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Can You See Me
Jimi Hendrix
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CAN YOU SEE ME?
As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
(From the 1967 Album ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?)
Transcribed by A Bit Of Finger
Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix
F#
2 x 4 3 2 2
A
x 0 2 2 2 x
E
0 2 2 1 0 0
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
A5/B
x 2 2 2 x x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
C#
x 4 6 6 6 x
B
x 2 4 4 4 x
C#7+9
x 4 3 4 5 x
G
3 x 5 4 3 3
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=132
F# A F# E F# A
4/4
Gtr II
W E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q q E S S e E +Q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x x / / / / / / / / / / / / / x
Gtr I
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
H. Q E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q. E E S S e E +H
|--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---------2-(2)------|--------------------|---------2-(2)------|
|--------------|-4-4-4-4----------2-|-4-4-4-4-2-(2)------|-4-4-4-4------------|
|--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------17\--|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Verse
F# E F# B5 A5B5B5A5B5
E S S e E +H q Q H W Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~ ~~~
E S S E E +H q H. +H. Q W
|------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------|
|------------------|----4b6-------|-(4)---------||----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-2-(2)----|-4------------|-------------||----------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------|
B5A5B5A5B5A5B5E F# A5 F# E
E E E E E E E E E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / o / / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------7-(7)------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-/9-------------------|-/9--------7-(7)------|
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
F# A E A F# E
E S S e E +E E E E E S S e E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o / x / / / / / / x x
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E S S E E +Q a q Q. E +H
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------9b11-(9)pb11---7h(9)---|----------7-(7)------|
|-9-9-9-9------------------------|-9-------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
B5 A5B5A5B5A5/BB5A5B5A5B5A5B5E
q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / o
W W
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
F# A5 F# E
E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~
Q. E +Q Q S +E S e E +Q Q
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|-4b5r(4)p==2---------------|
|----------7-(7)------|-------------(4)-2-(2)-----|
|-9---------------9---|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
F# A E A F# E
E S S e E +E E E E E S S e E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o / x / / / / / / x x
~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +E +E +E. S Q. E +H
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------9-(9)b11==(9)r(9)---7-|-----------------------|
|-9------------------------------|-9--------7-(7)--------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
C# B F# A B A
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E q Q H Q E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / / x
~~
W W Q E. S Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------|---------|----------------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------|----------------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------|----------------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------|------7----9----7-----|
|-----------------|------------|-------x-|-9--------------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------|----------------------|
F# C#7+9 F#
e e e e e e e e q Q H
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
~~~~~
S S e e e e e e e q H +Q
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|----4b6-----(4)--|
|-9p7---------------|-9---------------|
|-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|
Verse
B5 A5/B B5A5B5 A5/B
W q E E E E E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~ ~
+H. Q Q E +E Q S S E
|----------------||--------------------------|
|----------------||----10b12r(10)------------|
|----------------||---------------7----------|
|-(4)pb6---------||-------------------9p7----|
|----------------||--------------------------|
|----------------||--------------------------|
B5A5B5A5B5A5B5E F# A5 F# E
E E E E E E E E E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / o / / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W Q. E +Q. E Q. E +H
|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------7-(7)------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-9-------------------|-9--------7-(7)-----|
|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|
F# A E A F# E B5 A5B5A5/BB5A5/B
E S S e E +E E E E E S S e E +Q E E q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o / x / / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~
Q. E +Q +E. S E S S e E +H H E e E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------9b11==(9)r==(9)s==(8)-|---------7-(7)------|--------------9s7-|
|-9------------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|----------/10-----|
B5 A5B5A5B5A5B5E F# A5 F# E
E E E E E E E E E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / o / / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q Q H Q. E +H Q E E +Q. E
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-(7)---------------|-----------7-(7)------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-/9-------------------|-9-------7-(7)------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------9------------|
F# A E A
E S S e E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o / x
~~~~~ ~~~
E +S S e E +E +E E. S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-9b11r(9)p7---9b11==(9)-(9)r9p==7-|
|------------9---------------------|
|----------------------------------|
F# E C# B
E S S e E +Q E E E E E E E E E E q Q H
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x x / / / / / / / x /
~ ~~~~~~
Q E E +Q. E W W
|--------------------|-----------------|------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|------------|
|-9-----9-7-(7)------|-----------------|------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|------------|
F# A B A
2/4 4/4
Q E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x
W Q E. S Q Q
|---------|------------------------|
|---------|------------------------|
|---------|------------------------|
|---------|------7--7-9----7b7.5---|
|---------|-9----------------------|
|---------|------------------------|
Guitar Solo
F# C#7+9 F#
e e e e E S S E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / x x / / / / / x x / / / /
Gtr III
<
~~~
S S E E E +E Q E H E +Q.
