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.
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
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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