Bold As Love Solo Guitar Tab

		
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The Essential Jimi Hendrix: Volumes One And Two [Disc 1] Volume One Tabs:

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Song: Bold as Love (solo)
Album: Bold as Love
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Tabbed by: Will Bauman

	Key: h=hammer on	    p=pull off
	     /=slide up	    =slide down
	     b=bend up/down   X=mute string

tune guitar half step down.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8b10---8b10b8-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------9-7-8/9---9b11---11b9---------------------6-119-6-----|
D|-----------------------------------9b11-11b9-7-9-7?9b11----------9---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9b10b9-7-------------------9b11---b9---9b11b9-7----7-7--------------|
A|----------9---999-9/10-10------------------------9---9?-9/10-10-10---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------8-10-12-12---12b14---12b14---10---12b14----|
B|---------------7-8/10-8-10-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------6h10------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-/97-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12b14b12-------------------------14b16---12b14b12---12b14b12--------|
B|-----------10---12b14-10-12?12/14----------------------------10---12-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------12-14-15b17---17b15p12-14---12h14p12---|
B|-12b14b12-----10--------------------------------------------------12-|
G|---------11-----11-11/12-12------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
										 Drum solo?
e|------------------------------------------------------5--------------|
B|-12b14---14b16---------------------------------------5--------------|
G|------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-6--------------|
D|----------------------7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A|----------------555-------5-5-5-5-5-5-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-7--------------|
E|-------------------5------------------5---------------5--------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12b14?--12b14b12p10--------------------------------12b14-12b14b12p10-|
G|--------------------13-13?13b15-13b15-13-11-11-13---------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------12b13-12b13-b12p10-12-12-12b14b12------|
B|---------------12-12-12-----------------------------------------12-10-|
G|-13-13---13b15---------13-13-13---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-13-13-15b17---15b17-15------------------------------15/19---17b19---|
B|--------------------------12b13---15-15b17?b15p13--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------14------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-17b19-15h17p15-12---------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------15b17-15b17?b15p13?15-15---15b17-15b17b15p13-13---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
								 Repeat 2X
e|-15/19----------------------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|+---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|-------------10-------|
D|----------------------------------------------|-------11-------11----|
A|----------------------------------------------|+---11----11-------11-|
E|----------------------------------------------|--9-------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------+|------------|
G|------------5-------6-------6---------------------------|------------|
D|-11----6-----6---6/--8---8---8---8-----9--------10-----|------------|
A|------6---6-----6-------8-------8-----9---9---10----10-+|------------|
E|----4-------------------------------7-------8-----------|------------|
   >
e|-9X------------9-----9---------12p9--------9-----9-----------999999---|
B|-12b14-12-12b14-12b14------9h12-----9-12b14-12b14-12b14-12b14---------|
G|----------------------11b13-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-9-------------------14b16-14------14b16-14---14b16-14---14b16-14----|
B|-------12b14b12p9-999-----------/14--------/14--------/14--------/14-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12b14b12p9-----9-12-9--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------11b13------11-9-11p9-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------11-----------9X-12b14-11---9-11-9?-|
A|------------------------------------11-9----/11X---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------12-9-------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9-11b1311p9--------9-11-14-13--13-11--11-10-----------------------|
A|-11------------11---11-----------------14--------11-9------11-9------|
E|------------------------------------------------------12-9-----------|

e|----------9-9--9-9---------------------------------------------------|
B|------9-12-------12b14?12b14b12p9-----9-12-9-------------------------|
G|-11b13---------------------------11b13------11-9-11p9----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------11--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------11/15-15-15---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
	    (triplets)
e|------------1616-161616-161616-161616------14-14-141414-141414-141414-|
B|---------19b21--------------------------17b19-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-15X?15X--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
										  fade out.
e|-14/18-18-181818-181818-181818-------16-16-161616-161616-161616------|
B|----------------------------------19b21------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Shotgun Average	#1 by Shotgun Joe at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:04 AM EST
	albertiusmaximus Im not trying to be a dick or anything, but with Manic Depression or Bipolar Depression, your not always going up and down. You will have an "up" period where your aboslutely Euphoric and optimistic, and for proper Manic Depression you will stay in that state for a few days, and then sink into the depression which will last a few days, and then you may not have an attack for a while. As I said Im not trying to be a prat and be really picky about what you said. Just wanted to clear it up a bit just in case anybody went away thinking it manic is just when someone is going up and down all the time. Hope you dont take offence at that 1 2 3 Next