|-------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------||-----------5b7---(5)--------|
|-------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------||----------------------------|
|-9p7---7-7-(7)-----------||----------------------------|
|-----9---------9S====0---||----------------------------|
F#
S S E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / / / / x x / / / / / / / / x x / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H +Q. E
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-(5)pb7---------------------|-(5)pb7---------(5)pb7-------5b7r==|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G F#
S S E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / / / / x x / / / / / / / / x x / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+E E E E E E +E +E +Q. S +S +S S e E E
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-(5)---2----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------4b6-4---2---4b6-(4)-(4)pb6-|-(4)pb6-----4b6==(4)r(4)p2---2b2.5-------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------4-------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G F#
S S E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / / / / x x / / / / / / / / x x / / / /
~~~~
E S S S S S S S S E S S E E +Q. S s S S +S S e
|-----------12-------12-------12-------12-|-----------------------14-----------------------|
|-----12h14----12h14----12h14----12s14----|-17b19-(17)-------(14)----14--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------16b18r(16)p14------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------16---|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G
S S E E S S S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | |
x x / / / / x x / / /
|--3--|
E S S S E S S S. T S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-16b18---16p14----14b14.5------------------------------|
|---------------16---------16p14-------14h16p14-16\-----|
|--------------------------------16---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
F# B5 A5/BB5A5/BB5A5/BB5A5B5A5B5A5B5E
q Q H W q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / o
Gtr I
Q H +Q +H. Q H a E e a q W
|-----------------|----------------||------------7-------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------7s9---9s7---|------------------|
|----4b6-----(4)--|-(4)pb6---------||--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------7s9---9s7---|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||--------------------|------------------|
F# A5 F# E
E S S e E +Q E E E S S e E +Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H Q. E +Q. E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------7-(7)------|---------------------|
|-/9-------------------|-9--------7-(7)------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
F# A E A
E S S e E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o / x
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
S +E S e Q +E E. S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-9b11r(9)p==7---9b11=====(9)r9p==7-|
|--------------9--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
F# E B5 A5B5A5/BB5A5/BB5
E S S e E +Q E E q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x x / / / / / / /
~~ ~~~ ~~~
Q. E +E +Q. H E E E E
|----------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------|
|----------9b11==(9)r(9)-----|------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------9s7-|
|-9--------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------|----------/10-----|
A5B5A5B5A5B5E F# A5
E E E E E E E E E S S e E +Q E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / o / / / / / / x x
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q Q H Q e E +Q Q
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------11-(11)-------|
|-(7)---------------|---------11---------------|
|-------------------|-/13----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
F# E F# A E A
E S S e E +Q q E S S e E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / o / x
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E +Q e E Q. E +Q. a E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------11s9-(9)--11\---|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------7-(7)-----7s9-|
|-/12s13-------------------|-/9----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
F# E C#
E S S e E +Q E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x x / / / / / / / x
~~~~~~
E +E E E +Q S S E W
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-9b11r(9)p==(7)--------------|-----------------|
|----------------7-(7)--------|-----------------|
|-------------9---------9p7---|-----------------|
|---------------------------9-|-----------------|
B F# A B A F# C#7+9
2/4 4/4
q Q H Q E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S e e e e e e e e
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / x / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~
W W Q Q Q Q S S e e e e e e e
|------------|---------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------|---------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------|---------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------|---------|------7----9----7----|-------------------|
|------------|---------|-9-------------------|-9p7---------------|
|------------|---------|---------------------|-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
F#
q Q H W
|
/
q H +Q +H. Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------4b6----------(4)---|-(4)pb6--------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-9---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| \2.5__\2____\1.5____\1______/0______/0.5____/
| Q a Q +Q +Q +Q +Q +Q +Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----0------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------0----(0)-----(0)---|-(0)-----(0)-----(0)--(0)--||
Outro
B5 A5B5A5/B5A5/BB5 A5B5 A5B5
Q E E E E E E E E q E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / x x
~~~~~~~~ ~
e e E E e E e E +Q E E a Q E E
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|-----9--------9-7-|-(7)---7-9b11-7h9---(7)-------|
|------------------|------------------------(7)---|
|-7-7---7-7-10-----|------------------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
F# A F# E
E S S E E +Q q E S S E E +Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / x
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Q e E +H Q. E +Q E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-9b11------------------|
|-----------7-(7)-----|------------7-(7)------|
|-(9)-----9-----------|-------------------9S5s|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
B5 A5B5A5B5A5/BB5A5B5 A5B5
Q E E E E E E E E q E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / x x
E E Q H H S S E S S E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-2---------------|------------7-9p7-----|
|-----------------|--------7h9-------0---|
F# A F# E
E S S E E +Q q E S S E E +Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / x
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H Q. E +E +E Q
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------14-(14)-(14)\----|
|----------7-(7)-----|-/16-------------------------|
|-9------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B5 A5B5A5B5A5/BB5A5B5 A5B5
Q E E E E E E E E q E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / x x
W W
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
H.=H
F# A F# E
E S S e E +H Q. E +H +H +H W
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H Q. E +H +H +H W
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------*|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------*|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------*|
|----------7-(7)----|---------------|---------------|------*|
|-9-----------------|-9----7-(7)----|-(7)----(7)----|------*|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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