Killing Floor — The Jimi Hendrix Version (Originally by Howlin’ Wolf)
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Tabbed by Chris Hoolihan ([email protected], [email protected])
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.
