• Song:

    Purple haze

  • Artist:

    Jimi Hendrix

  • Album:

    Live at the Royal Alber...

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                                   PURPLE HAZE
                           As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
                    (From the 1980 Album EXPERIENCE HENDRIX)


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'

  Moderate Rock Q=106
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~            ~~~~~~
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     E E E     E +Q.   +E     a E E E S S +H
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|------8b8.5--------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|----------8--|----7--------------------|-----------------------|
|----8-----8--|----8-----8--|-/9---------7-(7)---(7)\-|---5-0-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-x-------5s7-(7)-------|
|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-------------------------|-------0---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W             W              W                          H          Q    Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------17\--|


                                            ~~~~~
                                   |-3-|
  E E E     E +Q.   +E      E E E  E   S   +Q.       S S
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----8b8.5--------------|-------------------------------|
|---7--------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9---------7-(7)---(7)\-|-/5-0--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------[5]s[7]-([7])------5s7-|
|------------------------|------0------------------------|
|
| W                         H               Q     Q
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------17\-----|


                ~~~~~~           ~~~~~~
  E E S   +S  S S +H       E E E E +Q.      E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-5-7-7b9-(7)---5-(5)----|-5------------------|
|------------------------|---0--------------0-|
|------------------------|-----0-3-(3)--------|
|
| W                        H        Q    Q
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------17\---|


                                          ~~~~~~
                                             |3-|
  S S E S   +S  S  S   +Q    E E    E E E E +Q  E  Q     Q  E E +S  S E Q
|--------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0-(0)-0------|----8-8-(8)-8-8-8--|
|--------------------------------|----7-7-9-----0------|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-----5-7b9-(7)-5s[7]-([7])--5-0-|-/9-----------x------|----6-6-(6)-6-6-6--|
|-5s7----------------------------|---------------------|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|--------------------------------|----------------12\--|-0-----------------|


  E E E E E  S  S S S E   Q  E E +S  S S S E E    E E E E E S S S S E
|-----------------------|------0-(0)-0-0-0-0----|-----3----------------||
|-----3------5--5-7p5-5-|----8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8----|-----3-----5-5-7p5-5--||
|-----4------6--6-6---6-|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7----|-----0-----6-6-6---6--||
|---5-5------7--7-7---7-|----6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6----|-----5-----7-7-7---7--||
|---x-x-----------x---x-|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7\-|-----x-----x---x---x--||
|-3-3-3-3-5-(5)---5---5-|-0---------------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5---5---5--||


  Q  E E +S  S E E E    E E E E E S S S S E   Q  E E +S  S E S S E
|---------------------|---------------0-----|----------------------|
|----8-8-(8)-8-8-8----|-----3---5-5-5-7p5-5-|----8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8---|
|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7----|-----4---6-6-6-6---6-|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|----6-6-(6)-6-6-6----|-----5---7-7-7-7---7-|----6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6---|
|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7\-|---------x-x---x---x-|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|
|-0-------------------|-3-3---3-5-5---5---5-|-0--------------------|


  E E E  E  E S S S S E   Q  E E +S  S E Q    E E E E E S S S S E
|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----3-(3)-5-5-7-7p5-5-|----8-8-(8)-8-8-8--|-----3---5-5-7-7p5-5-|
|-----0-(0)-6-6-6-6---6-|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|-4-4-4---6-6-5-6---6-|
|-----5-(5)-7-7-7-7---7-|----6-6-(6)-6-6-6--|-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---7-|
|-----x-----x-x---x---x-|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|-x-x-x---x-x---x---x-|
|-3-3-3--3--5-5---5---5-|-0-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5---5---5-|


                                                    ~~~~~
  E  E  Q  H      H    a  E E Q     E E Q       E E Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|----------------|------8b8.5-------8b8.5--||
|---------------|------9s11-9-7--|----7-----------7--------||
|---------------|------x----x-x--|-/9----------/9----------||
|---------------|------7s=9-7-5--|-------------------------||
|-0-<6>---------|----------------|-------------------------||


  Q  E E S S S S E E   E E E  E  E S S E. S   Q  Q  S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----8-8---8-8-8-8---|-----3p=0----5--------|----8------------------|
|----7-7---7-7-7-7---|-----4-----6-6---6\---|----7------------------|
|----6-6---6-6-6-6---|-----5-----7-7---7\---|----6------------------|
|----7-7---7-7-7-7-0-|-----x-----x----------|----7------5h7-5-------|
|-0------------------|-3-3-3-(3)-5---5------|-0-----5h7-------7-6-5-|


  E E E E E S S S S S S   Q  E E S S S S S S S S   E E E  E  E S S S S E
|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----3-----5-7-7-5-x-x-|----8-8-----------------|-----5-(5)-5-5-5-7p5-5-|
|-----4-----6-6-6-6-x-x-|----7-7-----------------|-----4-(4)-6-6-6-6---6-|
|-----5-----7-7-7-7-x-x-|----6-6-----5-----------|-----5-(5)-7-7-7-7---7-|
|-----------x---x-------|----7-7---5---7-5-------|-----x-----x-x---x---x-|
|-3-3---3-5-5---5-------|-0------7---------7-6-5-|-3-3-3--3--5-5---5---5-|


                              ~
  E  E  Q  H      H    a  E E Q     E E Q       E E E +S  S
|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|------8b8.5-------8-(8)S0--|
|---------------|------9s11-9-7--|----7-----------7----------|
|---------------|------x----x-x--|-/9----------/9------------|
|---------------|------7s=9-7-5--|---------------------------|
|-0-<6>---------|----------------|---------------------------|


                                              ~~         ~~~
    E E  S     +E.   E E  S     +E.     E  E  Q    E  E  E.  S
|-----------------------------------|--------15---------15--12-|
|-------12b14-(12)-------12b14-(12)-|--------------------------|
|-----9----------------9------------|-----12---------12--------|
|-/11--------------/11--------------|-/14--------/14-----------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|


   E.    S  E.    S  E     E     E    E
|---------------------------------------||
|-------15-------15-15----15----15------||
|-14b16----14b15----14b16-14b16-14b16---||
|--------------------------------x------||
|--------------------------------x------||
|-------------------------------12------||


                                 |--3--|
   E  S  S  a  S  S  S  S  +Q    S  S  S  a  E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-16-16h18-16h18p16-16s14-(14)--14h16p14-14s13-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


                                      ~~~
   a  Q   E     E E  E  S  S  S  S    Q.    a  S  S  E  E  Q
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-13-14--13b14---------12-14-12----|-12----11s12s11-11---------|
|--------------16---14----------14-|-------------------14-12---|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|


                                                                    ~~~
                                               |--3--|
  E  S  S  S  S  E  +E   S  S  E  E    +E   a  S  S  S  E  E  a  E  Q.
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---12-14-12-11-12-(12)-------14-16-|-(16)-14h16p14p12-12-14-14s16-12----|
|-----------------------14s16-------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


                        |--3--|
   S  S  S  S  E  E E.  T  T  T  E  E
|----------------------12---------------|
|-------------------------12------------|
|----------------------------12---------|
|-16-12-16-12-16-12-------------12-14---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


                                  |--3--|
   S  S E  E  +S.  T  S  S  E  E  S  S  S
|---------14-(14)-12h14p12----12----------|
|--------------------------15----14h15p14-|
|-11-12-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


            |--3--|
   E  a  E  S  S  S  E     +E   E  S     +E.
|--------------------------------------------||
|-14-12s14-12h14p12------------15------------||
|-------------------14b16-(14)----14b16-(14)-||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||


             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~
   E E E     E +Q.   +E      E E E a E +H
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|------8b8.5--------------|----------------------|
|----7--------------------|----------------------|
|-/9---------7-(7)---(7)\-|-/5-0-----------------|
|-------------------------|--------5s7-(7)-------|
|-------------------------|------0---------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W                         H          Q    Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------17\--|


                                 ~~~~~~
   E E E E +Q.   +E      E E E S S +Q.      E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|------8--------------|-------------------------|
|----7----------------|-------------------------|
|-/9-----7-(7)---(7)\-|-/5-0--------------------|
|---------------------|--------5s7-(7)----------|
|---------------------|------0--------------0---|
|
|  W                     H          Q    Q
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------17\-----|


                      |3-|
  E S S E   E   +Q   +E  S E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-----------7b8--------------|
|---5h7-7b8-7b9-(7)--(7)-5---|
|-7------------------------7-|
|----------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|


                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  |-3-|                 |3-|
  S S S E   S S E +Q   +Q  E    E E E     E +Q.   +E
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|------8b8.5--------------|
|--------------------------0-|----7--------------------|
|-5h7-7-7b9-7p5--------------|-/9---------7-(7)---(7)\-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3-(3)--(3)---|-------------------------|
|
| H                Q    Q       W
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------17\---|-------------------------|


