Chords for Hendrix - How to Play Hey Joe (bass line)- Learn Easy Songs on Guitar
Tempo:
136.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
G
C
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Okay, so Hey Joe has this little bass line or run, riff if you want to call it whatever,
in the [E] song, [N] certain spots.
I like to throw it in whenever I feel like.
Usually when I'm taking a solo, I'll chuck it in somewhere as part of the solo or to
cue other people I'm jamming with to let them know that I'm getting ready to come out of
the solo and back to rhythm and sing.
So let's do a close up and show you what it looks like.
[C] [E] [F] [F#] [B] [C]
[D] [F#] [G#] [A] [D#] [E]
So that's [N] the little bass line or run that's in Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe.
So it starts out here in the fifth string, third fret, with a C note from that C chord.
This little run is known as a chromatic run or walk up.
It's chromatic because it's using notes that are not really in the scale but just walks
up to the notes of the chords that we're playing.
It goes from that [C] C, [E]
open E, sixth string open, [F] sixth string first fret, [F#] sixth string
second fret, sixth [G] string third fret to a G.
While the guitar player is strumming a G, that bass line, that bass note gets right
there where that G chord comes.
We're using the one fret per finger rule to do this.
As you can see, first finger first fret, second finger second fret, third finger third fret.
[A#] It then goes to fifth string second fret here, [B] first finger, and then fifth [C] string third
fret, fifth string [C#]
fourth fret, fifth string fifth [Em] fret to [D] a D note.
Right when that [G] [Am] rhythm player is [D] strumming that D chord, [G] there's the one fret per finger
rule, it then shifts everything over to this string, string number six.
It does the same pattern, sixth string [F#] second fret, sixth string [G] third fret, sixth string
[G#] fourth fret, [G#m] sixth string [A] fifth fret on an A note, right when the rhythm player is strumming
an A chord, [N]
there's the one fret per finger rule.
It shifts at this point to the fifth string fourth fret.
Now we can do the one fret per finger rule here because we want to end up in this E note,
but what I personally like to do here is slide this up one fret at a time.
I'll show you why in a moment.
It starts here with the fifth string fourth [C#] fret, [Am] slide up one, fifth string [D] fifth fret,
slide up one, [Cm] fifth string sixth fret, slide up one more [E] to fifth string seventh fret on
that E note.
Because at this [N] point right here, we can make an E chord A form.
Now this is a barre chord, it's not one of the five basic major chord forms, but we end
up [E] there and can
So I'm [C#] like sliding up [D] [D#] [E] and it kind of sounds neat, [C#] sliding.
[D] [D#] [E]
And I can also hit the sixth string open, it's an E.
So I got these two Es, and if you hear, they're an octave apart in pitch, so they kind of
sound neat together there.
[Bm] And then if we want to add that little riff that was in earlier, we can simply go here
and [G] slide
[D] [E] back up again to that.
[B] Instead of doing that riff down here, [Bm]
[G] [E] remember that we did it in a previous lesson, we can
also do it up here.
For that, I like to slide up as well.
So I'll go to the sixth string fifth fret and [A] slide [Bm] up to the seventh fret and then
drop right in here to fifth string [D] fifth fret, back to the [B] fifth string seventh, [C#] and
then to the sixth string seventh fret, and then to the fourth string fifth [G] fret, and
then move right over here to [D] fifth string fifth fret and pick it and slide [E] up to the
seventh fret, where that E is again.
And so, it's up to you if you [B] want to do that there or just not add that, just [D] go [D#] [Em] and
[C#] [D] [D#] [E]
not put the chord in.
[C] So the run here goes, [E] [F#] [G] [B] [C] [C#]
[D] [F#] [G] [G#] [A] [D] [E]
[Bm] [G] [E]
there's the whole thing.
[N]
[C] Again [N]
that's the little run there for Hey Joe.
It's real easy to do, it's a lot of fun, throw it in whenever you like, or if you want to
do it the way Hendrix does, then you have to listen to find out where those spots are
that he puts it in.
Otherwise I throw it in when I feel like.
So good luck, thank you, hope to see you later.
in the [E] song, [N] certain spots.
I like to throw it in whenever I feel like.
