• Song:

    Hey Joe

  • Artist:

    Jimi Hendrix

  • Album:

    BBC Sessions

HEY JOE by Hendrix   


First tune all your strings down a half-step.  Then...

     h p     
E|-0-0-0------------|----------------|--------------|-
B|-3-5-3------------|----------------|--------------|-
G|-------2-0--------|----------------|--------------|-5
D|-----------2-----2|---5----5---4--2|-----7-----7--|-5
A|---------------2--|---5----5---4--2|-7-9---7-9---7|-3
E|-------------0----|-0----0---0----0|--------------|-0
               ^
               Let ring


After the intro it just goes into this progression:

C  G  D  Am E5 E5  (Em7 or what ever, you can alter it)

If you play along with the song you'll get the timing down.  The "h" and "p"
are for "h"amer on and "p"ull off.

see ya

--
From: spxhaw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright \(Hman\))

                                 HEY JOE
                            --------------------

                                         Performed by Jimi Hendrix Experience

                                         Tabbed by Howard Wright
                                         spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor


Ok I'll just give you a flavour here with the intro :

E--0----0------------------0---------------------------0------------
B--3/5--3------------------0---------------------------0------------
G----------4/2--0----------1---------------------------1------------
D------------------2-------2------4/5---4/5---4--2-------------------
A------------------------2--------4/5---4/5---4--2-------------------
E---------------------0--------0------0-----0-------0-----0----------


E----------------------
B--------7-----7-------
G--------7-----7-------
D----7h9---7h9---9----
A----------------------
E----------------------

The rest is :

C G D A E

repeated and repeated.....

Obviously there are a lot of bits played between the chords to liven it 
up. The two riffs at the end of the intro bit are used quite a few times 

-the first one is the  4/5  slide on the A and D strings
                       4/5   

-the second is the bit at the 7th and 9th frets on the second line of tab


Then there's that run played in octaves on bass and guitar.
The Bass tab looks exactly the same as the guitar tab (ignoring B and E 
strings !)

E--------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--3---------2-3-4-5---------4-5-6-7----------------------------
E----0-1-2-3---------2-3-4-5------------------------------------


Have Fun !

Howard


From: OTTI@TRASHCAN.escape.de (Sascha Ott)

> 
>   Some happy fellow requested this, and I feel like giving something 
> back, so here it is..
> 
> 
> There's another, chromatic, turnaround later on but I can't tab it 
> accurately right now, can't remember it, but it's in the bass and 
> follows the verse chords.
> 
> Solo's in E (!'s a whole-step bend)

[...]

This is 'my Version' of the solo from Hey Joe...


       ~~~~                  P
 e---------12--------------------------|
 b--15(U17)---15-12--------------------|
 g-----------------14(U16)-(D12)----12--|
 d-------------------------------14----|


        ~~~~                       S  S
 e---------12-----------------------------|
 b-15(U17)---15-12---------12-------------|
 g-----------------14(U16)----14-12-14-12-|
 d----------------------------------------|

                      H
 e--------------------------------------|
 b--------------------------12----------|
 g-----12----12-------------12----------|
 d-14-----14--------12-14-------14\-----|
 a-------------/14-----------------S----|
 E------------S-------------------------|

                ~~~~~
 e---------------------12 12 12---------------------
 b--15(U17)--15(U17)---12-15-12---------12-15-------
 g------------------------------14(U16)------14(U16)
 d--------------------------------------------------
 a--------------------------------------------------
 E--------------------------------------------------


 e-----------------|------------12-15(U17)-D15-12----------
 b-12--------------|---------12----------------------------
 g-----------14-12-|-14(U16)----------------------14(U16)--
 d----12-14--------|---------------------------------------
 a-----------------|---------------------------------------
 E-----------------|---------------------------------------

                                    S     H     ~~
 e-----12------------|------------------------|-------------
 b--15----15---------|------------------------|12-----------
 g-----------14(U16)-|-12----------------9-11-|12-----------
 d-------------------|----14\------9 11-------|---14--------
 a-------------------|-------\----------------|-----\--/-S-\
 E-------------------|--------S--0------------|------S------



and the chromatic one...

 e-----------------|-----------------|---------------------
 b-----------------|-----------------|---------------------
 g-----------------|-----------------|------tr-------------
 d-----------------|-----------------|-----0--2------------
 a-3---------2-3-4-|-5----------4-5-6|-7-------------------
 E---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5-------|---------------------



Its the first time I write into this board, so I don't know if my
'synthax' is ok. Here my explainations....



~~~~      Vibrato
14(U16)   Bending Up from 14 to 16
P         Pulloff
H         Hammer on
D15       Release bending to 15

14\
   S      Slide from 14 to... DOWN  (where ever you want ;)
tr        trigger the tone (H P H P H P...)



>  ..stuff like that. If you need any more help I can tab some more detailed 
> things with some warning. 

>   Corrections welcome.
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