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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Guitar Tablature
Artist-Jimi Hendrix
Song-Voodoo Child
Album-Greatest Hits
Tabber-Stephen Singh(Stereoworld)

Lets get to the tab

Intro-just left hand mute the strings up and down with the wah-wah effect on

start playing this at 10 seconds

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---7h9-7---7------------7h9-7-- 9---------------------------12----12----12-
d---------9---5-5-5p7----------9-----repeat-(x3) -------then-14b16-(hold)12-
a---------------------7--------------times----------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------12/

Next Riff- play at 32 seconds




--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----0-2(3)2p0------2(4)..........(3)2-2b3b2p0------------------
-2------------2--------------------------------------2--2--2-2-
-2------------------------------------------------------2--2-2-
-0-------------------------------------------0--0-3-----0--0-0-

-------12------12-----------------------------------------------------
-15(17)--15(17)-----15p12---------------------12-14(17)---------------
-----------------14-------14(16)14p12---12h14----------14-14p12-------
-------------------------------------14-------------------------14p12-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------
---------------------------
-14(16)-12-14(16)-12~~-----
---------------------------
---------------------------
-----------------------12-

||---------------3-3-----------||
||---------------3-3-----------||
||-------------------2(3)2p0---||
||-2----------2--------------2-||
||-2---2-----------------------||
||-0---0--3(4)-----------------||

 

 start playing small solo at 49 seconds

e----------------------------------------------------------
b-15b17-15-15b17-15-12-15----------------------------------
g------------------------14------12h14--14b16-------12h14--
d---------------------------12h14-------------12h14--------
a----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------

			
e----------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g--14b16-b16---14-12--/2-----------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------

}

e----------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------
d-------------0--2-----------------------------------------
a--------0--2----------------------------------------------
e---0--3--------------0-3-0--------------------------------

Verse ,start playing at  1min 5 secs (........NEXT TO A MOUNTAIN)
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------0-----------------------------------------------
---0-2---2p0----0-2------------0---0h2-0---0h2p0-----
-2-----------h2--------------2---2-------2-----------
---------------------0-3-0-----------------------3-0-

---0----0--5(7)5p3p0--5p3h5--5-3(4)------------------------------------
-0---3------------------------------5---0--3p0-3-3p0-3p0---------------
---------------------------------------------------------2(3)-2(3)-2p0-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 E7/D  Asus/C# 
-----
-----
-4-2-
-0-0-
-5-4-
-----

---------------------------
-15(17)-15(17)15-12-15(17)-
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------

solo starts at 1min 55secs 



e---------------------------------------------------------------
b--15b17-15b17-15-12-15-15b17-----------------------------------
g--------------------------------12h14-12--14b16b14p12----------
d----------------------------12h14---------------------12--14---
a---------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------

							
a----------------------------------------------12h15-15b17-(hold)-
d----------------------------------------12h15--------------------
e---------------------------------12--14--------------------------
d--14-12-------------14--12--14-----------------------------------
a--------14-12----------------------------------------------------
e--------------15-12----------------------------------------------
						
e-15b17-15-12----------------------------------------------------
b-------------15-12----------------------------------------------
g-----------------------12-----12-----12-----12--14b16-14-12-----
d-------------------12h14--12h14--12h14--12h14---------------14--
a----------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g---------------2b4b2p0------------------------------------
d------------------------2p0---------2-2-0-2---------------
a----------------------------2p0---------------------------
e---0-0-0-3-0--------------------3p0-----------------------

Songs at almost 2mins 25 seconds now. Able to keep up with the pace of Hendrix?				

e------12----12-----12----------15b17------------------------------------
b--12h15-12h15--12h15--12h15---------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------------------------

Start to pick up the pace and use the wah wah again

the main riff starts to repeat itsel after till



e----------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------
d-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------
a-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------
'coz i'm a voodoo chile, voodoo child, lord knows i'm a voodoo child'

The amazin outro solo to the song goes something like this

outro:
-------------------------12------------------------------------------------------
-15(17)15p12-15(16)(17)-----15-12----15-12---------------------------------14p12-
----------------------------------12-------14(16)14-12----12-14(16)-12-----14p12-
-------------------------------------------------------14--------------14--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------12--------12-15-12-15(17)-15-12-14p12--------12--------------------------
-15(17)----15(17)-----------------------------15(17)----15p12--15p12-------------
---------------------------------------------------------------14----14(16)14p12-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------12-------
--------------12-15-12-15(17)~-12-12-12-12----------------------------15----15-12-
----12h14(16)-------------------------------14(16)1414p12----12h14(16)------------
-14-------------------------------------------------------14----------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------15-----------------------15(17)~----12-------------------------------
-14(16)14----14(16)-14p12----12h14---------14----14p12----14-12----------------
--------------------------14---------------------------14-------14-12----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------1412p0--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Repeat x4                                  Repeat x6
------------------------||--3--3--3--3-||----------------------4/16-||16-16-16-16-16-16-||
------------------------||--3--3--3--3-||----------------------3/15-||15-15-15-15-15-15-||
-2(3)2p0--------1------1||--1--1--1--1-||----------------------4/16-||16-16-16-16-16-16-||
---------2---2--2------2||--2--2--2--2-||---2--2--------------------||------------------||
---------2---2--2-------||-------------||-----------------0---------||------------------||
-----------0----0--3p0--||-------------||--------0--0--3----0-------||------------------||



--------12(14)-12----12-----------------------------------------------
-/12-15-----------15----12-15----12-------------15--------------------
------------------------------14----12h14-14(16)--(16)14-12-14-12-----
------------------------------------------------------------------12-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


   Repeat x8
-||-------0-||----------------------------------------------------0----------------------
-||-------0-||----------------------------------------------------0--0-------------------
-||14(16)---||----------------2(4)2p0------1--1-1---2(3)2p0----------1--2(4)(3)2-2(4)2p0-
-||---------||-2----------2-----------2----2--2-2-----------2--------2-------------------
-||---------||-2---------------------------2--2-2----------------------------------------
-||---------||---0-0--3-4---0-----------0----------------------0-------------------------


compramise till the song fades out

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