Jimi Hendrix — Killing Floor Tab

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Killing Floor — The Jimi Hendrix Version (Originally by Howlin' Wolf)
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Tabbed by Chris Hoolihan (hool@actrix.gen.nz, hoolih1c@wcc.govt.nz)

Note — This is my first attempt at transcribing this awesome song... I posted
       messages on usenet requesting this song and when i received no replies
       i decided to try to work it out. This version is in A minor (which I
       think is the key Jimi played it in, if you want to play along with Jimi
       then you'll have to downtune half a step to Eb).
       I find this is a good type of song to jam with heaps of guitarists as
       there are always too many guitarists so you can use 3 with this...
       — one doing the lead riffs
       — one doing the 12 bar blues
       — one soloing

       Alternate so the poor guy doing the 12 bar blues doesn't fall asleep.
       I can't describe the timing but basically play it as fast as you can.


—: Riff 1
E—|—————————————————————————————————|
B—|—————————————————————————————————|
G—|—————————————————————————————————|
D—|—————————————————————————————————|
A—|—————————5—5—6—6—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—|
E—|—5—5—8—8———————————0—0—0—0—0—0—0—|


—: Riff 2                                                                               
E—|———————————————————————————|
B—|———————————7—5—————————————|
G—|———————————7—5—————————————|
D—|—7—7—7—5—5—7—5—————————————|
A—|—7—————————————7—7—5—5—————|
E—|—5—————————————————————8—8—|
                                                                               

—: Riff 3
E—|————————————————————————————————————————|
B—|————————————————12—10———————————————————|
G—|————————————————12—10———————————————————|
D—|—12—12—12—10—10—12—10———————————————————|
A—|—12———————————————————12—12—10—10———————|
E—|—10———————————————————————————————13—13—|
                                                                               

—: Riff 4
E—|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B—|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
G—|——9—9—9—7—7——————7—7—7—5—5——————————————————————————————————————|
D—|——9—————————9—9——7—————————7—7——————————————————————————————————|
A—|——7——————————————5——————————————————————5—5—6—6—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—|
E—|————————————————————————————————5—5—8—8———————————0—0—0—0—0—0—0—|
                                                                               

Jimi alternates between playing the lead riffs and the 12 bar blues.
12 bar blues in A minor which goes with the riffs — brackets show which riff
this section goes with: in this case the chords are A, D and E.


(Goes with riff 2)
E—|—————————————————————————————————|
B—|—————————————————————————————————|
G—|—————————————————————————————————|
D—|—————————————————————————————————|
A—|—7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7—|
E—|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—|
                                                                               

(Goes with riff 3)
E—|—————————————————————————————————|
B—|—————————————————————————————————|
G—|—————————————————————————————————|
D—|—7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7—|
A—|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—|
E—|—————————————————————————————————|
                                                                               

(Goes with riff 4)
E—|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B—|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
G—|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D—|—9—9—11—9—9—9—11—9——7—7—9—7—7—7—9—7——————————————————————————————————|
A—|—7—7—7——7—7—7—7——7——5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5——————————5—5—6—6—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—|
E—|—————————————————————————————————————5—5—8—8—————————0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—|


The order goes like this:

Intro : Start off with some small solo then do riff 1
(no 12 bar blues behind this riff, it's the turn around riff)

:beginning
riff 2
riff 2
riff 3
riff 2
riff 4
goto beginning

then repeat this pattern until you're sick of hearing it.