No Picture Nick Wanna Be	#2 by Nick Maertens at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:08 AM EST
	man, studying for finals sucks.

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#3 by Andrew Clayton at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:26 AM EST
	I think this song is about when you start a relationship and your confused and your emotions start "fighting". Each of those feelings are described as colors.

No Picture logan Average	#4 by logan cook at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:12 AM EST
	hey i am only repeating what the interview on jimi had.

No Picture Miguel Average	#5 by Miguel Sanchez at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:14 PM EST
	i think hes describing himself as a rainbow, each part of hiselfm he personifies into a color. listening to this song make you realize how much of a genius hendrix was

No Picture Tommy The Cat Lead Player	#6 by Tommy The Cat at Sep 28, 2007 at 10:21 PM EST
	dont you see colours when youre on acid regardless of what youre listening to?

No Picture Josh Average	#7 by Josh Cook at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:46 AM EST
	Atemporal, that's exactly the question that we cannot answer. He talks about his colors as if they were emotions, I think. So if we go with that, his colors are bold or strong, etc, so being bold as love...?

No Picture nick Average	#8 by nick caldwell at Sep 29, 2007 at 7:14 AM EST
	It's about how he see's all people as "rainbows", each colour represnting different emotions. And he most likey reached this point of view through alternit perceptions.

No Picture John Wanna Be	#9 by John Merritt at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:51 PM EST
	albetiusmaximus, u know ur shit and ur dead on. also i beleive wilcos thing about the colours...thats just pure genius as far as songwriting goes, now we see why hendrix was such a dylan fan. and my comment on acid....if this is the kinda stuff that comes as a result of it, who cares? you dont have to do it but i dont think that there is much denying that drugs especially LSD puts your creativity into overdrive. hendrix is a prime example, pink floyd as another.

No Picture Badass	#10 by twiggy at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:19 AM EST
	Jimi saw his music as colors, and he played the colors he saw in his head. I think that's what the song is referring to. Also, johnnyGlaze, quit being a tool, Hendrix was a hippie.Bodester, most people do not get fucked up for life due to acid, only people who take waaaaaaay to much, or people that already have physcological problems.

No Picture Rhythm Player	#11 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:18 PM EST
	one of my favorite hendrix songs. i still dont get what "bold as love" exactly is, but great song nonetheless

No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#12 by PunkJunky at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:25 AM EST
	what exactly is it to be "bold as love?"

No Picture Hellspawn Average	#13 by Hellspawn at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:41 AM EST
	hey i am only repeating what the interview on jimi had.

No Picture lauren Lead Player	#14 by lauren desantis at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:03 AM EST
	Wilco hit the nail on the head. This really isn't a hard song to understand, but it is one of my favourite hendrix.

No Picture Chris (a.k.a. " Wanna Be	#15 by Chris (a.k.a. "Spikes") Muhler at Oct 3, 2007 at 1:22 AM EST
	yea you do, acid mixes up your 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste,) so that instead of hearing sounds you see sounds or taste sounds and when you look at things you hear them or taste them instead of seeing them.......this song is awsome and so is jimi

No Picture Sari Average	#16 by Sari W at Oct 3, 2007 at 5:31 PM EST
	That's only one of the effects, and only happens to some people, some times. Another is that your brain gets fucked up for life. That's a lot more common. This is one of my favorite Hendrix songs. I think the red + "ribbons of euphoria" might be talking about "reds" or barbituates. However, it's a great riff on that part. I read somewhere that Jimi Hendrix had a fantasy about the axis of the world changing, and changing all life eternally, so that might be the "axis". I don't know how much of that is fiction, but it's an interesting thing to add to your perspective on this song.

