If 6 Was 9 - Jimi Hendrix
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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
IF 6 WAS 9
by Jimi Hendrix
transcribed by Maxxdaddy


4x
e|----||
B|----||
G|----||
D|----||
A|5-7-||
E|----||


play along with verse:
2x
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------5----|---------------|-5-------------|
A|-----5--7-7---|-5-------------|-5-------------|
E|-5h7----------|---5(6)--5p3-0-|----5(6)-5p3-0-|

e|-----------||----------|
B|-----------||----------|
G|-----------||----------|
D|---------2-||----------|
A|----3(4)---||----------|
E|-0--3(4)---||---0--3-0-|


[Chorus]

A7sus G7sus F#7sus F7sus E
e|--0-----0------0------------------|
B|-10-----8------7-------6----------|
G|--9-----7------6-------5------1---|
D|--9-----7------6-------5------0h2-|
A|-10-----8------7-------6------0h2-|
E|----------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-2(4)--2(4)2-------1------------0h2p0--|
D|-------------0h2---0h2-------0h2-------|
A|-------------------0h2---0-2-----------|
E|---------------------------------------|


[Verse 2]

8x
e|----||------------||-----------|
B|-8--||------------||-----------|
G|-7--||------------||-----------|
D|-6--||-7/9--------||-----------|
A|-7--||-5/7------5-||-----------|
E|----||------5h7---||-0-3-0-----|


[Part 2]

white collar conservative riffs:
e|-----------|---------|---0--0--0--|
B|-----------|---------|-3/5--5--5--|
G|-2(4)2p0---|---------|------------|
D|---------2-|-----0h2-|------------|
A|-----------|-0h2-----|------------|
E|-----------|---------|------------|


[Solo 1]

guitar 1 (2x):
C9 E6/B A7sus G7sus E6/B
e|--0----7------------------7----||
B|--3----7----10-----8------7----||
G|--3----6-----9-----7------6----||
D|--2----6-----9-----7------6----||
A|--3----7----10-----8------7----||
E|-------7------------------7----||

guitar 2(come in after 2 measures:

C9
e|----10-12-8h10p8----8-5-----------|
B|-10--------------10-----8-5-------|
G|----------------------------7-5-7-|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-12-14-16-12-14----12----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------14-------12-14-12----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------13----------13-11-----11----11-13-11-9----9--------|
D|-----------------------------------------11----14------------11----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-14-16-12h14p12----12-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------14----14p12----12h14p12-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------13----------13-11-13-11-----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------11-14-11---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------11h14p11h14p11-|
6x

e|-------------------------||-17-17-17-17-||-------12-------------------------|
B|-------------------------||-17-17-17-17-||-12-14---14---12h14p12--12--------|
G|-------------------------||-17-17-17-17-||------------13--------13--9h11-9--|
D|----------------11h14p11-||-------------||----------------------------------|
A|-11h14p11h14p11----------||-------------||----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------||-------------||----------------------------------|
2x

e|-12-14-16-16-16p14h16--12h14p12-||------------------------||----------------|
B|--------------------------------||12h14p12h14p12h14p12h14-||----------------|
G|--------------------------------||------------------------||----------------|
D|--------------------------------||------------------------||-11h14p11h14p11-|
A|--------------------------------||------------------------||----------------|
E|--------------------------------||------------------------||----------------|

e|-12-14-16-12-14-12h14p12-----------------------12-14-16-14--12h14p12-h14p12--|
B|-------------------------14-------------12-14-------------14--------14-------|
G|----------------------------11-13--------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------11/13--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----14p12-14--12--14--12-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------11h13p11-11-13-11-----11h13p11h13p11h13p11h13---|
D|-------------------------------------------11----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 3]

16x(until "play on drummer")
e|-||------------||
B|-||------------||
G|-||------------||
D|-||------------||
A|-||-5-7-----5--||
E|-||-----5h7----||


[Solo]

guitar 1 plays variations on E6 and E9 throughout outro

e|-2--2--2--4---0--0--5--7--9-11--12---14-|
B|-2--2--4--4---2--0--5--7--9--9--10---12-|
G|-1--2--4--4---2--4--4--6--9--9--11---13-|
D|-2--2--2--2---2--2-----6--9--9--11---14-|
A|-2--2--2--2---2--------7--7-------------|
E|-0--0------------------7----------------|

guitar 2
e|-16-16-12-14------------------------------------------14--14h16---14p12-12---|
B|-------------14-14h17p14h17---------------------14-17-----------17-------14--|
G|-----------------------------13h16p13h16-----16------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------14--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-14--12h14p12----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------14h17p14--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------16h18p16h18----------------16----16----------16--------|
D|---------------------------------16h18p16h18p16--16----16h18p16----16h18p16--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------19----------19--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------16-16-16h17--19p17h19------------------------22--20-|
B|------------17-17-19-19-----------------------21p19h21~~~---2/7-5~-----20---|
G|----16------------------------------------------------------2---------------|
D|----16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-19-----19------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6x 8x 8x

e|-18---------------||-----||-----||-----||-14-----------12---12----12--12-14--|
B|-18--16\--15\14---||-----||-----||-----||---12h14p12h15---14--14-12-14-------|
G|-----16\---------16-||13h16||11-14||-----||----------------------------------|
D|--------------------||-----||-----||14-18||----------------------------------|
A|--------------------||-----||-----||-----||----------------------------------|
E|--------------------||-----||-----||-----||----------------------------------|

e|-12h14p12----12-14-12-14h16--16-14-12--14----12-14-12h14-------------------|
B|----------14------------------------------14-------------12h14p12h14p12h14-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------12-14-16-14-16-12-14--12------14p12h14p12h14p12--------------|
B|-16-12-12--12-14--------------------14--14-12------------------14p12h14p12--|
G|--------13----------------------------------------13------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------16p14h16p14h16p14----14----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------16----16p14----14----------14----------14----|
E|-------------------------------------16----16p14h16----16-14h16----16-|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----14-14-14----14-14-14--------------------------------------------|
D|----14-16-14----14-16-14--18-18-------16h18-16----16----------------|
A|-16----------16-----------------16-18----------18----18-14----14----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------16----16-|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------17-16-14---------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------17-14---|
G|-------------------------14----13-----------------------16------------------|
D|-12-14-14----14----14-------------14----14----14----14-------------------16-|
A|----------16----16----16----16-------16----16----16-------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics:


[Intro]

Yeah, sing a song.


[Verse]

If the sun refuse to shine,
I don't mind, I don't mind. Yeah.
If the mountains fell in the sea,
let it be, it ain't me.

[Chorus]

A7sus G7sus
Alright, 'cos I got my own world to look through
F#7sus F7sus E
and I ain't gonna copy you.

Now if 6 turned out to be 9
I don't mind, I don't mind.
Alright, if all the hippies cut off all their hair,
I don't care, I don't care.


[Chorus]

White collared conservative flashing down the street,
pointing their plastic finger at me,
they're hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high, high, wow.
Wave on, wave on.

Fall mountains, just don't fall on me.
Go ahead on Mr. Businessman, you can't dress like me.

Don't nobody know what I'm talkin' about.

I got my own life to live
I'm the one that's gonna have to die when it's time for me to die
So let me live my life
the way I want to

there

Sing on Brother,
play on drummer.

**Give all credit to maxxdaddy**

I didn't write this, I just found it and put it on ultimate guitar cuz there werent any
tabs of this song!



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| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato

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Song info
If 6 Was 9
Jimi Hendrix
2001
  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Psychedelic Rock
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