'Purple Haze' by Jimi Hendrix - Guitar Tutorial

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              Tablature explanation
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    B      Full Bend     Here is a little beauty from this kind of GOD who
    b      1/2  Bend     never die (we always keep his soul in our heart).
    bb     1/4  Bend
  ~~~~~    Tremolo
   ^(#)    Bend to (#)                             Enjoy it!
    /      Slide up
          Slide down
    h      Hammer-on
    p      Pull-off   
   (#)     Ghost note
    Rest                                    Purple Haze 
                                                        by
                                           Jimi 'the dead GOD' Hendrix
                                                                                           words and music by
                                             for his 50'th anniversary                          Jimi Hendrix

INTRO
                                                                      
E|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------8--------8----|--------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------------------|
E|------6--------6---------|----------------------------|


              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~               ~~~~~~~~~~~
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------8b-------------|---------------------------| 
G|-------7-----------------|---------------------------|                                                                                  
D|---/9--------7--------(7)|--5------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----5-----5/7-------------|
E|-------------------------|--------0------------------|


                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~~~                   
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------------8b---------|---------------------------|
G|----------7--------------|---------------------------|
D|----/9------------7------|-(7)/5--------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------5-------5/7------|
E|-------------------------|--------------0------------|


                           
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------------|---------------------------| 
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------5---7---7B---5---|-------5-------------------|
A|--5/7--------------------|-----------0-----3-----0---|                        
E|-------------------------|--------------0------------|


                        ~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~~~~~~~
E|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------------| 
G|-------------------------|------------------7---7--9--|
D|--------5--7B----5h7-(7)-|-----5-------/9-------------|
A|---5/7-------------------|---------5------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------------|



E|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------0-----------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-------------15---------|----------------------------|



VERSE

            E7#9                                        
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8---8---------8---8---------8------------| 
G|---------7---7---------7---7---------7------------|
D|---------6---6---------6---6---------6------------|
A|---------7---7---------7---7---------7------------|
E|--0-----------------------------------------------|
                                                                                   
   G                     A 
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--3------3----3---------5-----5---5---7-p-5---5---|
G|--4------4----4---------6-----6---6---6-------6---|
D|--5------5----5---------7-----7---7---7-------7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3------3----3----3----5-----5-------5-------5---|

   E7#9                                                
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8---8---------8---8----8----8------------|
G|---------7---7---------7---7----7----7------------|
D|---------6---6---------6---6----6----6------------|
A|---------7---7---------7---7----7----7---7-------|
E|--0-----------------------------------------------|

    G                     A                            
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3---------------5---5---7-p-5---5---| 
G|--------------4---------------6---6---6-------6---|
D|--------------5---------------7---7---7-------7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3------3----3----3----5-----5-------5-------5---|

   E7#9                                G                 A                           E7#9
E|----------------------------------|----------3----------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------8---8-----8---8---8--------|--3-------3---------5----5---5---7-p-5---5---|-----8--8----8-8--8---8----|
G|-------7---7-----7---7---7--------|--4-------4---------6----6---6---6-------6---|-----7--7----7-7--7---7----|
D|-------6---6-----6---6---6--------|--5-------5---------7----7---7---7-------7---|-----6--6----6-6--6---6----|
A|-------7---7-----7---7---7---7---|---------------------------------------------|-----7--7----7-7--7---7----|
E|--0-------------------------------|--3---3--------3----5----5-------5-------5---|--0------------------------|
         Pur-ple Haze_            all  in   my   brain,_                               lately things  just don't
      G                  A                             E7#9
E |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------3---------5-----5---5---7-p-5---5----|----------8------8------8----8------8----|
G |-----------4---------6-----6---6---6-------6----|----------7------7------7----7------7----|
D |-----------5---------7-----7---7---7-------7----|----------6------6------6----6------6----|
A |------------------------------------------------|----------7------7------7----7------7----|
E |--3----3---3----3----5-----5-------5-------5----|---0-------------------------------------|
    seem  the same.                                        Act - in'    funny,         but  I
      G                     A                                E5
E |------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
B |--3------3----3---------5-----5---5---7-p-5---5-------|---------------------|-------------------------------| 
G |--4------4----4---------6-----6---6---6-------6-------|---------------------|-------------------9/11--9---7-|
D |--5------5----5---------7-----7---7---7-------7-------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------7/9---7---5-|
E |--3------3----3----3----5-----5-------5-------5-------|--0------------------|-------------------------------|
     don't know why,                                         s'cuse me;____  while I kiss  the sky.                                         

                                   ~~~~~~~~~      E7#9                           G                  A
E |------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-------------8b----------------8b---------|------8--------8-----8-8-8-8----|------------3--------5---5-5-5---| 
