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Are You Experienced

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Hey Joe

Tonalidad E Tempo 76 bpm Compás 4/4 Dificultad Intermedio 🇬🇧 Inglés
Hey Joe

Jimi Hendrix — Hey Joe

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Key
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Capo
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◫ Cinema Mode Lyric Video
Intro
Tab - Intro
Parte 1 de 2
E|-0------0----------------------0---------------------|
B|-3/5----3----------------------3---------------------|
G|-------------2b3r2p0-----------1---------------------|
D|---------------------0h2-------2---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------0-------0------------------|
Parte 2 de 2
E|-------------------------0---------------------------|
B|-------------------------0-----------7-----7---------|
G|-------------------------1-----------7-----7---------|
D|-/5-----/5-----4---------2-------7h9---7h9---9\------|
A|-/5-----/5-----4-------------------------------------|
E|------0------0------0-------0------------------------|
Verse
C G D A
Hey Joe
Where you goin' with
E
That gun in your hand?
C G D
Hey Joe
A
I said, where you goin' with
E
That gun in your hand?
C G
I'm goin' down to shoot
D
My old lady
A
You know I caught her messin' 'round
E
With another man
C G
I'm goin' down to shoot
D
My old lady
A
You know I caught her messin' 'round
E
With another man
And that ain't too cool
C G D A
Hey Joe
E
I heard you shot your woman down
You shot her down, down
C G D A
Hey Joe
E
I heard you shot your old lady down
You shot her down to the ground
C G D
Yes, I did, I shot her
A
You know I caught her messin' 'round
E
Messin' 'round town
C G D
Yes, I did, I shot her
A
You know I caught my old lady
E
Messin' 'round town
And I gave her the gun and I shot her
Solo
C G D A E
C G D A E
Tab - Solo
Parte 1 de 8
E|----------12-----------------------------------------|
B|-15b17-------15-12-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------14b16r14p12----12-----------------|
D|-------------------------------14--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 2 de 8
E|----------12-----------------------------------------|
B|-15b17-------15-12---------12------------------------|
G|-------------------14b16------b16r14--12h14--12------|
D|-------------------------------------------------14\-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 3 de 8
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-12----12\--------------12---------------------------|
G|-12----12\--------------12h13p12h13p12---------------|
D|----14------------12h14----------------14\-----------|
A|--------------/14------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 4 de 8
E|--------------------12----------------12-------------|
B|-15b17~---15b17~-------15-12-------------15------12--|
G|-----------------------------14b16----------1416-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 5 de 8
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------14-12~----------------------------------------|
D|-12-14-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 6 de 8
E|-------------12-15b17r15~--12------------10-12-10----|
B|---------12---------------------------10-------------|
G|-12b14------------------------14b16------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 7 de 8
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b16---12h13p12h13p...-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------14\----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Parte 8 de 8
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------12h13p12h13p...--------------------------|
D|------14-16------------------14\---------------------|
A|-/14-------------------------14\---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Interlúdio
Tab - Interlúdio
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------2-3-4-5---------4-5-6---------------------|
E|---0-1-2-3---------2-3-4-5---------------------------|
Verse
Tab - Riff
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------2-3-4-5---------4-5-6---------------------|
E|---0-1-2-3---------2-3-4-5---------------------------|
C G D A
Hey Joe, said now
E
Where you gonna run to now
Where you gonna run to?
C G D A
Hey Joe, I said
E
Where you goin' to run to now
Where you, where you gonna go?
C
Well, dig it
G D A
I'm goin' way down south
E
Way down to Mexico way
Alright
(Riff)
I'm goin' way down south
E
Way down where I can be free
Ain't no one gonna find me, baby
(Riff) C G D
Ain't no hangman gonna
A E
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now
I gotta go now
From the album
Are You Experienced

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix · 1966 · Track 1

Details
Tonalidad E
Compás 4/4
Tempo 76 BPM
Duración 3:30
Álbum Are You Experienced
Año 1966
ISRC USQX90900767

The story behind

«Hey Joe» is an American song that, since the 1960s, has become part of the rock standards, having been performed by multiple artists across widely varying genres. Its authorship has generated disputes and claims that sowed confusion about who wrote it and how it came about. Despite this controversy, the rights were administered by Third Story Music from 1966 until the 2000s, with Billy Roberts listed as the sole author. The lyrics tell the story of a man who, after killing his wife in a town in the southern United States, plans to flee to Mexico to avoid a death sentence. The first known commercial recording of the song dates from late 1965, when the Los Angeles garage band The Leaves recorded it for the first time. The following year, in 1966, the group made a new recording that they released as a single, turning it into a hit. Today, the most widely recognized version is the 1966 recording by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as their debut single. In some versions and performances the title appears extended as "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?" or similar variants. Roberts officially registered the composition in the United States in 1962, but legal conflicts and discrepancies regarding its true authorship were not long in emerging. Some artists and musicologists argue that it is a traditional piece originating from the Appalachian Mountains. The song is frequently misattributed to American musician Dino Valenti, also known as Chester, Chet Powers, and Jesse Farrow. For his part, Scottish folk singer Len Partridge has claimed that he collaborated with Roberts in writing the work when both were performing at clubs in Edinburgh in 1956. Sources close to Roberts, such as singer Pat Craig, indicate that Roberts signed over the rights to the song to his friend Dino Valenti while the latter was in prison, with the aim of generating income to facilitate his release. Investigations carried out in the recording archives and folk and blues documents of the Library of Congress of the United States and the Smithsonian Institution found no documentary evidence to support the claims of singer Tim Rose and others, who maintain that "Hey Joe" is of traditional origin and not a creation of Roberts. The controversy remains unresolved. Roberts was a folk singer based in California who played guitar and harmonica within the so-called "Coffee House Circuit" of the West Coast. In 1975 he participated alongside San Francisco band Grits on the country rock album "The Thoughts of California", produced by Hillel Resner. Resner has mentioned that a live recording exists of Roberts performing "Hey Joe". It is considered likely that Roberts drew on three earlier works when composing the song. The first is "Baby, Please Don't Go To Town", written in 1955 by his girlfriend Niela Miller, which employs a similar chord progression based on a cycle of fifths with major chords. The second is "Hey Joe!", a country hit recorded by Carl Smith in 1953 and written by Boudleaux Bryant, which shares the same title and a verse format in a question-and-answer scheme. The third is "Little Sadie", a traditional ballad that circulated in the early twentieth century, whose plot also revolves around a man who flees after murdering his wife.

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