Killing Floor Chords & Tabs
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Killing Floor - The Jimi Hendrix Version (Originally by Howlin' Wolf)
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Tabbed by Chris Hoolihan (hool@actrix.gen.nz, hoolih1c@wcc.govt.nz)
Note - This is my first attempt at transcribing this awesome song... I posted
messages on usenet requesting this song and when i received no replies
i decided to try to work it out. This version is in A minor (which I
think is the key Jimi played it in, if you want to play along with Jimi
then you'll have to downtune half a step to Eb).
I find this is a good type of song to jam with heaps of guitarists as
there are always too many guitarists so you can use 3 with this...
- one doing the lead riffs
- one doing the 12 bar blues
- one soloing
Alternate so the poor guy doing the 12 bar blues doesn't fall asleep.
I can't describe the timing but basically play it as fast as you can.
-: Riff 1
E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|
A-|---------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|-5-5-8-8-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-: Riff 2
E-|---------------------------|
B-|-----------7-5-------------|
G-|-----------7-5-------------|
D-|-7-7-7-5-5-7-5-------------|
A-|-7-------------7-7-5-5-----|
E-|-5---------------------8-8-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimi_hendrix/killing_floor_tab.html ]
-: Riff 3
E-|----------------------------------------|
B-|----------------12-10-------------------|
G-|----------------12-10-------------------|
D-|-12-12-12-10-10-12-10-------------------|
A-|-12-------------------12-12-10-10-------|
E-|-10-------------------------------13-13-|
-: Riff 4
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--9-9-9-7-7------7-7-7-5-5--------------------------------------|
D-|--9---------9-9--7---------7-7----------------------------------|
A-|--7--------------5----------------------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|--------------------------------5-5-8-8-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Jimi alternates between playing the lead riffs and the 12 bar blues.
12 bar blues in A minor which goes with the riffs - brackets show which riff
this section goes with: in this case the chords are A, D and E.
(Goes with riff 2)
E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|
A-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
E-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
(Goes with riff 3)
E-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
A-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-|---------------------------------|
(Goes with riff 4)
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9--7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7----------------------------------|
A-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------5-5-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-|-------------------------------------5-5-8-8---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
The order goes like this:
Intro : Start off with some small solo then do riff 1
(no 12 bar blues behind this riff, it's the turn around riff)
:beginning
riff 2
riff 2
riff 3
riff 2
riff 4
goto beginning
then repeat this pattern until you're sick of hearing it.
