If 6 Was 9 Guitar Tab

IF 6 WAS 9
by Jimi Hendrix
transcribed by Maxxdaddy
4x
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play along with verse:
2x
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||---------5----|---------------|-5-------------|
||-----5--7-7---|-5-------------|-5-------------|
||-5h7----------|---5(6)--5p3-0-|----5(6)-5p3-0-|
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---------2-||----------|
----3(4)---||----------|
-0--3(4)---||---0--3-0-|
Chorus chords:
A7sus  G7sus F#7sus  F7sus   E
--0-----0------0------------------|
-10-----8------7-------6----------|
--9-----7------6-------5------1---|
--9-----7------6-------5------0h2-|
-10-----8------7-------6------0h2-|
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-2(4)--2(4)2-------1------------0h2p0--|
-------------0h2---0h2-------0h2-------|
-------------------0h2---0-2-----------|
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second verse:
8x
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-8--||------------||-----------|
-7--||------------||-----------|
-6--||-7/9--------||-----------|
-7--||-5/7------5-||-----------|
----||------5h7---||-0-3-0-----|
Part 2:
white collar conservative riffs:
-----------|---------|---0--0--0--|
-----------|---------|-3/5--5--5--|
-2(4)2p0---|---------|------------|
---------2-|-----0h2-|------------|
-----------|-0h2-----|------------|
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solo 1:
guitar 1 (2x):
C9   E6/B  A7sus G7sus  E6/B
||--0----7------------------7----||
||--3----7----10-----8------7----||
||--3----6-----9-----7------6----||
||--2----6-----9-----7------6----||
||--3----7----10-----8------7----||
||-------7------------------7----||
guitar 2(come in after 2 measures:
C9
----10-12-8h10p8----8-5-----------|
-10--------------10-----8-5-------|
----------------------------7-5-7-|
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-12-14-16-12-14----12----------------------------------------------------|
----------------14-------12-14-12----------------------------------------|
----------------------13----------13-11-----11----11-13-11-9----9--------|
-----------------------------------------11----14------------11----------|
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-12-14-16-12h14p12----12-----------------------------------------------------|
-------------------14----14p12----12h14p12-----------------------------------|
-------------------------------13----------13-11-13-11-----------------------|
------------------------------------------------------11-14-11---------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------11h14p11h14p11-|
6x
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-------------------------||-17-17-17-17-||-12-14---14---12h14p12--12--------|
-------------------------||-17-17-17-17-||------------13--------13--9h11-9--|
----------------11h14p11-||-------------||----------------------------------|
-11h14p11h14p11----------||-------------||----------------------------------|
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2x
-12-14-16-16-16p14h16--12h14p12-||------------------------||----------------|
--------------------------------||12h14p12h14p12h14p12h14-||----------------|
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--------------------------------||------------------------||-11h14p11h14p11-|
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-12-14-16-12-14-12h14p12-----------------------12-14-16-14--12h14p12-h14p12--|
-------------------------14-------------12-14-------------14--------14-------|
----------------------------11-13--------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------11/13--------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-12----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----14p12-14--12--14--12-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------11h13p11-11-13-11-----11h13p11h13p11h13p11h13---|
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Third "verse":
16x(until "play on drummer")
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-||-5-7-----5--||
-||-----5h7----||
Outro Solo:
guitar 1 plays variations on E6 and E9 throughout outro
-2--2--2--4---0--0--5--7--9-11--12---14-|
-2--2--4--4---2--0--5--7--9--9--10---12-|
-1--2--4--4---2--4--4--6--9--9--11---13-|
-2--2--2--2---2--2-----6--9--9--11---14-|
-2--2--2--2---2--------7--7-------------|
-0--0------------------7----------------|
guitar 2
-16-16-12-14------------------------------------------14--14h16---14p12-12---|
-------------14-14h17p14h17---------------------14-17-----------17-------14--|
-----------------------------13h16p13h16-----16------------------------------|
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-14--12h14p12----------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------14h17p14--------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------16h18p16h18----------------16----16----------16--------|
---------------------------------16h18p16h18p16--16----16h18p16----16h18p16--|
-------------------------------------------------------19----------19--------|
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------------------------16-16-16h17--19p17h19------------------------22--20-|
------------17-17-19-19-----------------------21p19h21~~~---2/7-5~-----20---|
----16------------------------------------------------------2---------------|
----16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-19-----19------------------------------------------------------------------|
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6x      8x      8x
-18---------------||-----||-----||-----||-14-----------12---12----12--12-14--|
-18--16\--15\14---||-----||-----||-----||---12h14p12h15---14--14-12-14-------|
-----16\---------16-||13h16||11-14||-----||----------------------------------|
--------------------||-----||-----||14-18||----------------------------------|
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-12h14p12----12-14-12-14h16--16-14-12--14----12-14-12h14-------------------|
----------14------------------------------14-------------12h14p12h14p12h14-|
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---------------12-14-16-14-16-12-14--12------14p12h14p12h14p12--------------|
-16-12-12--12-14--------------------14--14-12------------------14p12h14p12--|
--------13----------------------------------------13------------------------|
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-11-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
-------16p14h16p14h16p14----14----------------------------------------|
-------------------------16----16p14----14----------14----------14----|
-------------------------------------16----16p14h16----16-14h16----16-|
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----14-14-14----14-14-14--------------------------------------------|
----14-16-14----14-16-14--18-18-------16h18-16----16----------------|
-16----------16-----------------16-18----------18----18-14----14----|
-----------------------------------------------------------16----16-|
-----------------------------------------------------------17-16-14---------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------17-14---|
-------------------------14----13-----------------------16------------------|
-12-14-14----14----14-------------14----14----14----14-------------------16-|
----------16----16----16----16-------16----16----16-------------------------|
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Lyrics:
Intro:
Yeah, sing a song.
Verse:
If the sun refuse to shine,
I don't mind, I don't mind. Yeah.
If the mountains fell in the sea,
let it be, it ain't me.
Chorus:
A7sus                            G7sus
Alright, 'cos I got my own world to look through
F#7sus      F7sus   E
and I ain't gonna copy   you.
Now if 6 turned out to be 9
I don't mind, I don't mind.
Alright, if all the hippies cut off all their hair,
I don't care, I don't care.
Chorus
White collared conservative flashing down the street,
pointing their plastic finger at me,
they're hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high, high, wow.
Wave on, wave on.
Fall mountains, just don't fall on me.
Go ahead on Mr. Businessman, you can't dress like me.
Don't nobody know what I'm talkin' about.
I got my own life to live
I'm the one that's gonna have to die when it's time for me to die
So let me live my life
the way I want to
there
Sing on Brother,
play on drummer.
**Give all credit to maxxdaddy**
I didn't write this, I just found it and put it on ultimate guitar cuz there werent any
tabs of this song!


