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Wild Thing

Jimi Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix, Wild Thing

The Shaman, Sojourner24@hotmail.com

"Wild Thing" performed by Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop

Festival - the chords go like this

G# G# XXX C# C# C# - D# D# XXX C# C# C#

Wild Thing!-------------------- you know the rest

G# -- G#11 G# G#11 G#--hold

Come here and sock it to me one more time - listen to the record

you know this part

G#11+ +333333+ +

Here comes the solo -one of my favorites and easiest! in G#

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------9--------------------------------|
G|-9-11r9-11-9-11~~---9-11---11-9----9r8----9r8-9--8-9~-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|----------------4-----|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------4-----|
G|-8-9d/11--9--8--9r8-------9----9----9~~-|-----------4t6--5b----|
D|---------------------11-----11---11-----|-9b|h|r|7-------4-----|
A|----------------------------------------|---------9------6b----|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------4-----|

little unsure here^

(A little known fact, Hendrix took this solo from the "Strangers

In The Night" by Frank Sinatra)

The rest of the solo is just feedback distortion from overdrive

and tube screamers and wah and of couse him smashing his guitar

any comments --sojourner24@hotmail.com

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