Chords for A Rare Jimi Hendrix Interview - Dec 1967 - Part 1 of 3
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This is an interview with Jimi Hendrix.
It was [A] done in London about [D] two weeks after his second album was [E] released.
Hendrix and point out some things to look for when you listen to this interview.
It's a good interview.
first [F] impression was his presence was so [F] strong.
stepping into a field of [Db] electricity.
[E] giant amps [Gb] that he was working with or just being a superstar and having all that energy directed at you.
there had been a [Bb] way that this tape could have [F] captured some of that vibrancy that I felt at that moment.
It was [A] done in London about [D] two weeks after his second album was [E] released.
Hendrix and point out some things to look for when you listen to this interview.
It's a good interview.
first [F] impression was his presence was so [F] strong.
stepping into a field of [Db] electricity.
[E] giant amps [Gb] that he was working with or just being a superstar and having all that energy directed at you.
there had been a [Bb] way that this tape could have [F] captured some of that vibrancy that I felt at that moment.
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This is an interview with Jimi Hendrix. _ _
It was [A] done in London about [D] two weeks after his second album was [E] released.
_ I'm going to make some comments about my [Gb] impressions of Hendrix and point out some things to look for when you listen to this interview.
It's a good interview.
_ When I met Jimi Hendrix, my first [F] impression was his presence was so [F] strong.
It was sort of like stepping into a field of [Db] electricity.
_ [G] I don't know if it's because of the [E] giant amps [Gb] that he was working with or just being a superstar and having all that energy directed at you.
_ But I wish there had been a [Bb] way that this tape could have [F] captured some of that vibrancy that I felt at that moment.
_ [N] I did this interview mainly because I wanted to meet him and I honestly did [G] not have one [E] question ready.
I figured that, you know, when the time came I'd open my [Eb] mouth and sort of a question would [E] come out. _
We've all heard interviews where [D] the interviewer is so involved lining up the next [Gb] question that he [F] or she doesn't hear what the person's [B] trying to say.
Well, I didn't [N] have a next question.
I just listened to what he was saying and what he was saying led to the next question. _
And he was so sensitive, as you'll hear, he could see me listening and he really opened up.
_ You really hate these interviews.
Oh no, it's alright. _ _
You do a lot.
Pardon?
A lot of people bother you about interviews.
Well, like yeah, to [A] tell the truth, yeah, there is a lot, you know, but [G] it's alright though, you know, like sometimes you just feel like talking, sometimes you don't though, you know.
Yeah.
There's a lot of different moods.
_ _ [N] Okay, so some of the usual.
Yeah, go ahead.
No, it doesn't bother me at all.
I just want to get this light for a second. _ _
_ You're originally from Buffalo and you've been here about_
No, not from Buffalo.
No, I'm from Seattle, Washington, originally.
But I used [G] to live, I lived all over the states though.
[Eb] And then I wound up in [N] New York, and that's a long time.
But I [G] lived all over the states.
I [Ab] stayed in Buffalo for about a month [Gbm] or two and it was too cold [G] up there.
_ _ [F] Yeah, but if you were in Seattle, you know, it can't be any [Ab] colder than Buffalo.
No, Seattle has a different [F] type of cold though, you know.
[Eb] It's a different kind, it's a [N] nice coldness, you know.
Yeah.
It isn't so cutting as, anywhere there's this girl up there trying to work roots on me.
Work this bootle stuff, [G] keep me there, you know.
[F] I had to go to the [E] hospital, but I could make that scene.
[G] What do you mean you had to go to the hospital?
Well, like, you know, she tried working [N] roots, you know, that's a scene like a, that might put a, you know, there's different things they can do.
They can [Gm] put something in your food or either [F] put some hair in your shoe, you [B] know, somebody hair in your shoe.
How would they?
_ [F] Bootle stuff, yeah.
Mojo.
Yeah, and all that kind of stuff, yeah.
Right.
Well, she tried that and, I don't know, she must have [Gb] tried it half-heartedly because I was only sick in the hospital for about two or [G] three days.
_ Do you ever get involved in [N] that scene, other than_
Not anymore, but, you know, like, around [Gm] in the southern United States, you know, they have a lot of [G] scenes like that going on.
Yeah.
But, [C] you know, _ if [Ab] I see it happen or [G] if I feel it happen, then I believe it, you know, not necessarily if I just hear it being talked about.
[F] What about charms [E] and things like that?
[F] Oh, yeah, if a person, you know, a [B] person gives off, they give off [E] certain, you know, electric shocks anyway, really.
