"Third Stone from the Sun" - Jimi Hendrix
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Opening Chords:
---0-------0---------
--12~-----10~--------
---9~------7~--------
--11~------9~--------
--11~------9~--------
---0-----------------
Alternate these chords as on the record.
Follow with this riff repeating.
etc
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---7----7----7------------
--5-5--5-5--5-5-----------
-0----0----0--------------
-7-----7---5-5-------
-7h8-7-7h8-5-5h7-5-5-
-----------------7-6-
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then repeat the opening chords again, then...
-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------
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The Main Melody: Use whammy.
2x
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||-/13~--13-11-9/11-6/9---7-6-4/6--------------9/11\9~-||
||--------------------------------6/9~--9/11\9---------||
||-/11~--11-9--7/9--4/7---5-4-2/4--------------7/9\7~--||
||--0-----------------------------4/7~--7/9\7----------||
then
-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--------------
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Little solo:
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-15b(17)---15b(17)-15-12-------12-12-15p12---12------12--------------------
------------------------14b(16)-----------14-14b(16)-14b(15)-14b(15)-12----
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"Strange beautiful...."
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---------------x---x------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-
---------12----x---x------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7- repeat
----12-14--14--x---x------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-
-/14-----------x---x------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
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Most of the space out section is just whammying the open e string with feedback
At the end the Main melody re-appears again.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Tomo Average |
#1 by Tomo at Sep 27, 2007 at 7:33 AM EST |
| no its not dude, its about aliens discovering earth... its pretty obvious. not necessarily the future | |
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Marco Average |
#2 by Marco at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:06 AM EST |
| uh, no, I'm not still with that. "kinky machine" may be sexual, but it's probably just describing his spaceship as strange (his way of life or style of dress may be the "spaceship" in this case). I've never seen a lyrics sheet, but I've always wondered if it's "serf music". Hendrix wasn't from a wealthy background, so I wonder if that has any meaning. | |
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Scott Average |
#3 by Scott Muir at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:45 PM EST |
| There are two origins of this song. Chas Chandler (Jimi's manager) says Jimi wrote this after he was introduced to Science Fiction of Issac Asimov by Chandler. Another story says that this song is Jimi's interpretation of an (believe it or not) old Daffy Duck cartoon. There was a space duck episode once that the song supposedly follows closely to. | |
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The Four String Lead Player |
#4 by The Four String Mother Fucker at Sep 30, 2007 at 7:09 PM EST |
| i agree with the alien discovering earth and see it and then at the end I think the earth is destroyed "so to you I shall put an end And you'll never hear surf music again" Ridding the world of surf music | |
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Ŧøn¥ Average |
#5 by Ŧøn¥ PiNeDa at Oct 1, 2007 at 2:39 AM EST |
| "I'm in orbit around the third planet..." = Jimi is high above it all...observing the world and its ways as an outsider...not aliens, he's talking about himself. He's below a "higher power", the "mothership". He's imagining putting the world to an end? Or maybe that's what he imagines aliens would. I think it's supposed to be "may you never hear surf music again"... "although your world wonders me, with your majestic and superior cackling hen" = aliens admire the hen..? wtf? Maybe it means they have no natural resources or something...no means of getting food? Or maybe it's just too much LSD... "your people I do not understand, so to you I shall put an end..." = the way you behave makes no sense, you're crazy bastards, die!! "May you never hear...surf music..again...." = Jimi Hendrix was completely opposite to Surf Music in sound, and also not a traditionalist in philosophy, so I think he thought this was funny. I sure do. =) | |
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Ross Average |
#6 by Ross Kennedy at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:52 AM EST |
| Oh, Dornan, kindly explain what a 'kinky machine' is, please. And don't say: 'A machine that's kinky'. The song is based on Jimi's love of science fiction, and he's imagining himself as an alien. But as he wore a guitar pretty much like a tattoo, he saw himself as a guitar-playing alien. But he would have to put it down somewhere to go and explore.... you still with me? Duh....! | |
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Jon Wanna Be |
#7 by Jon Garcia at Oct 1, 2007 at 5:10 AM EST |