G |--------7----------------7----------------|------7--------7-----7-7-7-7----|------------4--------6---6-6-6--|
D |---/9-------------/9----------------------|------6--------6-----6-6-6-6----|------------5--------7---7-7-7--|
A |------------------------------------------|------7--------7-----7-7-7-7----|---------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|--0---------------------------0-|--3----3----3----3---5---5---5---|
                                                     Pur - ple Haze_              all   a   - round,_
     E7#9                                 G                  A                            E7#9
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------8--------------------------|-----------3---------------5---5---7---5---5---|-----8-----8--------------------|
G |--------7--------------------------|-----------4---------------6---6---6---6---6---|-----7-----7--------------------|
D |--------6--------------------------|-----------5---------------7---7---7---7---7---|-----6-----6--------5-----------|
A |--------7---------5h7-5------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----7-----7-----5----7-5-------|
E |--0----------5h7---------7--6--5---|--3----3---3----3----5-----5-------5-----------|--0------------7----------7-6-5-|
     don't know  if   I'm    com - in'    up   or  down.                                     Am  I  hap - py      or
      G                     A                                E5
E |------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |--------------3---------5-----5---5---7-p-5---5-------|-------------------------|-------------------------------| 
G |--------------4---------6-----6---6---6-------6-------|-------------------------|-------------------9/11--9---7-|
D |--------------5---------7-----7---7---7-------7-------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------7/9---7---5-|
E |--3------3----3----3----5-----5-------5-------5-------|--0----------------------|-------------------------------|
     in  mis - er - y?                          What-ev - er  it  is__  that  girl  put a spell on me._ 

                                        A                                B        ~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~
E |----------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------15---------------15-------12--|
B |----------------8bb----------8(0)|-----------12B------------12B-|-------------------------------------------| 
G |-----------7-------------7--------|-------9--------------9-------|--------12----------------12---------------|
D |-----/9-------------/9------------|-/11------------/11-----------|---/14---------------/14-------------------|
A |----------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
                                               Help me!                           Help me!
                  
                                                            Guitar solo (w/Octavia)
       D   ~~~~~~      ~~~~~~                               E7#9
E |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------15----------15--15-----15-----15-------|------------------------------------------------------| 
G |------14B---------14b----------14B----14B----14B------|--16--16-h-18-18-h-18-p-16--1614----14h16p14---1413-|
D |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
             Oh,____   no,____        no!
        F#5                 D5                             E7#9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------X-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| 
G |---13/14--------14B-----X----------12---14--12--------|----12---------------11/1211--11---------------------|
D |-------------------------------14---------------14----|---------------------------------------14-----12------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|

       F#5                        D5                        E7#9                                        ~~~~~~~~~
E |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| 
G |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------12--14--12---11--12-----------------14---16---|---(16)----14h16p1412--12/14--14----14/16---12-------|
A |------------------------------------14/16-------------|------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|

 
       F#5                          D5                     E7#9
E|------------------------------------------------------|----------------14-------12h14p12------12-------------|
B|---------------------------------------17------------|----------------------------------15-------14h15p14---| 
G|------------------------------------------------------|--11---12---------------------------------------------|
D|-----16--12--16--12--16-----12-------------12---14----|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
       F#5                                         E5            ~~~~~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~~~~~~
E|--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----14---12B---12h14h12--------15----------||------------8b-----------------|-----------------------------| 
G|-------------------------14B---------14B----||--------7----------------------|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------||--/9------------7----------(7)|/5---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------5-------5/7------------|
E|--------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|----------0------------------|
                                                              Oh,                              ah!


                      ~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~~~~~~~                       ~~~~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~~
 E |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 B |--------------8b---------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
 G |----------7--------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 D |----/9------------7------|-(7)/5----------------------------|-----5h7-7b--7B-------------------5--------|
 A |-------------------------|----------5-------5/7--------------|-/7----------------------------------7-----|
 E |-------------------------|--------------0------------------0-|-------------------------------------------|
                   Oo,                          ah!                               Oo,

                       
                          ~~~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                       ~~~~~~~~~~
 E |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
 B |-------------------------------------|-----------8b-------------------|----------------------------------||
 G |----------------------------------(0)|------7-------------------------|--------------------------------X-||
 D |----5h7--7-7B---7p5------------------|-/9------------7------------(7)|/5------------------------------X-||
 A |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------5----------5/7------------X-||
 E |---------------------3---------------|--------------------------------|------------0-----------------0---||
                       ah!                              Oo,                                 ah!        Yeah!


