Killing Floor v1   Jimi Hendrix

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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.