Somewhere Over The Rainbow

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Somewhere over the Rainbow- Jimi Hendrix
These are the basic chord hendrix plays and one of the riffs he plays them in. the solos
on the E scale but I cant figure them out.
e[-0--------3------------------------0-----------0---------------------]
B[-0--------3------------------------2-----------2---------------------]
G[-1--------0------------------------2-----------2---------------------]
D[-2--------0------------------------2-----------2--------------0------]
A[-2--------2--------2---2---2---2---0-----------0---------0h2---------]
E[-0--------3--------3---0---3---4---x-----------x-----------------3-0-]
I see fingers hands and shades of faces.
e[--------0-------3------------------0----------0-----------------------]
B[--------0-------3------------------2----------2-----------------------]
G[--------2-------0------------------2----------2-----------------------]
D[---2----2-------0------------------2----------2----------------2--0---]
A[-2--2---1-------2-----2--2--2--2---0----------0------------0h2--------]
E[------0-0-------3-----3--0--3--4---x----------x---------------------3-]
Reachin up, but not quite touchin the promised land
E G A
I see fingers, hands, and shades of faces,
E G A
Reachin up, but not quite touchin the promised land,
E G A
I hear pleas and prayers, and desperate whispers sayin,
E
Oh lord, please give us a helping hand
(all harmonics on twelfth, let ring)
Yeah yeah yeah
E G A
Way down in the background, I can see the frustrated souls of cities burnin,
E G A
And on across the water, I can see weapons barkin out to stand down,
E G A
And up in the clouds, I can imagine UFO’s chuckling to themselves, laughin they sayin,
E
“Those people so uptight, they sure know how to make a mess”
Yeah
solo
E G A
Well, back at the saloon my tear mix in mildew with my drink,
E G A
I can’t really tell my feet from the sawdust on the floor,
E G A
Far as I know, they may even try to wrap me up in cellophane and sell me,
E G A
Brothers help me, and don’t worry ‘bout lookin at the score.
Yeah yeah yeah.

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Somewhere over the Rainbow- Jimi Hendrix
These are the basic chord hendrix plays and one of the riffs he plays them in. the solos 
on the E scale but I cant figure them out.
(all harmonics on twelfth, let ring)
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah
solo
Yeah yeah yeah.

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