Purple Haze Chords

by Jimi Hendrix
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author alettedipollo89 [a] 71.
3 contributors total, last edit on Oct 3, 2023
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Chords

Bb
E7#9
G
A
E
B

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PURPLE HAZE - JIMI HENDRIX - by Alessandro Ferrari
 
 
[Intro]
 
Bb Bb x4 + RIFF + E7#9   G A
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
E7#9              G          A
Purple haze all in my brain
 
Lately things don't seem the same
 
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
 
E                               RIFF
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
E7#9            G        A
Purple haze all around
 
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
 
Am I happy or in misery?
 
E                                          RIFF
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me
 
 
[Interlude]
 
A
Help me
 
B
Help me
 
E7#9
Oh, no, no
 
 
[Guitar Solo + Riff]
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
E7#9                   A         B
Purple haze all in my eyes, uhh
 
Don't know if it's day or night
 
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
 
E7#9
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?
 
Ooo
 
 
[Outro]
 
A
Help me
 
B
Ahh, yea-yeah, purple haze, yeah
 
E7#9
Oh, no, oh
 
Oh, help me
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14 comments
yannickb99
The E chord is actually an E7#9...
+11
mrw3297
That is correct, E7#9 also known as “The Hendrix Chord”. Sounds best to me up around the 6th & 7th frets, with the open low E string played for a bass line (boom boom Chord Chord) , then I think it’s Gm and Am but that’s JMHO.
+4
samAcus
this thing rocks!!!!!!!!!!!! about 1/2 the favourites were me
+1