Version: Studio
From the album: Continuum
Writer: Jimi Hendrix
Tuning: Eb - standard
(Don't know this tuning?)
Date released: 12 September 2006
Date posted: 11 September 2024, 15:19 (7 months ago)
Last updated: 11 September 2024, 15:19 (7 months ago)
Note: this song is originally written and recorded by Jimi
Hendrix. John uses Hendrix's style of playing which uses
double-stops, and melodic licks, but is very improvisational.
Whenever Jimi and John play this song, they never play it the
same. Due to this, I will show an example of how the Verse
could be played. In the future I will maybe put the exact way
to play the entire song. For just learning the song, this is
not necessary.
Note 2: above the chords, I put the name of the chords. You can
play any version you know of the chord. For example, you can
play an A either as 5x7655 or x02220 or x-0-12-10-11-0.
Play whichever variation you feel at that moment :)
[Verse: an example.] (from YuriR)
A E F#m D
D#|--5/---x-------0--0----|--2-------------------------|
A#|--5/---x-------0--0----|--2-------------------------|
F#|--6/---x-------1--1h2p1|--2--2h4p2------------7---7-|
C#|--7/---x-------2--2----|--4--4-----2h4-----/7-7h9-7-|
G#|--7/---x-------2--2----|--4-------------/5----------|
D#|-------x--14\--0--0----|--2-------------------------|
A E F#m D
D#|-----5---5--0---------|----------------|
A#|-----5h7-5--0---------|----------------|
F#|------------1--1h2p1--|----2----7------|
C#|------------2--2------|----2h4--7---7--|
G#|------------2--2------|---------5-4-4--|
D#|--/5--------0---------|-/2-------------|
[Part 1]
D#|--5----0----2----------|
A#|--5----0----2-----7----|
F#|--6----1----2-----7----|
C#|--7----2----4-----7----|
G#|-------2----4-----5----|
D#|--5----0----2----------|
[Part 2]
D#|--------------------------|
A#|--7---5----7----3---(4)---|
F#|--7---6----7----4---(5)---|
C#|--7---7----9----5---(6)---|
G#|--5-----------------------|
D#|------5----7----3---(4)---|
[Part 3]
D#|---5----0-----2-----3---|---5----12-------------|
A#|---5----0-----2-----3---|---5----12----10-------|
F#|---6----1-----2-----4---|---6----13----7--------|
C#|---7----2-----4-----5---|---7----14----7--------|
G#|------------------------|--------------9--------|
D#|---5----0-----2-----3---|---5----12-------------|
A E F#m
D#|---------------|--2-------|
A#|---5------9----|--2-------|
F#|---6------9----|--2-------|
C#|---7------9----|--4-------|
G#|---7------7----|--4-------|
D#|---5-----------|--2-------|
[Part 3b] (Leading up to solo)
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|----5---5---5---5--------------|
F#|----6h7p6h7p6h7p6--------------|
C#|----7---7---7---7--------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|
[Part 4]
A Bm D G
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|---5---7---7---3--(4)----------|
F#|---6---7---7---4--(5)----------|
C#|---7---9---7---5--(6)----------|
G#|-----------5-------------------|
D#|---5---7-------3--(4)----------|
[Solo] (tabbed by Bryson11)
D#|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
A#|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
F#|-4b-4bbrp2-4b-|-4b-4p2-4vvv-|-4bbrbbr-----|-2---2-----|
C#|--------------|-------------|---------2p4-|---4---4-5-|
G#|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
D#|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
D#|-------|--------------|----------|---------------------|
A#|-------|-----10-------|----------|--------------2------|
F#|-2R--2-|----9--12bbrb-|-12b-12-9-|-4b-4-2-2---2R-4p2-2-|
C#|---2R--|-/11----------|----------|-------4-2h4------4--|
G#|-------|--------------|----------|---------------------|
D#|-------|--------------|----------|---------------------|
D#|---5----9-------||---------||----------------------------|
A#|----------10-10-||o----15-o||-18bbr-15-18p17p15----------|
F#|---------9--9---||--17b----||-------------------17-14vvv-|
C#|-/7---/9--------||---------||----------------------------|
G#|----------------||o-------o||----------------------------|
D#|----------------||---------||----------------------------|
D#||---------------||------------------------------------|
A#||o-18b-10------o||-18b-18-----------------------------|
F#||--------17p15--||-------17p15--15-17p15--17bbr-15vvv-|
C#||---------------||------------17--------17------------|
G#||o-------------o||------------------------------------|
D#||---------------||------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------|-19b-19--20b-20--21b-21bbr--|
A#|21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b--21-|-------21------21---------21|
F#|-----------------------19---|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D#|----------------------5-5--3-3-|------------------------|
A#|-15-14-------10-9-----5-5--3-3-|--------------2---------|
F#|-14-14-------9--9-----6-6--4-4-|-4b-4-2-2---2R-4p2-2vvv-|
C#|-14-14--14/--9--9-9/--7----5---|-------4-2h4------4-----|
G#|-------------------------------|------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|------------------------|
D#|---5---9---------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|----------14vvvv-|
C#|-/7--/9----------|
G#|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|
distortion turned off
D#|------------------|--------|---------------------------|
A#|-8--8-------------|--------|---------------------------|
F#|-7b-7p5-----5-----|-12/14v-|-16b-16b-16b-16b-16b---14v-|
C#|--------5vv---7p5-|--------|---------------------16----|
G#|------------------|--------|---------------------------|
D#|------------------|--------|---------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------|-17/-|----------------|
A#|--------------------------------|-----|----------------|
F#|-16b-16b-16b-16b-16b-17b-14vvv--|-----|-16bbrp14-14vvv-|
C#|--------------------------------|-----|----------------|
G#|--------------------------------|-----|----------------|
D#|--------------------------------|-----|----------------|
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F#|---5-7b-7-5------------5-7bbr-5-|
C#|-/7--------7p5--5-7p5-----------|
G#|--------------/7------7---------|
D#|--------------------------------|
(Leading up to key change)
D#|---------------------------------|
A#|---7/8--------(5)----------------|
F#|---7/8--7p5----5b6---------------|
C#|------------7------7--5----------|
G#|-------------------------7-5-4---|
D#|---------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|---5-----7---------------------|
F#|---5h6---7--repeat-------------|
C#|-------7-----------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|
[Part 5]
D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|---10-10-10-10-10-10---8----------8/--|
F#|---10-10-10-10-10-10---9----------9/--|
C#|---10-10-10-10-10-10---10--(3x)---10/-|
G#|---8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------|
D#|-----------------------8----------8/--|
[Lyrics]
(1) Anger he smiles towering in shiny metallic purple armor
Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
(2) Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted
They quietly understand
The once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
But wonder why the fight is on
(3) But they're all, they bold as love
Yeah, they're all, they bold as love
They're all, they bold as love
Just ask the axis
(4)
(1) My red is so confident that he flashes
Trophies of war and ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring
But very unsteady for the first go around
(2) My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from
Giving my life to a rainbow like you
(3) I'm bold, I'm bold as love
Yeah, I'm bold, I'm bold as love
I'm bold, I'm bold as love
Just ask the axis
(3b) Yeah, he knows, he knows everything
(Solo) (play part 3 in background)
(play part 1 in background when distortion is turned off)
(3) (PLAY THREE HALF STEPS HIGHER) I'm bold, bold as love
(5)
Tabbed by: Jasper Geijsberts
Edited by: Jasper Geijsberts
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