No Picture Matt Average	#17 by Matt Nev at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:04 AM EST
	Ok i think i get it now. By encompassing himself as a rainbow and(aside from other references to the queen's gown and blue oceans) describing each color as a different emotional state that is bold in it's own right, i think he's describing love as a rainbow through metaphor. He uses a vast range of colors to describe himself as confident, daring, unsteady and not so mellow. When you're in love you can feel a lot of things like this, sometimes all at once and it confuses the shit out of you. So in a way all his colors are confusing him and holding him back from this girl he's talking about. He even follows the color spectrum ROYGBIV but he starts in the middle. Often times true love waits(yea radiohead) and no one gets what they want right away. Both people have to give up certain things, games that they're playing etc; and meet themselves halfway, in the middle, and fall mutually in love(good luck).

No Picture john Wanna Be	#18 by john dolmayan at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:00 AM EST
	I wonder if the rainbow is him, because the lyrics suggest that, except "And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, uh, Giving my life to a rainbow like you". I think this part is probably referring to some beautiful aspect of the girl, because otherwise it would make the whole song almost impossible to interpret. the color order I see is : Violet, Green, Blue, Indigo, Red, Orange, Yellow. So violet is out of place. Almost makes me wonder if this is the girl's name or something related to the girl, but it's probably just to get it to flow.

No Picture Joey Professional Badass	#19 by Joey AkA oddish at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:27 AM EST
	Any experience changes you for life, and I'd argue that an acid trip isn't a positive one, even if it feels good, or makes you think you've gained some insight. It is however a profound experience, obviously (not talking from personal exp. here, don't dis me for it.) So it changes you for good negatively. P.S. I wrote that other post a while ago, before I started researching online accounts of acid et al. I probably wouldn't have said the same thing now. However, Jimi did take wayyyy too much, and had psychological problems...so...yeah. Good point. =P

No Picture Venti Average	#20 by Venti at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:30 PM EST
	oh ya, and the beatles SGt Peppers album, one of the greatest and most creative of all time was fueled by LSD, so lets just enjoy the music...drugs or no drugs

No Picture Sam Average	#21 by Sam Nairn at Oct 4, 2007 at 4:10 PM EST
	How can so many ppl have these opinions about tripping when they obviously have not tripped themselves.

No Picture Guitar FrE@k Average	#22 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:25 AM EST
	Jimi Hendrix was a genius. Like many other people who have reached those heights, he suffered with depression, or in his case, manic depression. Manic depression is much more of an emotional roller-coaster than straight depression, because depressives feel bad all the time, whereas manic depressives can feel good one day, bad the next and so on. To keep experiencing highs and lows is VERY draining, and at times you just need an escape. Jimi found acid to be this escape, because, let's face it, when you're shitfaced you really don't feel, you don't care, all your troubles seem to vanish. What could possibly brighten your world more than seeing pretty colours, visions, hearing sounds that don't exist in your 'normality'? Jimi's depression was also fuelled by the frustration he felt at not being able to reproduce the sounds and notes he held in his mind with his guitar. Why do you think he was so experimental and hence, such a guitar pioneer? Would he have reached such an advanced state if he hadn't been trying so hard to play what he was thinking? Add some acid to the mix and you end up with songs like 'Bold As Love'. The colours, the inventiveness, the genius...

No Picture Joshua Wanna Be	#23 by Joshua graham at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:28 PM EST
	get a life hippie (sean7711). this is a great song, with or without drugs.

No Picture steven Average	#24 by steven shunnarah at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:55 AM EST
	i really don't know the meaning of this song. i think albertiusmaximus has it, and i agree with ZepJimiFloyd (great name btw)

No Picture Karl Average	#25 by Karl Dear at Oct 6, 2007 at 6:39 AM EST
	i was reading in guitar world (with korn on it) that when u drop acid and listen to this song u see different colors and shit.