Voodoo Child5 guitar tab

Played by Jimi Hendrix

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SONG: Voodoo Child(slight return)
ARTIST: Jimi Hendrix
STYLE: Moderately fast Blues
TIMING: Cut time
KEY: G Major(G;Am;Bm;C;D;Em;F#m;G)
CHORDS:
E7: (0;2;2;1;3;0)
B7: (x;2;1;2;0;2)
A7: (x;0;2;2;2;3)
C:  (x;3;2;0;1;0)
D:  (x;x;0;2;3;2)

Instrumental Solo

Before the song really starts Jimi does some weird effects on the wah pedal...

Measure One:                                         Measure 13:
  q.e q q   q q h   q.e q q   s s                     q.e q q   q q h   q.e q q
|-0-------|-------|-0-----0-|-0---|[repeat this    ]|-0-------|-------|-0-----0-
|-----0-3-|-------|---0-0---|---3-|[riff 3x, then..]|-----0-3-|-------|---0-0---
|---2-----|-0-0-2-|---------|-----|                 |---2-----|-0-0-2-|---------
|---------|-------|---------|-----|                 |---------|-------|---------
|---------|-------|---------|-----|                 |---------|-------|---------
|---------|-------|---------|-----|                 |---------|-------|---------
           [right before the lyrics there is a guitar solo...find it in other ta

Before Measure 16: Guitar Plays this:  
|---------------|------------------------------------3--------------------------
|-/12-12-10-8---|------------------------------------3--------------------------
|-------------9-|----2b3b2p0-------------2b3b2p0--------14b15b14b15b14-12---14-1
|---------------|--2---------2---------2---------2------------------------------
|---------------|--2---------2---------2---------2------------------------------
|---------------|-\0---------0-0-3-0---0---------0-0----------------------------

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------2b4b(real slow)2-2b3b2p0-|[That's all the intro I know right now.
|-2--------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-0--------------------------|

Measure 16:    E7
  q q Well, I  stand up next to a mountain, And I chop it down with the edge of 
|-7-7--------|| [Then...] [play this after most verse lines...figure it out.]
|------------|| |--------------------------|
|------------|| |--------------------------|
|------------|| |--------------------------|
|------------|| |---0---0h2-0---0h2p0------|
|------------|| |-2---2-------2------------|
                |---------------------3-0--|
Measure 21:
        E7                                             E7
  e.s   h.e.s   h.e.s   h.e.s   h.e.s   h.e.s   h.e.s     Well, I stand up next 
|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---|
|-----|-0-----|-------|-0-----|-------|-0-----|-------|-0-|
|-0-1-|---0-1-|---0-1-|---0-1-|---0-1-|---0-1-|---0-1-|---|And I chop it down wi
|-----|-------|-2-----|-------|-2-----|-------|-2-----|---|
|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---|my hand.[Break into n
|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---| instrumental]

Measure 33:                        B7                                          A
  e.s   h.e.s   h.e.s   h Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island,
|-----|-------|-------|---|
|-----|-0-----|-------|-0-|                                 E7[while bass does i
|-0-1-|---0-1-|---0-1-|---| might even raise just a little sand.
|-----|-------|-2-----|---|
|-----|-------|-------|---|          [before measure 41...yet another unwritten 
|-----|-------|-------|---|

Measure 41:
E7                         E7               C
   q q   h q q   q q q q   h  'Cause I'm a Voodoo Child,[next bass instrumental]
 |-----|-------|---------|---|
 |-0-1-|-2---0-|-2-----3-|-2-|
 |-----|---2---|---2-2---|---|
 |-----|-------|---------|---|

Measure 46: D                           E7
  q q q q   q q q q Lord, knows, I'm a Voodoo Child, baby[while bass plays/fades
|---------|---------|
|---------|-0-0---0-|
|-3-1---3-|-----0---|        [A longer Jimi solo...then breaks into more lyrics.
|-----3---|---------|         them written down...look for them in the tabs on t

[-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo:Before Measure 50: 1:55                            e-----------------------
2:05                                                                 a----------
e-15b17-15-12----------------------------------------------------               
e---------------------------------------------------------- b-------------------
2:16                    2:26                                                    
and continuing....... 
e---------------------------------------------------------- b-------------------
                       2:35                                                 e---
e---------------------------------------------------------- b-------------------
2:45                                                                            
{repeat main riff a few times and use the hammer on pull off on the a string, th
e---------------------------------------------------------- b-------------------
'If i don't mean you no more in this world...I'll meet you in the next one and d
 {main riff} 
e---------------------------------------------------------- b-------------------
solo at 3:38                              3:42                                  
e-------12----12--15b17-15-12------------------------------                     
e------------------------------------------------------------- b----------------
            3:58 (wah wah wah) trem picking                                     
main riff and variations....... 
Solo at 4:21                                         e--------------------------
Finish off with main riff and variations. 
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Measure 50:
       Fade out.
  q q   q q q q   h q q
|-----|---------|-------||  
|---0-|-2---0-1-|-2---0-|| 
|-2---|---2-----|---2---||
|-----|---------|-------||
    DISCLAIMER: This was taken from the sheet music book: "Jimi Hendrix Antholog

If you want to improvise around the main riff, here it is:
|--------------------|------------3-3-|
|--------------------|------------3-3-|
|------------2b3b2p0-|----------------|
|-2-----2------------|-2-----2--------|
|-2-----2------------|-2-----2--------|
|-0-0-3-0--0---------|-0-0-3-0-0------|

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