     E7#9                                G                 A                           E7#9
 E |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
 B |-------8---8-----8---8---8----X--|------3--3--3---3-/-5----5---5---7---5-------|-----8--8----8-8--8---8----|
 G |-------7---7-----7---7---7----X--|------4--4--4---4-/-6----6-------6-------6---|-----7--7----7-7--7---7----|
 D |-------6---6-----6---6---6--------|------5--5--5---5-/-7----7-------------------|-----6--6----6-6--6---6----|
 A |-------7---7-----7---7---7--------|---------------------------------------------|-----7--7----7-7--7---7----|
 E |--0-------------------------------|--3---3--3--3---3-/-5----5-------------------|--0----------------------0-|
          Pur-ple Haze_            all  in   my   eyes,__          uh,                  don't know   if it's_     


      G                  A                             E7#9
 E |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 B |------3----3----3-/--5-----5---7---7-p-5-----0--|----------8------8---8----8---8----------------|
 G |------4----4----4-/--6-----6---6---6-------6----|----------7------7---7----7---7----------------|
 D |------5----5----5-/-----------------------------|----------6------6---6----6---6------6---------|
 A |------------------------------------------------|----------7------7---7----7---7-----------7---|
 E |--3---3----3----3-/--5--------------------------|---0-------------------------------------------|
     day   or night.                                       You   got   me   blow  -  in',   


      G                     A                          E5  
 E |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 B |--3---3----3------------5------87----------5---|-----------------------------------------------|
 G |--4---4----4------------6------6----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 D |--5---5----5------------7------7----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 A |------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 E |--3---3----3------------5-----------------------|---0-------------------------------------------|
     blow-in' my  mind,__                is it             to  -  mor  -  row,   or  just   the



 E |------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 B |------------------------------------------------------|------------8bb---------------------8bb------(8)-| 
 G |----------------------------9/11----9------7----------|-------7---------------------7--------------------|
 D |------------------------------------------------------|--/9-------------------/9-------------------------|
 A |----------------------------7/9-----7------5----------|--------------------------------------------------|
 E |------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
       end    of   time?

                                        B                                   D                         D#
      A(sus2)                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 B |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------12--14-15--14 12h14p12----|
 G |-------------------------12----|---(12)-----------------9----12---|----(12)------------------------------14-|
 D |--------------------12---------|-----------------/11--------------|-----------------------------------------|
 A |-------------/14---------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
    Gtr.I

 E |-----------0----0---0----------|-----------0----0------------0----|-----------------------------------------|
 B |-----------0----0---0----------|-----------0----0---0---0----0----|-----------------------7---7-----8----8--|
 G |---2-------2----2---2----2/4---|-----------4----4---4---4----4----|------7------7----7----7---7-----8----8--|
 D |---2------------2---2----2-----|----------------------------------|------7------7----7----7---7-----8----8--|
 A |---0---------------------0/2---|-----------2----2---2---2----2----|------5------5----5----5---5-----6----6--|
 E |---0---------------------------|----0---------------0---0---------|------0------0----0----------------------|
    Gtr.II
            Oo,__                            help  me,                            ahh,              yeah,_____


     E7#9                                 F#5            D5                 E7#9
           ~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 B |-------------15B----15--15--15-15-|--15---15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15B--|--15--15--15--15--15---15---15---15---15-|
 G |-----12---------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
    Gtr.I                                                                      (pick randomly)
 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 B |-------------8------8-------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 G |-------------7------7-------------|----0-------0----7---7----6---6---|--------------------------|
 D |-------------6------6---9--9--9h11|-------0----0---------------------|----2--0------------------|
 A |-------------7------7---7--7------|-----------------5---5----4---4---|-----------------------------------------|
 E |-----0------------------0--0------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
    Gtr.II      Pur-ple  Haze,_  Yeah.                     Oh,     no,_       no,__                          oh,_



      F#5             D5                 E7#9                              F#5                   D5

 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 B |--15---15--15-15-15-15--15--15-15-|--15---15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15---|--15--15--15--15--15---15---15---15---15-|
 G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 D |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
    Gtr.I                                                                                     
 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 G |-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
 D |-----2------------|------2--------|----2---------------|
 A |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
    Gtr.II    help me.             tell me  ba - by, tell  me!              I can't go on like this...                
                                                     Pur-ple Haze...


     E7#9                                                                         
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                  F#5                       D5                           
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 B |----15----15---15-15-15------15B-----15^(20)-15^(18)-|---15B----15^(18)---15---15--15--15--15B-15^(18)-15B-| 
 G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
      you're  mak-in'  me         blow   my   mind...                                          ma-ma...
                             Pur  -  ple    Haze...


       E7#9                                                  F#5                        D5
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 B |----15B---15---15----15----15----15----15----15---15-|-15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15--15-| 
 G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
       no,         no....                    no...                                             no,___
                   Pur  -  ple   Haze...


       E7#9                                                  F#5                        D5
                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 B |----15^(18)----------15B---15----15----15----15---15-|-15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15--15-| 
 G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
       ___      it's     pain      -       ful, ba - by...
                     Pur - ple  Haze...

       E7#9                                                  F#5                        D5
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 B |----15---15---15-----15----15----15----15----15---15-|-15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15--15-| 
 G |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 D |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 A |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 E |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
               Pur  -  ple  Haze...                                                                     fade out


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  Ok, that's it for Purple Haze. Hope you enjoy it! The solo is pretty cool and very weird. It's in E Dorian and
is very jazzy. Good song to improve yourself with others. Good for jamming too!

                                   later...

P.S. The following article is mostly inspired by an article from Guitar World... ;-)


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