E E. S E Q E S S E E. S E Q E S +S S E E E H
|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------||-9-(9)-9-9-9--------|
|---2---4----4-4----|---2---4----4-4----||--------------------|
|-----0-------------|-----0-------------||--------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S +S S E E E S +S S E E E S +S S E E E H S +S S E E E H
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-8-(8)-8-8-8---7-(7)-7-7-7---|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|-4-(4)-4-4-4--------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S +S S E E E H S +S S E E E S +S S E E E S +S S E E E H
|--------------------|-----------10-----------------|--------------------|
|-9-(9)-9-9-9--------|-8-(8)-8-8--8---7-(7)-7-7-7---|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
Chorus
|--3--|
S +S S E E E H S S E E. S E E +S S E S S E E. S E E S S S S
|--------------------||-2--------2-------------|-2--------2-------------|
|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------||---2---4----4-4-(4)-2-4-|---2---4----4-4-----2---|
|-4-(4)-4-4-4--------||-----0------------------|-----0----------2h4---4-|
|--------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~
S S E E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S S S S S S S E X T. +S E E E E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--------2---------2---|-2--------2---------2---2-|-4s6--(6)-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-|
|---2---4----4-4-2h4---4-|---2---4----4p2-4p2---4---|------------------------|
|-----0------------------|-----0--------------------|------------------------|
E S S E E E E E E S S E E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S E E S S E
|-------4-----------|------------------------|-----------------------||
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-3-4-|-2--------2---------2---|-2--------2-------3-4/-||
|-------------------|---2---4----4-4-2h4---4-|---2---4----4-4-4------||
|-------------------|-----0------------------|-----0-----------------||
2nd Verse
|--3--| |---3---| |--3--| |--3--|
S +S S E E E H S +S S E E E S +S S E E E S +S S E E E H
|--------------------|-10-(10)-10-10-10-----------------|--------------------|
|-9-(9)-9-9-9--------|--8--(8)--8--8--8---7-(7)-7-7-7---|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
S +S S E E E H S +S S E E E H S +S S E E E S +S S E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|-10-(10)-10-10-10---7-(7)-7--------|
|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------|-9-(9)-9-9-9--------|--8--(8)--8--8--8---7-(7)-7-7-7----|
|-4-(4)-4-4-4--------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
Chorus
|--3--| |--3--|
S +S S E E E H S +S S E E E H S S E E. S E E S E.
|--------------------|--------------------||-2--------------------|
|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------|-6-(6)-6-6-6--------||---2---4----4-4-2h4---|
|--------------------|-4-(4)-4-4-4--------||-----0----0-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
S S E E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S E T S. S S E
|-2--------2-------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2---4----4-4-----2---|-2--------2---------2---|-2--------2--------2---2-|
|-----0----------2h4---4-|---2---4----4-4-2h4---4-|---2---4----4-2s4----4---|
|------------------------|-----0------------------|-----0-------------------|
X T. +S E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S E E. S E E S S S S
|--------------------------|-----4-------------|------------------------|
|-4s6--(6)-6-6-6---6-5-4-3-|-2-2---2-2-2-3-4-5-|-2--------2---------2---|
|----------------6---------|-------------------|---2---4----4-4-2h4---4-|
|--------------------------|-------------------|-----0------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
S S S S E. S E E S +S S S +S S
|----------------------------------||
|-2----------2---------------------||
|---2-----4----4-------------------||
|-----0-0--------0-2-(2)-3-4-(4)-0-||
Guitar Solo
|--3---| |--3--|
E E E. S E E +S +S S E E S S E. S E E +S S S +S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-4-4-4--0-4-4-(4)-(4)-----|-4-4-x-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-2-(2)-3--|
|----------------------4-4-|-------------------------------|
|--3--|
S S S +S S E. S E E +S S E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-3s4-4-(4)-0-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-|
|------------------------------|
S S S S E S S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2h4-4-0-4-4-0-4-4-----2-|-3s4-4---4----4-4-----2h3--|
|-------------------2h4---|-------4----4-----2h4------|
S S S S E S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-3s4-4-0-4-4---4-4-----2h3-|
|-------------4-----2h4-----|
S S S S E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S E E S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3s4-4-0-4----4-4-----2s3-|-3s4-4-4--0-4-4-----2h3--|
|------------4-----2h4-----|----------------2h4------|
S S S S E. S E E S S S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3s4-4-0-4----4-4-----2h3-|-3s4-4-0-4-4---4-4-----2h3-|
|------------4-----2h4-----|-------------4-----2h4-----|
S S S S E S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-3s4-4-0-4-4---4-4-----2h3-|
|-------------4-----2h4-----|
Chorus
S S S S E. S E E E X T. +S S S E E. S E E +S S E
|-----------------------------||-2----------------------|
|-----------------------------||---2---4----4-4-(4)---4-|
|-3s4-4---4--0-4-4-4-6s8--(8)-||-----0----0---------0---|
|-------4---------------------||------------------------|
S S E X T. +E S E E S S S S S S E E. S E E S S S S
|-2----------------------------|------------------------|
|---2---2h4--(4)---4-4-----2---|-2--------2---------2---|
|-----0----------0-----2h4---4-|---2---4----4-4-2h4---4-|
|------------------------------|-----0------------------|
|-3--|
S S E E. S E S S +S S S S +S
|--------------------------------|
|-2--------2-----------2-4p2-(2)-|
|---2---4----4-2s4-(4)-----------|
|-----0--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E S S E E. S E E S S S S
|-----------------|-----4------------|------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-|-2-2----2-2-3-4-5-|-2--------2---------2---|
|-----------------|------------------|---2---4----4-4-2h4---2-|
|-----------------|------------------|-----0------------------|
Outro Guitar Solo
S S E E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S E E +S S E S S E E. S E S S Q
|------------------------||------------------------|----------------------|
|-2--------2---------2---||-2--------2-------------|-2--------2-----------|
|---2---4----4-4-2h4---2-||---2---4----4-4-(4)-2-4-|---2---4----4-4-x-----|
|-----0------------------||-----0------------------|-----0------------9\--|
|--3--|
S +S S E E. S E E Q S S E E. S E E S S S S S S E E. S E E +S S E
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-(2)--------2---------|-2--------2---------2---|-2--------2-------------|
|-------2---4----4-4-----|---2---4----4-4-2h4---4-|---2---4----4-4-(4)-2-4-|
|---------0----------9\--|-----0------------------|-----0------------------|
S S E E. S E E +S S E S S E E. S E Q E
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-2--------2-------------|-2--------2--------|
|---2---4----4-4-(4)-2-4-|---2---4----4-4--4-|
|-----0------------------|-----0-------------|
S S E E. S E Q E S S E E. S E Q E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2---------|
|---2---4----4-4--4-|---2---4----4-4--2--|
|-----0-------------|-----0--------------|
S S E E. S E Q E S S E E. S E Q E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------|
|---2---4----4-4--4-|---2---4----4-4--4-|
|-----0-------------|-----0-------------|
S S E E. S E Q E S S E E. S E Q E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------|
|---2---4----4-4--4-|---2---4----4-4--4-|
|-----0-------------|-----0-------------|
E E E. S E Q E S S E E. S E E +S S S S
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-2------2--------|-2--------2---------------|
|-----4----4-4--4-|---2---4----4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|---0-------------|-----0--------------------|
S S E E. S E Q E S S E E. S E Q E
|-------------------|--------------------*|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2---------*|
|---2---4----4-4--4-|---2---4----4-4--4--*|
|-----0-------------|-----0--------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths