Bold As Love Chords & Tabs
AXIS:BOLD AS LOVE BY JIMI HENDRIX
transcribed by MaxxDaddy
Basic verse riffs:
A E F#m D C# D
---5h7------------------0--------------------------------------------
---5-----5\---------------------2------------------------------------
-------4h6\----1h2p1------------2h4-2-------------7---------7--------
---------------------2--2-------------4----7---6--7h9-7-----7h9-7----
-----------------------------------------5---4----------7h9-------9\-
-5----------0----------------2---------------------------------------
Chorus (guitar 2)
A E F#m
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/-14-14-14-14-14-14-
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-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/14-14-14-14-14-14--
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G G# A E7 F#m
--7-7-7--8-8-8-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-
-----------------------------------------------------2-
-7-7-7--8-8-8--/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-
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A Bm D G G#
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-------5------7h10p7-------------------------------------------
-----6h7p6-----------7-----------------7---7-------------------
------------7----------9-9-7h9-------7---7h9p7---------5-5---6-
---7---------------------------7h9-5-----------7h9\------------
-5--------------------------------------------------3------4---
Solo(w/distortion):
A E F#m G A E
------------------------------------------------2-------------
-8(10)~8p5------------5(7)~5------------------2---5-----------
-----------7--7(9)~-0--------2/5-4p2h4p2-4(6)-------4~-4(6)p2-
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F#m G9 A E F#m G A
-----------------------------------------------------------5-----8-
---------------------------------------------------------5---/10---
-----------4(6)~~4-4(6)4-2--------2---2----------4----/6-----------
-2/4~--5~--------------------2h4~---4---4/5~---7---7\--------------
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E F#m G6 A E7 F#m
-10(12)-10(12)-10(12)~~---12(14)~12-10--12(14)12------------------
-------------------------------------------------10~-12(14)12p10--
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G A E7 F#m
---------10-12(14)~~--12(14)12-12-12(14)12--------------------------
-12~-12~-----------------------------------10~---12-12(14)12p10-----
-----------------------------------------------x----------------11~-
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G G# A G# E7 F#m D5
--------12-14(16)14-12-14~-12h14p12----12-------------------------
-10---------------------------------14----12(14)12~-/17\----------
----12~--------------------------------------------------/12------
----------------------------------------------------------x--9-7--
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A5 D5 A5 D5
--------------5------------------------------------------
----8(10)~~-----5----------------------------------------
-5--8(10)~~-------7(9)-7(9)-7(9)-7-5---------------------
-------------------------------------7-5---------7~~---5-
-----------------------------------------7-5-------------
---------------------------------------------8-5---------
A5
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-7(9)-7-5-----------------------
----------7-5-------------------
--------------7-6-5-3-5(6)5-3-0-
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Outro Solo(w/heavy flange):
C# G# A#m B
-9-------9------------------------------------------------------------
-12(14)~-12(14)12p9-9------9-------11------11-----7-----7-------9-----
--------------------11(13)-11(13)~-13(15)~-13(15)-9(11)-9(11)~-11(13)-
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C# G# A#m B C#
-9-------9--------------------------------------------------11------
-12(14)~-12(14)-9------9--------11------12-----12-----9-9-9-11(13)~-
----------------11(13)-11(13)~--13(15)~-14(16)-14(16)---------------
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G# A#m B C# G#
-11(13)11p9-11-11~-11(13)11p9------12(14)-12(14)-15(17)-15(18)15~---
------------------------------11~9-------------------------------14-
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B C#
------------------------16(18)~-16(18)~-13-16(18)-14h16p14-------16-
-16(17)16(18)p14------------------------------------------16(18)----
-----------------15~-14---------------------------------------------
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G# A#m B C#
--------------------------------------------16(18)~---------9---13p9-
-16(18)-16(18)-16~-14-16(18)16(18)16p14-14~---------x\----9---9------
---------------------------------------15-----------x\-/10-----------
----------------------------------------------------x\---------------
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G# A#m B
---------8---8p4---8p4---8p4-----9---9p6---9p6---11p7---11p7---12p8---
-9-9---4---4-----4-----4-----4/6---6-----6-----7------7------8------8-
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---11-----------------------------------------------------------------
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C# G# A#m B
-12p8-----13p9-13p9-13p9-9--4-8p4-8p4-8p4-8p4--9p6-9p6-9p6-9p6--11p7--
------8/9-----9----9----9-9-4----4---4---4---6----6---6---6---7-----7-
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C# G#
-11p7--12---12p8-----9-----------9----9---------9------12-9----------9-
-----8----8------8/9---9-12(14)~---12-9--------9--12p9------9-12(14)---
----------------------------------------11(13)-------------------------
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A#m
-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9----------
-12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)~~-
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B C# G#
-9---------------9-12(14)-12(14)~--9---12(14)-12(14)~--9---12(14)-12(14)~-
---12p9--------9---------------------9-------------------9----------------
--------11(13)------------------------------------------------------------
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A#m B C#
-9---------------9---------------------------------------------------------
---12-9--------9----12-9---------------------------------------------------
--------11(13)-----------11(13)-11-9---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------11-9-----------------9-11(13)-11-9-11-
------------------------------------------11-10-9-7-10-11------------------
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G# A#m
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-9--------9-11(13)-9-----------11-13(15)-13~-
---7-9/11------------11~-11/13---------------
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B C# G#
---------------------------------------9---------9---------------9-
-------------------------------------9---12(14)~---12-9--------9---
---------------------------------/10---------------------11(13)----
-11/-------11-9~-----------11-9~-----------------------------------
--------11-------11-10-9-8-----------------------------------------
-----13------------------------------------------------------------
A#m B C#
--------------------------------------------9-9-9----
-12-9-------------------------------------9---9-9-x\-
------11(13)-11-9--------------11-11(13)~---------x\-
------------------11-9----9h11-----------------------
-----------------------11----------------------------
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G#
------16-16----16----16----16----16-16\-/16-16----16----16\-/4-
-/18--18----18----18----18----18----18\-/16----16----16-16\-/4-
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A#m B
-/18-18--21p18---18-18-
-/18-18-------18----18-
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Lyrics:
A E F#m D
Anger! He smiles towering in shiny metallic purple armor.
A E
Queen Jealousy envy waits behind him,
F#m D C# D
her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground.
A Bm G D
Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted, they quietly understand.
D A
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
Bm G G#
but wonder why the fight is on.
A E F#m G
But they're all bold as love.
A E F#m G
Yes they're all bold as love
A E F#m D
Yeah! They're all bold as love.
A Bm D G G#
Just ask the Axis...(He knows ev'ry thing)*2nd time
A E F#m
My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war,
D
and ribbons of euphoria.
A E F#m D C#5 A
Orange is young, full of daring, but very unsteady for the first go round.
D A Bm
My yellow in this case is not so mellow, in fact I'm trying to say,
G D
it's frightened like me.
A
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from
Bm G G#
giving my love to a rainbow like you,
but I'm uh...
(Chorus)
G G#
Yeah! Yeah!
Guitar Solo over (A E F#m G)8x
A G# E7 F#m
(D D D D D D A!)3x
drum break
Outro:
Solo over (C# G# A#m B C) & fade
