Jimi Hendrix - Drifting guitar tab

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Drifting Tab

DRIFTING--By Jimi Hendrix (from "Cry of Love")

Tune down 1/2-step

Intro:

E-------D-F#-------A-E--------|-------------------------D#m7-------------------D--------------------G#m----------

Drifting.........on a sea of forgotten teardrops, on a lifeboat,

----------B--A--------------------B-----A-----------------------------A-------E-----------------

Sailing far, far...........your love, love........................Sailing home.

G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A

G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B----------

E---------------------D#m7----------D---------------------------G#m------

Drifting......on a sea of old heartbreaks, on a lifeboat

-----------B---A---------------------------B----A-----------------------A--------E----------------------

Sailing far, far....................your love,love...................sailing home.

G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A

G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-B----B-A#-A-G---------A--------G---------Fmaj7------G-------

B----B-A#-A-G---------A--------G---------Fmaj7------G------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Repeat this line often and fade.

Try to get trippy with the outro solo, after all, that is the best part of the song.

Riffs:

B A C#m B A C#m A E

Sailing far, far...............................................your love,love........................................sailinghome

sl. 4x sl.

e|---------7---5----5-----9--------------------------------------------7---5----5--9--------------------------------------

b|---------7---5----5-----9-------------7-----------------------------7---5----5--9-------9-9-9-9-9---9-10-9-------

g|---------8---6----5-----9-------8-9----------9-8------------------8---6----5--9-------9-9-9-9-9-------------------

d|---------9---7---------------------------------------9----------------9--7------------------------------------------------

a|---------9---7---------------------------------------------------------9--7------------------------------------------------

e|---------7---5---------------------------------------------------------7--5------------------------------------------------

Interlude:

G-G2-G-G2-G-G2-G-G2--A-A2-A-A2-A-A2-A-A2----G-G2-G-G2-G-G2-G-G2--B-B2-B-B2-

H sl. H sl. H sl.

E|---3-3--3-3-----------------------5-5--5-5----------------------------3-3--3-3-----------------------7-7-7-7-----

B|---3-5--3-5--------8-10-8------5-7--5-7------------10-12-10----3-5--3-5---------8-10-8----7-9-7-9------

G|---4-4--4-4--------7--9--7-----6-6--6-6--------------9-11--9-----4-4--4-4---------7--9--7----6-6-6-6------

D|---5-5--5-5--7-------------------7-7--7-6--8-------------------------5-5--5-5--7-------------------7-7-7-7------

A|----------------7-9-----------------------------8-10----------------------------------7-9--------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is not entirely, positively correct. It's just an approximation. It's a very basic Jimi tune and fairly simple to pull off.

The intro is done in octaves, and the outro goes on for a long transcending solo and ends on a C-chord. Hope this helps.

--Rustafa P.

If you have any questions or comments or corrections or, feel free to e-mail @ edpearson@state.de.us

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