Chords for Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze Guitar Lesson

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The first song on RU Experience is Purple Haze.
Purple Haze opens with an E octave [C] as played by the bass.
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] Over this E octave, Jimmy plays a B flat octave figure.
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_ _ _ The resulting sound is known as a tritone. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] This is followed by a guitar lick based on E minor pentatonic.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Jimmy then plays the primary chord progression, _ E7 sharp [Db] 9,
_ _ _ _ [Gb] to a G major chord with the low root note threaded with the thumb, _ _ _
_ followed by an A major chord, threaded the [Ab] same way.
_ _ _ _ _ Jimmy acts a lick with the pinky to this chord. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] And now up to speed. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ During the verse,
Jimmy continues the E7 sharp [Ebm] 9, _ _ [Gb] _
G, _ _ [Ab] A chord progression. _ _
_ _ _ _ He ends this section with a sliding octave figure [Eb] and
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_ a restatement of the intro, E minor pentatonic guitar lick.
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ [Ab] In the three bar section preceding the guitar solo,
Jimmy plays a chord progression of A _ to _ _ [Bb]
B _ _ _ [B] to D.
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_ _ _ _ [B] This is followed by a return to E.
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_ [Em] For the guitar solo, Jimmy used an unusual effect called an Octavia.
This device doubles the guitar pitch one octave higher.
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_ [Db] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] Now here's the Purple Haze solo played slowly. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gb] _ Jimmy begins the outro solo with a twist on the intro guitar lick,
followed by a repeatedly picked D to E bend on the B string, which is vibratoed. _ _
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_ [Gb] _ _ Jimmy begins the outro solo with a twist on the intro guitar lick,
followed by a repeatedly picked D to E bend on the B string,
which is vibratoed.
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[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _