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Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix
Intro: / Bb5 - - - / - - - - /
/ E5 - - - / x8 (w/main riff)
/ E7+9 - - - / G - A - /
/ E7+9 - - - / G - A - /
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Purple haze all in my brain
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Lately things don't seem the same
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
E7+9 (hold 3, with octave riff)
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Purple haze all around
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Am I happy or in misery?
E7+9 (hold 3, with octave riff)
Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me
A B D
Help me Help me Oh, no, no
Solo:
/ E5 - - - / F#5 - D5 - / x4
/ E5 - - - / x8 (w/main riff)
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Ya! Purple haze all in my eyes
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)
Don't know if it's day or night
E7+9 G (1/2) A (1/2)A
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
E7+9 (hold 3, with octave riff)
Is it tomorrow or just the end of time
A B D
Oooh Help me Oh, no
/ E5 - - - / F#5 - D5 - / x8
End on E5
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