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NIGHT BIRD FLYING
As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
(From the 1998 Album EXPERIENCE HENDRIX)
Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix
Transcribed by Brian Gevin
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Electric Guitar 2'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Electric Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Electric Guitar 5'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=108
N.C.(E6) (D6)
4/4
Gtr III
a a Q Q Q E Q E Q Q Q E S S
|-----xs====|===xs==xs==x-------xs|=xs===x-------------|
|-----xs====|===xs==xs==x--x/---xs|=xs===x---xs==x-xsx-|
|-----xs====|===xs==xs==x--x/---xs|=xs===x---xs==x-xsx-|
|---x-------|--------------x/-----|----------xs==x-xsx-|
|-x---------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr II
| S E. Q Q Q Q W
|--------xs=|===xS==xs==x\----0---|--------------------|
|-----------|-------xs==x\--------|-x\-----------------|
|-----------|---------------------|-x\-----------------|
|-----------|---------------------|-x\-----------------|
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------(0)-|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----9---9----9----9-|----7---7---7---7---|
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|-7s9---9---9-----9---|-7----7---7---7-----|
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|
(F#6) (G6) (A6)
W W
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----xs=====================|=====x/--------------------------|
|----xs=====================|=====x/--------------------------|
|----xs=====================|=====x/--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----xs=====================|=====x/--------------------------|
|----xs=====================|=====x/--------------------------|
|----xs=====================|=====x/--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| a E E E E E E E E a E E E E a E E Q
|------11----11----11----11-|--------12----12-------14--------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7s11----11----11----11----|-11s12-----12----12s14----14\----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
E E7/A
Gtr IV
~~~~~
H S S +S S S +S +S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b12-----------------10pb12r(10)-9-10b12==(10)r(10)-9h|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E a E S S E E E E
|---------2s4--------------------------------------------|
|-----------x--------------------------------------------|
|-------1-2s4-(0)-(0)------------4-----4-----------------|
|-------2------------------------x-----x-----------------|
|---------------------5----------5-----5------------5\---|
|--0-----------------------------------------------------|
E E7/A E7 E7/A
~ ~~~~
|-----3------|
S S E Q E S S S S S S E +Q. +E E +E E a E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-10p9---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------9----------------9------9-|-11b13==(11)--------(11)-11b13r==(11)-9----------|
|----------9-------9h11---9h11---|----------------------------------------9h11-----|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E a E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E E S S
|------0-2s4---------------------|----------0--------------------------------------|
|------0---x------------0-0------|----------0---------------------------0----------|
|--------2s4-4-0---4----4-4------|----------1--/4-4-4-------------------4----------|
|------------------x----x--------|----------2---x-x-x------------------------------|
|----------------5-5----5----4---|--2----------/5-5-5---5--------5-----------4s5---|
|--0-----------------------------|--0----------------------------------------------|
Verse
N.C. (D) N.C(E6)
Gtr III
W W
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| E +E +E E E Q a Q H S S E S S S S
|--------------------------------------||----------16-16----16-16-16-16S|
|--------------------------------------||-----------x--x-----x--x--x--x-|
|--------------------------------------||----------16-16-16-16-16-16-16S|
|-9b11==(9)-(9)-9---------9---9h11\----||-------------------------------|
|-------------------11-----------------||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E S S E E a S E. E E E E E E E S S
|-----------------0----0---------------||----9---9--------9--------9--9-|
|-----------------0----0--0-0----------||-------------------------------|
|------------4----4----4-/4-4----------||-/9---9----9--------9----------|
|------------x------------x-x-0h=2-----||-------------------------------|
|-4s=====5---5-----------/5-5-------4\-||-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
(D6)
W
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| S
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