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BURNING OF THE MIDNIGHT LAMP (Bassline)
As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
(From the 1968 Album ELECTRIC LADYLAND)
Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix
Arranged by Jimi Hendrix
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Gtr. 1'
Intro
Q=72
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
H Q E S S H. E S S H. E E H. E E
|---------------|-----------3h5-|-------------|---------------|
|-----------3h5-|---------------|-3---------3-|---------------|
|---------------|-3-------------|-------------|-1---------1---|
|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
1st Verse
H H E E S S E E E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S E E
|-----------||-----------------------|-------------7-7-7---7-5-|
|-----------||---------3-3-3-3---1-3-|-------5-6-7-------7-----|
|-3---------||-----1-2---------3-----|-5-5-5-------------------|
|-----------||-1-1-------------------|-------------------------|
S S E E S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------------12-|
|---------------------------|-----------12-13-14-14----12-14----|
|-2-2-2-----0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----12-14-------------14----------|
|-------2-2-----------------|-0-0-------------------------------|
E E S S S S E S S S S S S E E E S S S S E E E E E Q S S S S E S S
|------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------10---------------|---------------3-5-5-3-|----------------------|
|-----9-10-10----------7-8-9-9-|-10-10---2-5-5---------|-5-5----5-5-5---5-5-5-|
|-8-8------------8-8-8---------|-------3---------------|-----5--------5-------|
Chorus
|-3-|
E E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------7------------------------|
|-3-3-------2-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5---3-4-5-----------3-3-3--|
|-----3---3---------------|---------------2-3-4-5-5--------|
|-------1-----------------|--------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S E H. Q H. E S S
|------7-------------------|------------|-----------3h5--|
|-5--5---5-3-----------3-5-|------------|----------------|
|------------1---1-3-5-----|------------|-3--------------|
|--------------3-----------|-3----------|----------------|
Bridge
H. E S S H. E S S H. E E H. Q
|-----------3h5-|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3-------------|-3---------1h3-|-------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-1---------1-|-3------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
2nd Verse
E E S S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|-3-3---------------1-3-3-7-|
|-----------1-2-3-3---------|
|-----1-1-------------------|
E S S E E S S S S +S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S
|---7-5-----7---7-7-(7)-7-7---|-----------------------|
|-------7-----5---------------|-----------------------|
|-5-------------------------0-|-2-2---0-1-2-2---0-1-2-|
|-----------------------------|-----2---------2-------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S S S
|------------7-8-9-9-9-9---7----|
|--------7-9-------------9---10-|
|---7-10------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|
E. S E E E S S E S S E E Q S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------10-10-10-----------|----------------2-3-4-5--|
|-----------------7-8-7-8-|-1-1----2-3-4-5----------|
|-8--8----------9---------|-----3-------------------|
Chorus
S S E Q S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S
|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-3-3-3-------------4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-3h5-5-5---------3-4-|
|-5-5-5----5---2-5-5-3-|-------3---0-1-2-3---------|---------------2-3-4-5-----|
|-------5----5---------|---------1-----------------|---------------------------|
Guitar Solo
S S E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E +S S E E E H. Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------|
|-5-5-5---3-4-5-------3-4-|-5-5-5---3-4-5-(5)---------||-------------|
|-------5---------3-5-----|-------5-----------5-3-3---||-------------|
|---------------3---------|-------------------------6-||-3-----------|
E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------3-4-5-3---------|---------------------------|
|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-|-----3-5---------5-3-----|-1-1---0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-----|
|-----1-----------------|-3-3-----------------6-3-|-----1-----------------1---|
E S S E. S S S E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S S S E S S E S S E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----3-3-3-------0-----|-------1---------------|
|-3-3-3-3--1-1-2-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-------1-1-1---3-1-|-3-3-3---3-1-3-3-3-3-2-|
Bridge
E E Q E E Q E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E E E E H. E T S.
|---------------|--------------------|---------------------||-----------3h5---|
|---------------|-5-3---3------------|-5-3-----------------||-----------------|
|---------------|-----5---5-4-3------|-----5-3-3-3-5-------||-3---------------|
|-1-1-1--0-0-0--|---------------6-3--|---------------6-3-3-||-----------------|
3rd Verse
H. E T S. H. E E H. Q E E S S S S E E S S S S
|----------------|-------------|------------||--------------------------|
|-3---------1h3--|-------------|------------||-------------3-3-3---1-5--|
|----------------|-1---------1-|-3----------||-----0-1-2-3-------3------|
|----------------|-------------|------------||-1-1----------------------|
E E E E E S S T S. E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S +E E S S E
|---------------3h7--5-|---4--------------------|---------7-8-9-(9)-9---7-9/-|
|-----6-7--------------|------------------------|-------9-------------9------|
|-5-5-----5-3----------|-2------2---0-1-2-2-0-2-|-7--------------------------|
|-------------5--------|-----2----2-------------|---7-0----------------------|
E S S Q E E S S E E E E S S +E S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------3-4-5-3-5-|---------------------------|
|-------10------7-8-9-|-10---2---3-(3)-----------|-5-----5-----5---5---5---5-|
|-8-8-8-----8-8-------|--------------------------|-----5-----5---5---5---5---|
Outro
S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S X T. S S S E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-3---------1-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-----5---3h5--5-5-5-----|
|-----3-3---3---------------|-----------5---5----------------|
|---------1-----------------|----------------------------1-2-|
S S S S X T. S S S S S S S S S S S X T. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-3h5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-|-3h5--5-5---3-4-5-5-5---------3-4-5-|
|----------------------------5-------|----------5-------------2-5-5-------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------3-------------|
S S S S S S S S +E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-3---3-4-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-----------------3-4-5-|
|---------5-----------------|-----------3-4-5-------|
|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S X T. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---3---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5---5-3-5-3-----3---3-5-3---3-|-3h5--5-5---3-4-5-5-5---------3-4-5-|
|-------------4-5---5-------5---|----------5-------------2-5-5-------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------3-------------|
S S S S S S S S +E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-3---3-4-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-----------------3-4-5-|
|---------5-----------------|-----------3-4-5-------|
|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S X T. S S S S S S S S S S S
|---3---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5---5-3-5-3-----3---3-5-3---3-|-5-5-5-5-3h5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-|
|-------------4-5---5-------5---|----------------------------5-------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
W
|------*|
|------*|
|------*|
|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