Yeah, energy.
Yeah, and so then if they [Eb] can, _ [E] they can actually get these things [G] together, really, you know, if the vibrations are strong enough to get these [Eb] charms working, you know, they can actually do it.
[G] I was watching you when you were talking to this girl [E] that came in and she was watching you.
[G] Oh, yeah, yes.
It was very nice because you were really _ watching her and you were really taking her in.
I mean, taking her in and, I mean, just, like, sizing up, you know what I mean?
Yeah, she seemed like a nice girl.
I like to take her home and, you know, scrub her up a little bit and then, you know, go into the scene and then get the clothes measured up maybe.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, she's supposed to come over there for that.
_ _ I don't go back, you know, like some girls, you don't go by appearance.
[Ab] You go [Ab] by, there's other things that girls have to offer besides their looks, you know, [Bb] that makes you [Eb] might want to be with them for a second or two.
_ [Gm] You know, I mean, there's other things, you know, besides [G] that.
_ [Ab] I don't, let's go by just the look, you know, because we [G] know the story, you know, some of them, some of the worst [Eb] people in the world.
But, you know, you go by other things.
I don't know what it is.
You can just feel the things.
You say, damn, I might [C] want to be with her.
I don't know.
Let me check myself there and [G] see what happens.
It's great.
What about this, [Ab] I mean, I mentioned, you know, _ needless to say, a lot of people, me included.
Not [D] necessarily really.
You should, [Gm] because, you know, if you're not used to it, well, it could kill [C] you, really.
_ _ [N] But this is another way of communication.
That's why other people can't understand and say, well, damn, why are you with so many people?
I said, well, I don't necessarily be, you know, touching those people all the time.
I just be talking to them.
Some I talk to and then others, you know, _ therefore, and thereafter.
_ This is a scene like, if it's part of you, you know, this is [Gm] nature.
I don't [E] know.
I just can't help it.
_ _ This is a scene like, that's [G] another way of communication, though.
You have your own ways, you know.
[E] Some people just can't communicate better by, you know, [G] by not even knowing each other's name.
I say, hey, hi, how are you doing there?
Would you come with me for a minute?
And then, you know, it's all [Am] in and you do that.
[G] We can be the best of friends then.
Some even get married after [C] that.
_ _ _ It's kind of, you just [F] sort of flow with it when you started to get this image, which, you know, as you're_
Oh, it was worse before, because I used to be on the block starving, you know.
[G] And girls used to help me and all that, you know.
_ Girls are some of my best friends, because they used to help me, you know, and really helped me, too.
And I really, ever since then, that's why I say to myself, well, [Gm] any girl I meet now would try to show my appreciation for what they did for me before.
No, seriously, though, it's [G] just_
_ I don't
It was [A] done in London about [D] two weeks after his second album was [E] released.
_ I'm going to make some comments about my [Gb] impressions of Hendrix and point out some things to look for when you listen to this interview.
It's a good interview.
_ When I met Jimi Hendrix, my first [F] impression was his presence was so [F] strong.
It was sort of like stepping into a field of [Db] electricity.
_ [G] I don't know if it's because of the [E] giant amps [Gb] that he was working with or just being a superstar and having all that energy directed at you.
_ But I wish there had been a [Bb] way that this tape could have [F] captured some of that vibrancy that I felt at that moment.
_ [N] I did this interview mainly because I wanted to meet him and I honestly did [G] not have one [E] question ready.
I figured that, you know, when the time came I'd open my [Eb] mouth and sort of a question would [E] come out. _
We've all heard interviews where [D] the interviewer is so involved lining up the next [Gb] question that he [F] or she doesn't hear what the person's [B] trying to say.
Well, I didn't [N] have a next question.
I just listened to what he was saying and what he was saying led to the next question. _
And he was so sensitive, as you'll hear, he could see me listening and he really opened up.
_ You really hate these interviews.
Oh no, it's alright. _ _
You do a lot.
Pardon?
A lot of people bother you about interviews.
Well, like yeah, to [A] tell the truth, yeah, there is a lot, you know, but [G] it's alright though, you know, like sometimes you just feel like talking, sometimes you don't though, you know.
Yeah.
There's a lot of different moods.
_ _ [N] Okay, so some of the usual.
Yeah, go ahead.
No, it doesn't bother me at all.
I just want to get this light for a second. _ _
_ You're originally from Buffalo and you've been here about_
No, not from Buffalo.
No, I'm from Seattle, Washington, originally.