| Jimi wrote this ssong about a painting he made in pre school. The painting included space and planets. That childhood drawing inspired this song. He wanted to re paint the picture with music. | |
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Stefano Average |
#8 by Stefano Santin at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:28 PM EST |
| When i play my record backwards i hear jimi asking if its a joke. maybe its my imagination. But, if you were an alien wouldnt you laugh? | |
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sp00ky_child Average |
#9 by sp00ky_child at Oct 1, 2007 at 9:55 PM EST |
| Your mysterious mountains I wish to see closely, Where I lay my pinky machine... Who contributed these lyrics? Get 'em right, for fucks sake! What did Jimi play? The guitar. Which could also be referred to as a PINKY MACHINE. Geddit? Even as an alien, he still had a guitar in his hands..... | |
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Anthony Average |
#10 by Anthony Pardee at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:43 AM EST |
| "Kinky machine" albert | |
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FUCK Rhythm Player |
#11 by FUCK OFF at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:15 AM EST |
| According to a Hendrix interview I heard, many many years ago...the song is about an alien who comes to earth, observes and decides that most intelligent beings on earth are chickens. But human beings he can't understand so he decides to destroy them. | |
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bootsy's Average |
#12 by bootsy's lovechili at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:20 PM EST |
| its supposed to be about the future and space travel | |
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Timothys Monste Wanna Be |
#13 by Timothys Monster at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:18 PM EST |
| lmao..Does anyone else notice that this is where Right Said Fred stole the tune "I'm Too Sexy" from?? If anyone already noticed this and I'm just slow on the intake...I just noticed today. | |
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Tony Average |
#14 by Tony at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:09 AM EST |
| is he singing about a woman? | |
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Alek Wanna Be |
#15 by Alek Kalinowski at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:01 AM EST |
| For you musicians out there, E6 and D6 are played over the bass line with E7 and a sus4. This whole beginning creates that dark space-like feel (B phrygian) until the E mixolydian (the theme part) is used for up-lift. I couldn't say for sure what the song was about and be 100% accurate, but I have heard of the painting theory. Classic stuff! | |
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Daniel Average |
#16 by Daniel Gordon at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:47 AM EST |
| The line about never hearing surf music again was actually a dedication to surf guitar king Dick Dale, who was dying of cancer (but didn't die and later covered the song , dedicating it to Jimi). quote from Dale - "Jimi dedicated this song to me when I was sying of cancer. That's where the quote 'You'll never hear surf music again' comes from. For a while, Hendrix was backing up Little Richard in a bar in Padasena. He came to my live shows. Listen to his guitar slides; he said he patterned his style after me, after watching me blow up amplifiers." | |
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Scott Average |
#17 by Scott at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:20 AM EST |
| lyrics should be silken scenes not silver seas. also it really is kinky machine. (i'm getting this from the are you experinced booklet thingy) 1 | |
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D.J Wanna Be |
#18 by D.J Mortensen at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:24 PM EST |
| err. try going a little deeper armor fury, i meawn you are on the right track, it is about aliens landing on earth but they dont like/understand how people act "Your people I do not understand, so to you I shall put an end " so they are going to blow up the world, or just kill all humans "And you'll never hear surf music again" almost like judgement day - the movie | |
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Derrik Professional |
#19 by Derrik at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:53 PM EST |
| this is the trippiest song i have ever heard!! | |
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Gritch Wanna Be |
#20 by Gritch wefwe at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:09 PM EST |
| supposedly the slowed down undecipherable voices that go in and out during the first half are a taped conversation between Jimi and his manager Chas Chandler. Also I do think it's "surf music" as Jimi had a particular distaste for the genre. He once described the Beach Boys as a "psychedlic barbershop quartet" and it wasn't meant as a compliment! | |
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system of a dow Rhythm Player |
#21 by system of a down at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:32 AM EST |
| Serf music? lmao *quotes Monty Python:* Help, help! I'm being repressed!....uh, no | |
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