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Zane Rhythm Player	#1 by Zane Bardarson at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:16 AM EST
	this song has the freakiest video.i didnt even watch the whole it was so weird

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#2 by jimmy rodrigues at Sep 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM EST
	I was certain that it said, "If the sick turn out benign..." So ...excuse me while I kiss this guy.

No Picture Robyn Average	#3 by Robyn Paul at Sep 28, 2007 at 7:33 PM EST
	Yo, Robert Plant (yeah - like you're THAT Robert Plant!), how could Jimi be commenting on 1969 when he wrote and recorded the song in 1967? See the album Axis: Bold As Love, released in 1967, if you're in any doubt. Jimi just wanted to live his own life and be free to make his own choices. So if the sun refused to shine and the mountains fell in the sea - so what? There's nothing anyone can do if those things actually happened, so get on with living your own life the way you want to....

No Picture Daniel Wanna Be	#4 by Daniel Tucker at Sep 29, 2007 at 12:59 AM EST
	whoa i'm the first comment to this awsome classic! anyway i think this song is about how the world is so messed up but he doesn't really care, and i think this is one of the only songs where hendrix wasn't stoned. hahahahaha

No Picture mikey Average	#5 by mikey firkins at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:42 AM EST
	I don't think anybody said this, but when you flip a 6 upsidedown it becomes a 9. Then he parelells this idea to socitey.

