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Who Knows by Jimi Hendrix
Who Knows
Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
Main/Opening Riff
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E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------10-----------------------------
D-12-12-12-10-12-10----------------------------------------------
A-------------------12-11-10-(10)--------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
Eventually, after the band kicks in, the whole riff is played
down an octave lower, like this:
~~~~~ ~
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------3-------------------------------------------
A-5-5-5-3---------------------------------------------------------
E---------5-4-3(3)(3)---------------------------------------------
The solo is in Db (10th fret) on the minor petonic scale. Tabbing it out would
1= vocal one (Jimi)
2= vocal two (Buddy Miles?)
1: They Don't know
2: They Don't know
1: Like I know
2: Like I know
1: Do you Know?
2: They Don't know
1: I don't know
2: I don't know
1: Well my baby's
2: Well my baby's
1: Puttin Down(?) <------ I don't know if this is right
2: Puttin Down(?) <------ Puttin out??
1: Well my baby
2: Well my baby
1: Puttin Down things
2: Puttin down now
1: Just came back from
2: I don't know
They don't know
They don't know
Like i know
Like i know
Do you know
They don't know
I don't know
I don't know
What my baby
What my baby
Put on down
Put on down
What my baby
What my baby
I just came back from
I don't know
I can't count it
I can't count it
I just can't find this town
They don't know
I'm lookin' for my seller
I don't know my baby
Have you seen her
Have you freed her yeah
Have you seen her
Oooh hhhooo
Talkin' about my baby
Goin' down
Talkin' about my baby
I just came in
I just came in baby
I just came in
I just came in
Spread the magic baby
all in my bed
She got chains, attached to my head
Talkin' about
Talkin' about
Talkin' about my baby
I don't know about it
They don't know what i know
They don't know like i know
All the time i've been hangin' around
All the time i hang around
She didn't know
Ha she didn't care
She didn't know
She didn't care
And she go walkin' down the street singin'
Everybody die
Da da dada da doo doo
They don't know
Nobody knows
They don't know
Just don't know
Da da da ...
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version 2
Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
Main/Opening Riff
~~ ~~~
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------10-----------------------------
D-12-12-12-10-12-10----------------------------------------------
A-------------------12-11-10-(10)--------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
Eventually, after the band kicks in, the whole riff is played
down an octave lower, like this:
~~~~~ ~
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------3-------------------------------------------
A-5-5-5-3---------------------------------------------------------
E---------5-4-3(3)(3)---------------------------------------------
This is a really cool lick, becuase there are MANY variations you can
make on it! Listen to all the variations hendrix made.
The solo is in Db (10th fret) on the minor petonic scale.
1= vocal one (Jimi)
2= vocal two (Buddy Miles?)
1: They Don't know
2: They Don't know
1: Like I know
2: Like I know
1: Do you Know?
2: They Don't know
1: I don't know
2: I don't know
1: Well my baby's
2: Well my baby's
1: Puttin Down(?) <------ I don't know if this is right
2: Puttin Down(?) <------ Puttin out??
1: Well my baby
2: Well my baby
1: Puttin Down things
2: Puttin down now
1: Just came back from
2: I don't know
They don't know
They don't know
Like i know
Like i know
Do you know
They don't know
I don't know
I don't know
What my baby
What my baby
Put on down
Put on down
What my baby
What my baby
I just came back from
I don't know
I can't count it
I can't count it
I just can't find this town
They don't know
I'm lookin' for my seller
I don't know my baby
Have you seen her
Have you freed her yeah
Have you seen her
Oooh hhhooo
Talkin' about my baby
Goin' down
Talkin' about my baby
I just came in
I just came in baby
I just came in
I just came in
Spread the magic baby
all in my bed
She got chains, attached to my head
Talkin' about
Talkin' about
Talkin' about my baby
I don't know about it
They don't know what i know
They don't know like i know
All the time i've been hangin' around
All the time i hang around
She didn't know
Ha she didn't care
She didn't know
She didn't care
And she go walkin' down the street singin'
Everybody die
Da da dada da doo doo
They don't know
Nobody knows
They don't know
Just don't know
Da da da ...
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version 3
Tune down half a step
(Eb, Ab, Db,Gb,Bb an eb)
intro and verse
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------10b~--------|
Db|---12-12-12-10-12-10--------------10b~--------|
Ab|---------------------12-11-10-----------------|
Eb|------------------------------10--------------|
or you could do it like this
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------10b~--------|
Db|---12-12-12-10-12~----------------10b~--------|
Ab|---------------------12-11-10-----------------|
Eb|------------------------------10--------------|
Later on as the song goes on you play it an octave lower
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------10b~------------------|
Gb|------------------------10b~------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|--5-5-5-3-5-3---------------------------------|
Eb|--------------5~-4~-3~------------------------|
As for the solo do what you like in the A minor blues scale
which is: (these are the fret numbers for where you solo
eb|578 10 12
Bb|578 10 12
Gb|5789 11
Db|57
Ab|567
Eb|58
Eb|
They don't know
They don't know
Like i know
Like i know
Do you know
They don't know
I don't know
I don't know
What my baby
What my baby
Put on down
Put on down
What my baby
What my baby
I just came back from
I don't know
I can't count it
I can't count it
I just can't find this town
They don't know
I'm lookin' for my seller
I don't know my baby
Have you seen her
Have you freed her yeah
Have you seen her
Oooh hhhooo
Talkin' about my baby
Goin' down
Talkin' about my baby
I just came in
I just came in baby
I just came in
I just came in
Spread the magic baby
all in my bed
She got chains, attached to my head
Talkin' about
Talkin' about
Talkin' about my baby
I don't know about it
They don't know what i know
They don't know like i know
All the time i've been hangin' around
All the time i hang around
She didn't know
Ha she didn't care
She didn't know
She didn't care
And she go walkin' down the street singin'
Everybody die
Da da dada da doo doo
They don't know
Nobody knows
They don't know
Just don't know
Da da da ...
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