Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary guitar tab
Title: The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Album: Experience Hendrix: Best Of
Email: stuart_armstrong2@hotmail.com
Tuned half a step up,but you can play it in standard tuning.
INTRO
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A--115--5--6--7----7h9--8h10--9h11----115--5--6--7----7h9--8h10--9h11----11--11-------------11---------
E--115--5--6--7-----------------------115--5--6--7--------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 1
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D--9--9--8--7------------6--6--66----5/6--5/6--4h6p4--6----9--9--99-----------7--------------------6--6--66------
A--9--9--8--7----5--6----7--7--77---------------------7----9--9--99--------------7h9p7-----7--7--7--77------
E--7--7--6--5------------0--0--00---------------------0----7--7--77----7h9---------------9------0--0--00-----
When the jacks are all in their boxes, and the clowns have all gone to bed.
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G--6--4--------------8--8--7--6-----------------------9-----------------------------------------------------------------
D--7--6--4h6p4--6----9--9--8--7-------------6-------------7h9p7----------------------------6--6--66---------------
A---------------7----9--9--8--7----5--6-----7--7/11---------------7h9p7--5h7p5-----7--7--7--77---------------
E--------------------7--7--6--5-------------0------------------------------------------9-----0--0--00---------------
You can hear happiness walking down the street.
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G--3--3------------6--6----------------------------------------------3------------6--6----------------------------------
D--4--4------------7--7----------------------------------------------4------------7--7----------------------------------
A--4--4------------7--7---------------5--6--7----------7h9p7---------4------------7--7---------------5--6--7-----------
E--2--2------------5--5---------------5--6--7----7h9------------9----2------------5--5--------------5--6--7----------
Footsteps dressed in red, and the wind whispers, Mary.
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A--7h9--8h10--9h11--11--11--------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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VERSE 2
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D--9--9--8--7------------6--6--66-----5/6--5/6--4h6p4--6----9--9--99-----------7-------------------6--6--66------
A--9--9--8--7----5--6----7--7--77----------------------7----9--9--99--------------7h9p7-----7--7--7--77------
E--7--7--6--5------------0--0--00----------------------0----7--7--77----7h9---------------9------0--0--00-----
A broom is drearily sweeping, up the broken pieces of yesterdays life.
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G--6--4--------------8--8--7--6------------------------9-----------------------------------------------------------------
D--7--6--4h6p4--6----9--9--8--7-------------6-------------7h9p7----------------------------6--6--66---------------
A----------------7---9--9--8--7----5--6-----7--7/11---------------7h9p7--5h7p5-----7--7--7--77---------------
E--------------------7--7--6--5-------------0------------------------------------------9-----0--0--00---------------
Somewhere a queen is weeping,
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B------------2--2-------------5--5---------------------------------------------2--2------------5--5-----------------------
G--3--3------------6--6-------------------------------------------------3------------6--6----------------------------------
D--4--4------------7--7-------------------------------------------------4------------7--7----------------------------------
A--4--4------------7--7---------------5--6--7----------7h9p7--------4------------7--7--------------5--6--7-----------
E--2--2------------5--5---------------5--6--7----7h9------------9----2------------5--5--------------5--6--7----------
Somewhere a king has no wife, and the wind cries, Mary.