Usually when I'm taking a solo, I'll chuck it in somewhere as part of the solo or to
cue other people I'm jamming with to let them know that I'm getting ready to come out of
the solo and back to rhythm and sing.
So let's do a close up and show you what it looks like.
[C] [E] [F] [F#] [B] [C]
[D] [F#] [G#] [A] [D#] [E]
So that's [N] the little bass line or run that's in Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe.
So it starts out here in the fifth string, third fret, with a C note from that C chord.
This little run is known as a chromatic run or walk up.
It's chromatic because it's using notes that are not really in the scale but just walks
up to the notes of the chords that we're playing.
It goes from that [C] C, [E]
open E, sixth string open, [F] sixth string first fret, [F#] sixth string
second fret, sixth [G] string third fret to a G.
While the guitar player is strumming a G, that bass line, that bass note gets right
there where that G chord comes.
We're using the one fret per finger rule to do this.
As you can see, first finger first fret, second finger second fret, third finger third fret.
[A#] It then goes to fifth string second fret here, [B] first finger, and then fifth [C] string third
fret, fifth string [C#]
fourth fret, fifth string fifth [Em] fret to [D] a D note.
Right when that [G] [Am] rhythm player is [D] strumming that D chord, [G] there's the one fret per finger
rule, it then shifts everything over to this string, string number six.
It does the same pattern, sixth string [F#] second fret, sixth string [G] third fret, sixth string
[G#] fourth fret, [G#m] sixth string [A] fifth fret on an A note, right when the rhythm player is strumming
an A chord, [N]
there's the one fret per finger rule.
It shifts at this point to the fifth string fourth fret.
Now we can do the one fret per finger rule here because we want to end up in this E note,
but what I personally like to do here is slide this up one fret at a time.
I'll show you why in a moment.
It starts here with the fifth string fourth [C#] fret, [Am] slide up one, fifth string [D] fifth fret,
slide up one, [Cm] fifth string sixth fret, slide up one more [E] to fifth string seventh fret on
that E note.
Because at this [N] point right here, we can make an E chord A form.
Now this is a barre chord, it's not one of the five basic major chord forms, but we end
up [E] there and can
So I'm [C#] like sliding up [D] [D#] [E] and it kind of sounds neat, [C#] sliding.
[D] [D#] [E]
And I can also hit the sixth string open, it's an E.
So I got these two Es, and if you hear, they're an octave apart in pitch, so they kind of
sound neat together there.
[Bm] And then if we want to add that little riff that was in earlier, we can simply go here
and [G] slide
[D] [E] back up again to that.
[B] Instead of doing that riff down here, [Bm]
[G] [E] remember that we did it in a previous lesson, we can
also do it up here.
For that, I like to slide up as well.
So I'll go to the sixth string fifth fret and [A] slide [Bm] up to the seventh fret and then
drop right in here to fifth string [D] fifth fret, back to the [B] fifth string seventh, [C#] and
then to the sixth string seventh fret, and then to the fourth string fifth [G] fret, and
then move right over here to [D] fifth string fifth fret and pick it and slide [E] up to the
seventh fret, where that E is again.
And so, it's up to you if you [B] want to do that there or just not add that, just [D] go [D#] [Em] and
[C#] [D] [D#] [E]
not put the chord in.
[C] So the run here goes, [E] [F#] [G] [B] [C] [C#]
[D] [F#] [G] [G#] [A] [D] [E]
[Bm] [G] [E]
there's the whole thing.
[N]
[C] Again [N]
that's the little run there for Hey Joe.
It's real easy to do, it's a lot of fun, throw it in whenever you like, or if you want to
do it the way Hendrix does, then you have to listen to find out where those spots are
that he puts it in.
Otherwise I throw it in when I feel like.
So good luck, thank you, hope to see you later.
Key:
E
D
G
C
C#
E
D
G
_ _ Okay, so Hey Joe _ has this little bass line or run, _ _ _ _ _ riff if you want to call it whatever,
_ _ _ in the [E] song, _ _ [N] certain spots. _ _
I like to throw it in whenever I feel like. _ _
Usually when I'm taking a solo, _ I'll chuck it in somewhere as part of the solo or to
cue other people I'm jamming with to let them know that I'm getting ready to come out of
the solo and back to _ rhythm and sing.
