I was tired of seeing the crap that other people were sending in for this song, so I
decided to tab the song myself. This is my first tab, ever, so forgive me for any
mistakes I make. This is one of my absolute favorite Hendrix songs, really great
riffs. Hope you enjoy.
Rock on.
RIP Jimi.
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Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix
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Tabbed by: Rock'in-ishu
Email: Vorpalwarrior@yahoo.com
Tuning: Drop the lower E to a D#.
e
B
G
D
A
D#
Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8----8-8-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8----8-8-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8----8-8-----------------------------------------------|
A|--10------10------10-----10------10------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff1
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------4-4-----------------4-4-----------------4-4------------4-4-----|
G|---------------3-3-----------------3-3-----------------3-3------------3-3-----|
D|---------------1-1-----------------1-1-----------------1-1------------1-1-----|
A|-----3~-1-3-3------------3~-1-3-3------------3~-1-3-3-------3~-1-3-3----------|
D#|-0-------------------0--------------------0--------------0-------------------|
Riff2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------1-1-------------1-1-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------1-1-------------1-1-----------------------------------------|
D|------3~-1-3-3---------3~-1-3-3----------------------------------------------|
A|---1-----------------1-------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---10-10-10-10-----------8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6---------1-1-1-1-----------|
D#|--9--9--9--9------------7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5---------0-0-0-0-----------|
Riff4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/5-5-5-4-3-2-1-1-1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*NOTE: At the end of each verse, Jimi does a little improvising, for example:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------3p1----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------3p1------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------3p1--------------------------------------------------------|
**NOTE: Jimi also does a little improvising between these two riffs in the chorus, for example:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------1h3----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----1h3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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