But I used [G] to live, I lived all over the states though.
[Eb] And then I wound up in [N] New York, and that's a long time.
But I [G] lived all over the states.
I [Ab] stayed in Buffalo for about a month [Gbm] or two and it was too cold [G] up there.
_ _ [F] Yeah, but if you were in Seattle, you know, it can't be any [Ab] colder than Buffalo.
No, Seattle has a different [F] type of cold though, you know.
[Eb] It's a different kind, it's a [N] nice coldness, you know.
Yeah.
It isn't so cutting as, anywhere there's this girl up there trying to work roots on me.
Work this bootle stuff, [G] keep me there, you know.
[F] I had to go to the [E] hospital, but I could make that scene.
[G] What do you mean you had to go to the hospital?
Well, like, you know, she tried working [N] roots, you know, that's a scene like a, that might put a, you know, there's different things they can do.
They can [Gm] put something in your food or either [F] put some hair in your shoe, you [B] know, somebody hair in your shoe.
How would they?
_ [F] Bootle stuff, yeah.
Mojo.
Yeah, and all that kind of stuff, yeah.
Right.
Well, she tried that and, I don't know, she must have [Gb] tried it half-heartedly because I was only sick in the hospital for about two or [G] three days.
_ Do you ever get involved in [N] that scene, other than_
Not anymore, but, you know, like, around [Gm] in the southern United States, you know, they have a lot of [G] scenes like that going on.
Yeah.
But, [C] you know, _ if [Ab] I see it happen or [G] if I feel it happen, then I believe it, you know, not necessarily if I just hear it being talked about.
[F] What about charms [E] and things like that?
[F] Oh, yeah, if a person, you know, a [B] person gives off, they give off [E] certain, you know, electric shocks anyway, really.
Yeah, energy.
Yeah, and so then if they [Eb] can, _ [E] they can actually get these things [G] together, really, you know, if the vibrations are strong enough to get these [Eb] charms working, you know, they can actually do it.
[G] I was watching you when you were talking to this girl [E] that came in and she was watching you.
[G] Oh, yeah, yes.
It was very nice because you were really _ watching her and you were really taking her in.
I mean, taking her in and, I mean, just, like, sizing up, you know what I mean?
Yeah, she seemed like a nice girl.
I like to take her home and, you know, scrub her up a little bit and then, you know, go into the scene and then get the clothes measured up maybe.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, she's supposed to come over there for that.
_ _ I don't go back, you know, like some girls, you don't go by appearance.
[Ab] You go [Ab] by, there's other things that girls have to offer besides their looks, you know, [Bb] that makes you [Eb] might want to be with them for a second or two.
_ [Gm] You know, I mean, there's other things, you know, besides [G] that.
_ [Ab] I don't, let's go by just the look, you know, because we [G] know the story, you know, some of them, some of the worst [Eb] people in the world.
But, you know, you go by other things.
I don't know what it is.
You can just feel the things.
You say, damn, I might [C] want to be with her.
I don't know.
Let me check myself there and [G] see what happens.
It's great.
What about this, [Ab] I mean, I mentioned, you know, _ needless to say, a lot of people, me included.
Not [D] necessarily really.
You should, [Gm] because, you know, if you're not used to it, well, it could kill [C] you, really.
_ _ [N] But this is another way of communication.
That's why other people can't understand and say, well, damn, why are you with so many people?
I said, well, I don't necessarily be, you know, touching those people all the time.
I just be talking to them.
Some I talk to and then others, you know, _ therefore, and thereafter.
_ This is a scene like, if it's part of you, you know, this is [Gm] nature.
I don't [E] know.
I just can't help it.
_ _ This is a scene like, that's [G] another way of communication, though.
You have your own ways, you know.
[E] Some people just can't communicate better by, you know, [G] by not even knowing each other's name.
I say, hey, hi, how are you doing there?
Would you come with me for a minute?
And then, you know, it's all [Am] in and you do that.
[G] We can be the best of friends then.
Some even get married after [C] that.
_ _ _ It's kind of, you just [F] sort of flow with it when you started to get this image, which, you know, as you're_
Oh, it was worse before, because I used to be on the block starving, you know.
[G] And girls used to help me and all that, you know.
_ Girls are some of my best friends, because they used to help me, you know, and really helped me, too.
And I really, ever since then, that's why I say to myself, well, [Gm] any girl I meet now would try to show my appreciation for what they did for me before.
No, seriously, though, it's [G] just_
_ I don't