No Picture Kazza Average	#6 by Kazza at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:35 AM EST
	i think its about him not wanting to conform to how all the "business people " are. White collar conservative flashin' down the street Pointin' their plastic finger at me, ha ! They're hopin' soon my kind will drop and die but uh I'm gonna wave my freak flag high, high during the "hippie revolution", hippies called corporate bully's "plastic people" because plastic was a man made product and wasnt natural. when he says he's gonna wave his freak flag high, its about not being afraid to be who he is.

No Picture Scuba Steve Average	#7 by Scuba Steve usry at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:13 AM EST
	i think robert is right, good interpretation.

No Picture Mike Lead Player	#8 by Mike nobody at Oct 2, 2007 at 4:49 AM EST
	this is an exelent song! the true meaning is that everyone is held down by something like pper preasure(the business man). He says "fall mountains just don't fall on me" which means do what ever you want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. He says "walk on mr. business man, you can't dress like me" menas that only jimi can be jimi, and only you can be you. everyhting is subliminal, just listen and you'll understand.

No Picture Ben Rhythm Player	#9 by Ben at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:17 PM EST
	Jimi Hendrix plays the flute in this number Damn great song, so trippy

No Picture chris Average	#10 by chris markert at Oct 3, 2007 at 1:00 AM EST
	If 6 was 9: It would be if the world was upside down. But I dont mind. This is a very american song. No group identity just me and mine. He is asserting and celebrating the self. An that time there were of course white collare conservatives, hippies and freaks. The freaks were total nonconformists alinging with no group and even hippies required conformity as a group. If 6 was 9 - if every foundation we have built this civilization on falls....

No Picture This is between Wanna Be	#11 by This is between me and this blade, and my heart Taylor at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:38 PM EST
	sorry bout the typo

No Picture Randy Wanna Be	#12 by Randy Burden at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:47 PM EST
	i love this song. it's possibly my favorite jimi song, but that depends on my mood. i think it's just about being oneself, with no regard to what everyone else is doing.

No Picture chris Average	#13 by chris at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:37 PM EST
	sorry bout the typo 1 2 Next

No Picture Garth Rhythm Player	#14 by Garth Byrne at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:15 AM EST
	This song is about 1969 and then "hippie" generation. About how people were so concerned about conforming, except for the counter culture, and how the "business men" were trying to put down the counter culture idea.

No Picture metalis4ever Average	#15 by metalis4ever at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:10 AM EST
	thaks modernaudery, i couldn't have out it better myself - hendrix wasnt just a stoner, but a very talented msician and often a deep lyricist

No Picture Georg Average	#16 by Georg �str�m at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST
	thaks modernaudery, i couldn't have out it better myself - hendrix wasnt just a stoner, but a very talented msician and often a deep lyricist 1

No Picture Nick Average	#17 by Nick Vanderstelt at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:14 AM EST
	I love this song, i mean the first time i heard it I didnt like it much but then the more i heard it the more i liked it! I understand u guys who though it was about the sex position 69. He probably meant that even if the world flipped hed still still be himself. In his time African-Americans were discriminated against so by freak flag i think thats what he meant. Any way Jimi your my inspiration Ill see you soon well actually not that soon but hey life aint so long!

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#18 by jimmy henry at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:16 PM EST
	im not even gonna say what I think this means because I'm a teenager with a filthy mind. i really haven't even glanced at the lyrics.

No Picture Alan Average	#19 by Alan Gunderson at Oct 6, 2007 at 12:06 AM EST
	hammbone, ur a peice of shit. this is one of my fav songs, b/c it is all about being yourself, 100%, not worrying about other's opinions or ideas, but being true to urself

No Picture nick Wanna Be	#20 by nick white at Oct 6, 2007 at 7:25 AM EST
	I think Robert has it partially right. I think Jimi was also discussing how the counter-culture became a marketable image and all of a sudden, it became hip to be a hippie. The same way Grunge became hip and fashionable in the early 1990s. There was a time when wearing flannel meant something (I guess), but after a while it was showing up as a fashion style. Jimi is saying that he is a true "different person". You can dress and look like me...but you will never be me. "Go ahead on mister business man, you can't dress like me "

No Picture Mika Average	#21 by Mika Schultz at Oct 6, 2007 at 7:50 PM EST
	late again bi 2yrs yeah hammbone guy, i see watcha mean !