Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
by Jimi Hendrix
🎵 Blues
Difficulty
★★★★☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
The opening wah-drenched riff in E that defines psychedelic blues-rock. Hendrix uses a combination of muted scratches, bends, and aggressive picking to create one of the most powerful guitar intros ever recorded.
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--x-x-7--x-x--7/9\7--5--x-x-7--x-x-7/9\7--5------|
E|--x-x-5--x-x--5/7\5--3--x-x-5--x-x-5/7\5--3------|
e|----0--3b4--3--0------0--3--0-----------------------|
B|----0--3-----3--0-----0--3--0-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--x-x-7--x-x--7/9\7--5-----------------------------|
E|--x-x-5--x-x--5/7\5--3-----------------------------|