           ~~~~~~
   E E E S S +Q   E E    Q  E E S S S S S S E    E S S E E E E S S E
|---------------------||-----------------------|-------------------0--|
|---------------------||----8-8---8-8-8-8-8----|---3-3-3-3S5-5-7-7-5--|
|-------------------x-||----7-7---7-7-7-7-7-9\-|---4-4-4-4S6---6------|
|-/5----------------x-||----6-6-------------9\-|---5-5-5-5Sx----------|
|----5---5s7-(7)----x-||----7-7----------------|---x-x-x-xSx----------|
|------3----------0---||-0---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3S5----------|


  Q  E E +S  S S S E E   E E E E E S S S S S S   Q  E S S +S  S E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8---|---3-3-3S5-5-7-7p5---0-|----8-8-8-(8)-8-8------|
|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|---4-4-4S6-6-6-6---6---|----7-7-7-(7)-7-7------|
|----6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6---|---5-5-5Sx-------------|----6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6----|
|----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|---x-x-xSx-------------|----7-7-7-(7)-7-7---7\-|
|-0------------------0-|-3-3-3-3S5-------------|-0---------------------|


  E E Q  E S  S  +E  E   S  S  E Q  H
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3----5-8s=7--(7)-5-|-----------------|
|-4-4-0--6-6-(6)-(6)---|-----------------|
|-5-5-0--7-7-(7)-(7)---|-----------------|
|-x-x-x--x-------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3--5-------------|-0-<5>-----------|


  H    a  E E Q     E E Q       E E E     +E
|----------------|------------------------------||
|----------------|------8b8.5-------8b8.5-(8)\--||
|------9s11-9-7--|----7-----------7-------------||
|------x----x-x--|-/9----------/9---------------||
|------7s=9-7-5--|------------------------------||
|----------------|------------------------------||


                 ~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~~~~
  H        E  E  Q      +E  E Q     E E  Q     +E  E E  S  S  E  E  a  S  S  E
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------12--|-(12)-----12-14-15-14-12h14p12----|
|---------------12---|-(12)-----------9-----|-------------------------------14-|
|------------12------|------------/11-------|----------------------------------|
|--------/14---------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q.   E   E  E  E E     Q    E E   E E  Q      Q    E  E     E  E     E     E
|------0---0--0------|--------0-0--------0--|----------------------------------|
|------0---0--0------|--------0-0---0-0--0--|-----------------7--7-----8-----8-|
|-2----2---2--2--2s4-|--------4-4---4-4--4--|---7----7--7-----7--7-----8-----8-|
|-2--------2--2--2---|--------x-x---x-x--x--|---7----7--7-----7--7-----8-----8-|
|-0--------------0s2-|--------2-2---2-2--2--|---5----5--5-----5--5-----6-----6-|
|-0------------------|---0----------0-0-----|---0----0--0----------------------|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q   Q       Q        E  S  S
|-------------------------------|
|-----15b17---15b17====15-15-15-|
|-12----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
|  Q   E    E  E     E  E  S  S
|-------------------------------|
|------8----8-------------------|
|------7----7-------------------|
|------6----6--------9--9--9h11-|
|------7----7--------7--7-------|
|--0-----------------0--0-------|


 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            |------5------|     |--3--|  |3-|
   E.    S  S  S  S    S  S  E  S  S  S  E  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-15----15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15r15-15b17==|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  E     E       E        E  E        E     E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-------------0--------7--7--------6-----6--------|
|-----------0-------0--------x--x--------x-----x--------|
|----------------------------5--5--------4-----4--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          |--3--|  |-----5-----|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |-----5-----|
   +E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(15)15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|   H              H                H                 H
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---2s=============0-------------|--2s================0-------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|    |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|  H              H                W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--2s=============0-------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |---3----|
   E  E  S  S  S  S  +S      +S   Q      Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15r(15)b17r(15)-15b20--15b20--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


          |-3-|               |--3--|  |-----3-----|  |---3----|
   E     +E   S      S  T  T  S  S  S  E     E     E  E  E     E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b17-(15)-15pb18====15r15-15-15-15-15b16-15b18-15-15-15b17-15b17--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |-------------9-------------|    |-----------10-------------|
   E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-15b17==15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15r-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             |----3----|  |-----5-----|
   S     +E. E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|-15b18-(15)---15b17==15-15-15-15-15-15r-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |-------------9-------------|    |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|
   E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15b17==15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|


 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |-----5-----|  |-----5-----|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------------*|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15r-*|
|--------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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