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Drifting Tab 

DRIFTING--By Jimi Hendrix    (from "Cry of Love")

Tune down 1/2-step 


Intro:

E-------D-F#-------A-E--------|-------------------------D#m7-------------------D--------------------G#m----------
                                  
                                     Drifting.........on a sea  of forgotten teardrops, on a lifeboat,     

----------B--A--------------------B-----A-----------------------------A-------E-----------------

Sailing far, far...........your love, love........................Sailing home.


G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A
G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B----------

E---------------------D#m7----------D---------------------------G#m------

Drifting......on a sea of old      heartbreaks,    on a lifeboat


-----------B---A---------------------------B----A-----------------------A--------E----------------------

Sailing far, far....................your love,love...................sailing home.

G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A
G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-B----B-A#-A-G---------A--------G---------Fmaj7------G-------
B----B-A#-A-G---------A--------G---------Fmaj7------G------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Repeat this line often and fade.  
Try to get trippy with the outro solo, after all, that is the best part of the song.  


Riffs:
           B   A        C#m                                               B   A  C#m                                          A      E
Sailing far, far...............................................your love,love........................................sailinghome
                         sl.            4x                                          sl.
e|---------7---5----5-----9--------------------------------------------7---5----5--9--------------------------------------
b|---------7---5----5-----9-------------7-----------------------------7---5----5--9-------9-9-9-9-9---9-10-9-------
g|---------8---6----5-----9-------8-9----------9-8------------------8---6----5--9-------9-9-9-9-9-------------------
d|---------9---7---------------------------------------9----------------9--7------------------------------------------------
a|---------9---7---------------------------------------------------------9--7------------------------------------------------
e|---------7---5---------------------------------------------------------7--5------------------------------------------------

Interlude:
    G-G2-G-G2-G-G2-G-G2--A-A2-A-A2-A-A2-A-A2----G-G2-G-G2-G-G2-G-G2--B-B2-B-B2-

                    H      sl.                       H           sl.                      H       sl.
E|---3-3--3-3-----------------------5-5--5-5----------------------------3-3--3-3-----------------------7-7-7-7-----
B|---3-5--3-5--------8-10-8------5-7--5-7------------10-12-10----3-5--3-5---------8-10-8----7-9-7-9------
G|---4-4--4-4--------7--9--7-----6-6--6-6--------------9-11--9-----4-4--4-4---------7--9--7----6-6-6-6------
D|---5-5--5-5--7-------------------7-7--7-6--8-------------------------5-5--5-5--7-------------------7-7-7-7------
A|----------------7-9-----------------------------8-10----------------------------------7-9--------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



This is not entirely, positively correct.  It's just an approximation.  It's a very basic Jimi tune and fairly simple to pull off.  
The intro is done in octaves, and the outro goes on for a long transcending solo and ends on a C-chord. Hope this helps.   
            								--Rustafa P.
If you have any questions or comments or corrections or, feel free to e-mail @ edpearson@state.de.us

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