Learn Music: Killing Floor guitar tab - Jimi Hendrix tabs

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  Killing Floor - The Jimi Hendrix Version (Originally by Howlin' Wolf)
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  Tabbed by Chris Hoolihan (hool@actrix.gen.nz, hoolih1c@wcc.govt.nz)
  
  Note - This is my first attempt at transcribing this awesome song... I posted
         messages on usenet requesting this song and when i received no replies
         i decided to try to work it out. This version is in A minor (which I
         think is the key Jimi played it in, if you want to play along with Jimi
         then you'll have to downtune half a step to Eb).
         I find this is a good type of song to jam with heaps of guitarists as
         there are always too many guitarists so you can use 3 with this...
         - one doing the lead riffs
         - one doing the 12 bar blues
         - one soloing
  
         Alternate so the poor guy doing the 12 bar blues doesn't fall asleep.
         I can't describe the timing but basically play it as fast as you can.
  
  
  -: Riff 1
  E-|---------------------------------|
  B-|---------------------------------|
  G-|---------------------------------|
  D-|---------------------------------|
  A-|---------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
  E-|-5-5-8-8-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  
  
  -: Riff 2                                                                               
  E-|---------------------------|
  B-|-----------7-5-------------|
  G-|-----------7-5-------------|
  D-|-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-------------|
  A-|-7-------------7-7-5-5-----|
  E-|-5---------------------8-8-|
                                                                                 
  
  -: Riff 3
  E-|----------------------------------------|
  B-|----------------12-10-------------------|
  G-|----------------12-10-------------------|
  D-|-12-12-12-10-10-12-10-------------------|
  A-|-12-------------------12-12-10-10-------|
  E-|-10-------------------------------13-13-|
                                                                                 
  
  -: Riff 4
  E-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  B-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  G-|--9-9-9-7-7------7-7-7-5-5--------------------------------------|
  D-|--9---------9-9--7---------7-7----------------------------------|
  A-|--7--------------5----------------------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
  E-|--------------------------------5-5-8-8-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                                                                                 
  
  Jimi alternates between playing the lead riffs and the 12 bar blues.
  12 bar blues in A minor which goes with the riffs - brackets show which riff
  this section goes with: in this case the chords are A, D and E.
  
  
  (Goes with riff 2)
  E-|---------------------------------|
  B-|---------------------------------|
  G-|---------------------------------|
  D-|---------------------------------|
  A-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
  E-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
                                                                                 
  
  (Goes with riff 3)
  E-|---------------------------------|
  B-|---------------------------------|
  G-|---------------------------------|
  D-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
  A-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
  E-|---------------------------------|
                                                                                 
  
  (Goes with riff 4)
  E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  D-|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9--7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7----------------------------------|
  A-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
  E-|-------------------------------------5-5-8-8---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  
  
  The order goes like this:
  
  Intro : Start off with some small solo then do riff 1
  (no 12 bar blues behind this riff, it's the turn around riff)
  
  :beginning
  riff 2
  riff 2
  riff 3
  riff 2
  riff 4
  goto beginning
  
  then repeat this pattern until you're sick of hearing it.
  

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