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A--7h9--8h10--9h11--11--11--------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SOLO
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B-------------------125--7h9--7-----7h9p7-------------------------------------------------125--7h9--7--------------
G------------------------------------9------------9----------9h11--9h11--------------------------------------9----------
D-----------------------------------------------------9h11------------------------------------------------------------------
A--5/12--12-12---------------------------------------------------------------5/12--12-12-------------------------------
E--5/12--12-12---------------------------------------------------------------5/12--12-12-------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------125----------------------------------------------------------------
B--7h9p7----------------------------------------------125--7h9--7-----7h9p7-----------------------------------------
G------------9--------7h9--7--7h9-------------------------------------9-----------9----------9h11----------------------
D---------------7h9-------------------7h9----------------------------------------------9h11----------9h11--------------
A------------------------------------------------5/12------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------5/12------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--12--1411--9h11--9-------9h11--11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--14-----------------------12---------------------7-------------14b----------------------13-----------------------------
G----------------------------------------------7/9------9--7--6--------------12-------12-------12-----------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------14-------14-----------------14------------------
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B--12--125--7h9--7------7h9p7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------9------------9-------------------------1-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------2-----------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------7----------------2----------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------7h9-----9--7--5------0----------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 3
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G--8--8--7--6---------------------------3/4--3/4-----------------8--8--88-----------------------------------------------
D--9--9--8--7-------------6--6--66----5/6--5/6--4h6p4--6----9----9--9--99-----------7------------------6--6--66------
A--9--9--8--7----5--6----7--7--77---------------------------7----9--9--99--------------7h9p7-----7--7--7--77------
E--7--7--6--5-------------0--0--00--------------------------0----7--7--77----7h9---------------9------0--0--00-----
The traffic lights they turn all blue tomorrow, and shine their emptiness down upon
my bed.
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G--6--4-----------------8--8--7--6-----------------------9-----------------------------------------------------------------
D--7--6--4h6p4--6----9--9--8--7-------------6------------7h9p7----------------------------6--6--66---------------
A-------------------7----9--9--8--7----5--6----7--7/11---------------7h9p7--5h7p5-----7--7--7--77---------------
E-------------------------7--7--6--5-------------0------------------------------------------9-----0--0--00---------------
A tiny island drifts downstream,
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G--3--3------------6--6-------------------------------------------------3------------6--6----------------------------------
D--4--4------------7--7-------------------------------------------------4------------7--7----------------------------------
A--4--4------------7--7---------------5--6--7----------7h9p7--------4------------7--7--------------5--6--7-----------
E--2--2------------5--5---------------5--6--7----7h9------------9----2------------5--5--------------5--6--7----------
cos the life that lived, is dead, and the wind it screams! Mary.
VERSE 4
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D--9--9--8--7-------------6--6--66----5/6--5/6--4h6p4--6----9--9--99-----------7------------------6--6--66------
A--9--9--8--7----5--6----7--7--77--------------------------7----9--9--99--------------7h9p7-----7--7--7--77------
E--7--7--6--5-------------0--0--00--------------------------0----7--7--77----7h9---------------9------0--0--00-----
And will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past?
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G--6--4-----------------8--8--7--6-----------------------9-----------------------------------------------------------------
D--7--6--4h6p4--6----9--9--8--7-------------6-------------7h9p7----------------------------6--6--66---------------
A-------------------7----9--9--8--7----5--6----7--7/11---------------7h9p7--5h7p5-----7--7--7--77---------------
E-------------------------7--7--6--5-------------0------------------------------------------9-----0--0--00---------------
And with this crutch, this old age, and this wisdom.
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G--3--3------------6--6-------------------------------------------------3------------6--6----------------------------------
D--4--4------------7--7-------------------------------------------------4------------7--7----------------------------------
A--4--4------------7--7---------------5--6--7----------7h9p7--------4------------7--7--------------5--6--7-----------
E--2--2------------5--5---------------5--6--7----7h9------------9----2------------5--5--------------5--6--7----------
It whispers no, this will be the last, and the wind cries Mary.
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D--7-----8-------9------------------------7-----8-------9-------9h11--9-------------------------------------------------
A--7h9--8h10--9h11--125--5--6--7--7h9--8h10--9h11-------------12--11----------5--6--7---------7h9p7-----
E-------------------------125--5--6--7-----------------------------------------------125--5--6--7--7h9------------9-
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D------------------9h11--9-------9--9h11--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------5--6--7--9----------11------9----------11h12--11---------------------------------------------------------------
E--93--5--6--7--------------------------------------------0----------------------------------------------------------------
I usually end the song something like this but you can improvise as much as you want in
most of Hendrix’s music. Enjoy my hard rocking amigo’s.