_ So let's do a close up and show you what it looks like. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ [F] _ [F#] _ [B] _ [C] _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [D#] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that's [N] the _ little bass line or run that's in Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe. _ _
_ _ _ So it starts out here in the fifth string, third fret, with a C note _ _ _ from that C chord.
This little run is known as a chromatic _ _ _ _ run or walk up.
It's chromatic because it's using notes that are not really in the scale but just walks
up to the _ notes of the chords that we're playing.
It goes from that [C] C, [E] _
_ open E, sixth string _ _ _ open, _ [F] sixth string first fret, _ [F#] sixth string
second fret, sixth [G] string third fret to a G.
While the guitar player is strumming a G, _ that bass line, that bass note gets right
there where that G chord comes. _ _
_ We're using the one fret per finger rule to do this.
As you can see, first finger first fret, second finger second fret, third finger third fret.
_ [A#] It then goes to fifth string second fret here, [B] first finger, _ _ _ _ and then fifth [C] string third
fret, _ _ _ fifth string [C#]
fourth fret, _ fifth string fifth [Em] fret to [D] a D _ note.
Right when that _ [G] [Am] rhythm player is [D] strumming that D chord, _ _ _ [G] _ there's the one fret per finger
rule, it then shifts everything over to this string, string number six.
_ _ It does the same pattern, sixth string [F#] second fret, _ _ _ sixth string [G] third fret, _ _ _ sixth string
[G#] fourth fret, _ _ [G#m] sixth string [A] fifth fret on an A note, _ right when the rhythm player is strumming
an A chord, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N]
there's the one fret per finger rule.
_ _ It _ _ shifts at this point to the fifth string fourth fret.
Now we can do the one fret per finger rule here because we want to end up in this E note,
but what I personally like to do here is slide this up one fret at a time. _ _ _ _
_ I'll show you why in a moment.
It starts here with the fifth string fourth [C#] fret, _ _ [Am] slide up one, fifth string [D] fifth fret, _ _
slide up one, [Cm] fifth string sixth fret, _ slide up one more [E] to fifth string seventh fret on
that E note.
Because at this [N] point right here, we can make an E chord A form.
_ Now this is a barre chord, it's not one of the five basic major chord forms, but we end
up [E] there and _ _ _ can_
So I'm [C#] like sliding up [D] _ _ [D#] _ [E] and it kind of sounds neat, [C#] sliding.
[D] _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _
And I can also hit _ the sixth string open, it's an E.
So I got these two Es, _ _ _ _ _ and if you hear, _ _ they're an _ octave apart in pitch, _ so they kind of
sound neat together there.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And then if we want to add that little riff that was in earlier, we can simply go here
and _ _ _ [G] slide _
[D] _ _ [E] _ back up again to that. _ _
_ _ [B] Instead of doing that riff down here, [Bm] _
[G] _ [E] _ remember that we did it in a previous lesson, we can
also do it up here.
For that, I like to slide up as well.
So I'll go to the sixth string fifth fret and [A] slide [Bm] up to the seventh fret _ and then
drop right in here to fifth string [D] fifth fret, _ _ _ back to the [B] fifth string seventh, _ _ _ [C#] and
then to the _ _ _ sixth string seventh fret, and then to the fourth string fifth [G] fret, _ _ _ _ and
then move right over here to [D] fifth string fifth fret and pick it and slide [E] up _ to the
seventh fret, where that E is again. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And so, _ it's up to you if you [B] want to do that there or just not add that, just [D] go [D#] _ [Em] and
[C#] _ [D] _ [D#] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ not put the chord in.
_ _ [C] So the run here goes, _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [B] _ [C] _ [C#] _
[D] _ [F#] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ there's the whole thing.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Again _ _ [N] _
that's _ the _ little run there for Hey Joe. _ _ _
It's real easy to do, it's a lot of fun, throw it in whenever you like, _ _ _ _ _ or if you want to
do it the way Hendrix does, then you have to listen to find out where those spots are
that he puts it in.
Otherwise I throw it in when I feel like. _ _ _ _
So good luck, thank you, hope to see you later. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ in the [E] song, _ _ [N] certain spots. _ _
I like to throw it in whenever I feel like. _ _
Usually when I'm taking a solo, _ I'll chuck it in somewhere as part of the solo or to
cue other people I'm jamming with to let them know that I'm getting ready to come out of
the solo and back to _ rhythm and sing.
