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THIRD STONE FROM THE SUN
by JIMI HENDRIX



Opening Chords:--7--------5----------7--------5----------6--------4----------0--------0----------0--------0----------------------------Alternate these chords as on the record.Follow with this riff repeating.                etc---------------------------------------------------------------------------------7----7----7--------------5-5--5-5--5-5------------0----0----0--------------Exotic Riff:                        X2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------8-8-8-8-7-5-7-5-3-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------then repeat the opening chords again, then...                              s     s     s-0-0-0-0----------0--0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---3-3/5-3-------------4-2-0-2--4-5-4-2-4--4-2-0-2-2/4---------4\2-0-----------------------------------------------------2-0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Main Melody: Use whammy. s           s    s         s        s    s              ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/13--13-11-9/11-6/9---7-6-4/6---4--6\4-11\9---------------------------------------------6---------------------------/11--11-9--7/9--4/7---5-4-2/4---2--4\2-9-\7---7-9----------0----------------------------4--------------9-----------   s           s    s         s        s    s    s    s          ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11/13--13-11-9/11-6/9---7-6-4/6---4--6\4-11\9--5\4-11\9-----------------------------------6-------------------------9-/11--11-9--7/9--4/7---5-4-2/4---2--4\2-9-\7--4\2-9-\7------0----------------------------4------------------------then                                s   s                         -0-0-0-0----------0---0-0-0-0-----0--------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----2------------12--12-12-----4-2-0-2--4-5-4-2-4---4-2-0-2--2/4------12-----12--12-12-12-------------------------------------/14-12--14-12--12-12-14-------------------------------------/14-----14--------------------------------------------------------------------------Little solo:----------------------------------12----------------------------------------15b(17)---15b(17)-15-12-------12-12-15p12---12------12--------------------------------------------14b(16)-----------14-14b(16)-14b(15)-14b(15)-12----------------------------------------------------------------------------14------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- s             *   *      "Strange beautiful...."                 -------------------------!-----------------0---!---------------x---x-----!-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---!---------12----12--12----!---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-! repeat under recitation.----12-14--14--14--14----!-2-2---------------2-!-/14-----------x---x-----!---------------------!---------------12-----0--!-0-------------------!The part marked '*' is to be played as a funky rhythm (listen to record).Then repeat Main Melody.Then start feeding back just on all the open notes using the whammy.Finally hit all open strings and do a severe whammy dive.I'm not gonna write out the rest because it would be a bit hard to doin this tab. Check out the Stevie Ray Vaughan live video because he does thissection almost note-for-note. Anyway it is played over the bass vamp of...-----------------------------------------------------------7--5--5---7--5--5--7--5--5-- etc-----7---------7--------7----At the end the Main melody re-appears again.