The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo child (slight return)
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***Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by "Guitar God" Jimi Hendrix***
the best song ever written and composed by the best guitarist ever
~ vibrato
slide down to
/ slide up to
X muffled note
9b bend
rb release bend
h hammer-on
p pull off
9b9 - bend 9 and then strike it again while its still bent
12h - hammer on the note next to it
12h15 - hammer-on last note indicated
12p - pull off the note next to it
12p14 - pull off the last note indicated
Notes: I'm tabbing this from the best of hendrix album so get the timing and everything from there
[intro]
a cool beat is played with the ninth frets muffled with a wah peddle
-------------------------------------------------x-x--
-------------------------------------------------x-x--
-9~--7-----7-----------------------9~--7-----7~--x-x--
--------9--------5--5--7--5---------------9------x-x--
-----------------------------7-------------------x-x--
-------------------------------------------------x-x--
------------------------------------------------------x--
------------------------------------------------------x--
-9~--7-----7-----------------------9~--7-----7~--91--x--
--------9--------5--5--7--5---------------9-----------x--
-----------------------------7------------------------x--
------------------------------------------------------x--
------------------------------------------------------x--
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-9~--7-----7-----------------------9~--7-----7~--9-b--x--
--------9--------5--5--7--5---------------9-----------x--
-----------------------------7------------------------x--
------------------------------------------------------x--
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-9~--7-----7-----------------------9~--7-----7--10b10--82---
--------9--------5--5--7--5---------------9------------------
-----------------------------7-------------------------------
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2x Riff 1
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
^ you have to get a little strum pattern going (down, up down, down, down, up down up)
v play this right after riff 1
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-14b1412~-------
-----------133--
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Riff 2
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0--
^ same strum pattern as riff 1
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-3b-rb-b-br--3b-rb-b-rb--3b hold--
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^ play this right after riff 2
Riff 1
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
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-----------12h-129-9-11--------------
-14b-13-12---------------10-9~--------
-------------------------------103---
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^ play this right after riff 1
3x Riff 1
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
Riff 2
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0--
Well, Im standin' ...
-0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--------0--
-0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--------0--
-0----0---0---0----2----2----2---2--------2--
-3----3---3---3----3----3----3---3--------0--
-3----3---3---3----3----3----3---3----/123--
-0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--------0--
^ Jimi actually plays a few single notes here, but I can't tell what they v are so I play it like this which sound good also
I chop it down ... end verse
-0------0--0----0----0---0-------0--0------------0-0-0------
-0------0--0----0----0---0-------0--0------------0-0-0------
-0------0--0----0----2---2-------2--2------------0-0-2/15~--
-3------3--3----3----3---3-------3--3------------3-3-3------
-3------3--3----3----3---3-------3--3------------3-3-3------
-0------0--0----0----0---0-------0--0------------0-0-0------
^ you have to just figure out by listening to the song when to sing over the chords
2x Riff 1
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
Riff 2
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0--
Well, I'm standin' ...
-0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--------0--
-0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--------0--
-0----0---0---0----2----2----2---2--------2--
-3----3---3---3----3----3----3---3--------0--
-3----3---3---3----3----3----3---3----/123--
-0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--------0--
I chop it down ...
-0------0--0----0----0---0-------0--0------
-0------0--0----0----0---0-------0--0------
-0------0--0----0----2---2-------2--2------
-3------3--3----3----3---3-------3--3------
-3------3--3----3----3---3-------3--3------
-0------0--0----0----0---0-------0--0------
Riff 1
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
Riff 2
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0--
Well, I pick up all the pieces ... end verse Might even raise ... end verse
-0------0--------0-------0------0--------0---0-----0---0---0---0---0-----0----0-------0------0---------
-0------0--------0-------0------0--------0---0-----0---0---0---0---0-----0----0-------0------0---------
-2------2--------2-------2------3--------3---3-----3---4---4---4---4-----3----3-------3------3---------
-3------3--------3-------3------4--------4---4-----4---5---5---5---5-----4----4-------4------4---------
-3------3--------3-------3------4--------4---4-----4---5---5---5---5-----4----4-------4------4---------
-0------0--------0-------0------0--------0---0-----0---0---0---0---0-----0----0-------0------0---------
Riff 1
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
Yeah!
Riff 1 without the last chord
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
-0-0-2-0-2-2-2--
-3-3-3-3-3-0-0--
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
Cause I'm a ... lord knows ... end verse
-0-------0---0--0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0---0------0----0--0---0------0------
-0-------0---0--0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0---0------0----0--0---0------0------
-0-------0---0--0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0---0------0----0--0---0------0------
-2-------2---2--2---3-3-3--3--4-4-4-4--3--3---3------3----2--2---2------2------
-2-------2---2--2---3-3-3--3--4-4-4-4--3--3---3------3----2--2---2------2------
-0-------0---0--0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0---0------0----0--0---0------0------
v play this lick right after ^
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-4-53-2-4b-3-5--| solo
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[solo]
---------------------------------------------------------------12-15b-17~-15-17-15-18-12h15p----------------------
-15b15rb-12-15~-15b-15-----12------------------------------15b-------------------------------12h15p---------------
-----------------------14b-------12b12rb--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------14---------12p14--------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------12p14--------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------12p14--------------------------------------------------------
that's about all of the song i know, but i hope what is here is put to good use and not just wasted