PRELIMINARY NOTES:
SRV tuned down one half-step, so his E, A, D, G, B and E
strings were at Eb5 , Ab5 , F#5 , F#5 , C#5 , and Eb5 , respectively.
The chords listed here take this into account... that is,
you must lower them all by one half-step or tune your guitar
down by a half-step in order to duplicate the pitches on his
recording.

STYLISTIC NOTES:  This song, more than any other (I think),
shows the influence that Jimi Hendrix had on SRV.  So,
before you play this song, I recommend that you do a little
outside listening, specifically a lot of Hendrix, preferably
"Little Wing" and "Bold as Love" in order to get the feel of
this tune.  You might also try listening to SRV's cut of
"Little Wing."  It would be possible for me to tab out all
of the little intricacies of the tune, but there's nothing
*special* in it... that is, these little licks are all over
Stevie Ray's and Jimi's tunes.  [Note:  For a more
contemporary example of these licks in action, listen to
Pearl Jam's "Yellow Leadbetter" (sp?)].

Anyway, here's my transcription of the tune (Please forgive
any lyric mistakes I have made).  Enjoy!  (April '95)

TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
Since there are three distinctive voicings of the E chord
used in this song, I've listed all three of them and
identified them separately as E1, E2 and E3.  These names
have no meaning outside of this transcription:  these chords
are all E major chords, but for this, they should be played
in the voicings I indicate.

(Chords are listed in order of appearance):

           String
_____
Chord\ 6  5  4  3  2  1
      | 
E1:    x  x  x  4  5  4
A:     5  7  7  6  5  5
G#m:   4  6  6  4  4  4
F#m:   2  4  4  2  2  2
B:     7  9  9  8  7  7
C:     8 10 10  9  8  8
C#:    9 11 11 10  9  9
D:    10 12 12 11 10 10
E2:    x  7  9  9  9  7
F:     1  3  3  2  1  1
E3:    0  2  2  1  0  0
D#:   11 13 13 12 11 11
A#:    6  8  8  7  6  6
G#     4  6  6  5  4  4
G:     3  5  5  4  3  3
E7M9:  0  7  6  7  8 (0)


INTRO (long and drawn out, with only two chords):

A5    F#5


BODY:

E1  E1    A5              A5   Ab5          F#5
Oh, hello baby, tell me, how high have you been

    E1     A5                    Ab5  F#5
We all have missed you, and the...      way you grin

E1  E1     A5            A5  B5  C5   C#5
Day is necessary, every no-ow and then.

                   D5   D5      C#5   C5     B5
The sun could move on, givin' life back again...  aaah

B5   B5   B5   B5  A5   A5   B5   C5  C#5
Fly on, fly on,    fly on, my friend.

    D5                 E5 [organ: E5 , then E5 ]
Go on...    live again, love again.

E1  E1    A5        A5  Ab5        F#5
Day after day, ni-ight    after night

E1    E1     A
Suddenly singin', every minute

       A5 Ab5   F#5
As the years go   passin' by....  by, by, by...

F#5  F5    E5 Eb5  D5             D5    C#5   C5  B5
Long look in the mirror, we've come face to face.

B5   Bb5  A5   Ab5  G5
Wishin' all the love... we took for granted

G5     F#5   F5       E5
Lord, we'd have today....   aaahhh  aaahhh

E1   E1     A5                 A5 Ab5 F#5
Life without you, all the love...       we passed our way

    E1 E1       A
The angels have waited for so long...

    Ab5  F#5
Now they have their way...  take your place


CODA (Repeat and fade out while soloing long and slow):

A5      F#5