_ So let's do a close up and show you what it looks like. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ [F] _ [F#] _ [B] _ [C] _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [D#] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that's [N] the _ little bass line or run that's in Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe. _ _
_ _ _ So it starts out here in the fifth string, third fret, with a C note _ _ _ from that C chord.
This little run is known as a chromatic _ _ _ _ run or walk up.
It's chromatic because it's using notes that are not really in the scale but just walks
up to the _ notes of the chords that we're playing.
It goes from that [C] C, [E] _
_ open E, sixth string _ _ _ open, _ [F] sixth string first fret, _ [F#] sixth string
second fret, sixth [G] string third fret to a G.
While the guitar player is strumming a G, _ that bass line, that bass note gets right
there where that G chord comes. _ _
_ We're using the one fret per finger rule to do this.
As you can see, first finger first fret, second finger second fret, third finger third fret.
_ [A#] It then goes to fifth string second fret here, [B] first finger, _ _ _ _ and then fifth [C] string third
fret, _ _ _ fifth string [C#]
fourth fret, _ fifth string fifth [Em] fret to [D] a D _ note.
Right when that _ [G] [Am] rhythm player is [D] strumming that D chord, _ _ _ [G] _ there's the one fret per finger
rule, it then shifts everything over to this string, string number six.
_ _ It does the same pattern, sixth string [F#] second fret, _ _ _ sixth string [G] third fret, _ _ _ sixth string
[G#] fourth fret, _ _ [G#m] sixth string [A] fifth fret on an A note, _ right when the rhythm player is strumming
an A chord, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N]
there's the one fret per finger rule.
_ _ It _ _ shifts at this point to the fifth string fourth fret.
Now we can do the one fret per finger rule here because we want to end up in this E note,
but what I personally like to do here is slide this up one fret at a time. _ _ _ _
_ I'll show you why in a moment.
It starts here with the fifth string fourth [C#] fret, _ _ [Am] slide up one, fifth string [D] fifth fret, _ _
slide up one, [Cm] fifth string sixth fret, _ slide up one more [E] to fifth string seventh fret on
that E note.
Because at this [N] point right here, we can make an E chord A form.
_ Now this is a barre chord, it's not one of the five basic major chord forms, but we end
up [E] there and _ _ _ can_
So I'm [C#] like sliding up [D] _ _ [D#] _ [E] and it kind of sounds neat, [C#] sliding.
[D] _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _
And I can also hit _ the sixth string open, it's an E.
So I got these two Es, _ _ _ _ _ and if you hear, _ _ they're an _ octave apart in pitch, _ so they kind of
sound neat together there.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And then if we want to add that little riff that was in earlier, we can simply go here
and _ _ _ [G] slide _
[D] _ _ [E] _ back up again to that. _ _
_ _ [B] Instead of doing that riff down here, [Bm] _
[G] _ [E] _ remember that we did it in a previous lesson, we can
also do it up here.
For that, I like to slide up as well.
So I'll go to the sixth string fifth fret and [A] slide [Bm] up to the seventh fret _ and then
drop right in here to fifth string [D] fifth fret, _ _ _ back to the [B] fifth string seventh, _ _ _ [C#] and
then to the _ _ _ sixth string seventh fret, and then to the fourth string fifth [G] fret, _ _ _ _ and
then move right over here to [D] fifth string fifth fret and pick it and slide [E] up _ to the
seventh fret, where that E is again. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And so, _ it's up to you if you [B] want to do that there or just not add that, just [D] go [D#] _ [Em] and
[C#] _ [D] _ [D#] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ not put the chord in.
_ _ [C] So the run here goes, _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [B] _ [C] _ [C#] _
[D] _ [F#] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ there's the whole thing.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Again _ _ [N] _
that's _ the _ little run there for Hey Joe. _ _ _
It's real easy to do, it's a lot of fun, throw it in whenever you like, _ _ _ _ _ or if you want to
do it the way Hendrix does, then you have to listen to find out where those spots are
that he puts it in.
Otherwise I throw it in when I feel like. _ _ _ _
So good luck, thank you, hope to see you later. _ _ _ _ _