Spanish Castle Magic Guitar Tab

I was tired of seeing the crap that other people were sending in for this song, so I
decided to tab the song myself. This is my first tab, ever, so forgive me for any
mistakes I make. This is one of my   absolute favorite Hendrix songs, really great
riffs. Hope you enjoy.
Rock on.
RIP Jimi.
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Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix
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Tabbed by: Rock'in-ishu
Email: Vorpalwarrior@yahoo.com
Tuning: Drop the lower E to a D#.
e
B
G
D
A
D#
Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8----8-8-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8----8-8-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8----8-8-----------------------------------------------|
A|--10------10------10-----10------10\------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff1
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------4-4-----------------4-4-----------------4-4------------4-4-----|
G|---------------3-3-----------------3-3-----------------3-3------------3-3-----|
D|---------------1-1-----------------1-1-----------------1-1------------1-1-----|
A|-----3~-1-3-3------------3~-1-3-3------------3~-1-3-3-------3~-1-3-3----------|
D#|-0-------------------0--------------------0--------------0-------------------|
Riff2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------1-1-------------1-1-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------1-1-------------1-1-----------------------------------------|
D|------3~-1-3-3---------3~-1-3-3----------------------------------------------|
A|---1-----------------1-------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---10-10-10-10-----------8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6---------1-1-1-1-----------|
D#|--9--9--9--9------------7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5---------0-0-0-0-----------|
Riff4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/5-5-5-4-3-2-1-1-1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*NOTE: At the end of each verse, Jimi does a little improvising, for example:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------3p1----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------3p1------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------3p1--------------------------------------------------------|
**NOTE: Jimi also does a little improvising between these two riffs in the chorus, for example:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------1h3----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----1h3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture taris Average	#1 by taris leoncho at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:15 AM EST
	gage is right. does every song hendrix does have to be about drugs? its just a great song.

No Picture hoppus_63 Average	#2 by hoppus_63 maxou at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:56 AM EST
	this song is awesome.

No Picture Renee Wanna Be	#3 by Renee Saenz at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:21 AM EST
	this song is so awesome. I really really like the one on the BBC sessions, freakin rocks

No Picture David Rhythm Player	#4 by David Bradley at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:50 AM EST
	This song owns, this song I think is about going ot a castle of magic? idk about drug use be responsable..... 1

No Picture Dan Average	#5 by Dan Christopher at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:12 PM EST
	I figure this song is mainly just psychedelia in terms of the lyrics. The only line that really interests me is about the "battlegrounds red and brown". The red is obviously blood (and anger, violence, warfare, etc) but I wonder what the brown is. It could be brown like a dry dead field, meaning perhaps that the philosophy that leads to war is dry and dead. I think it may also represent the corpses on the battleground.

No Picture Link Floyd Wanna Be	#6 by Link Floyd at Oct 2, 2007 at 2:23 AM EST
	Guy's spanish castle magic was and still is a very potent type of weed gown only in Anna Lucia Spain. Listen to the song with head phones on and right before jimi says "a little bit a" he says "hit".

No Picture Wanna Be	#7 by �.::xXMaidenMistressXx::.� at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:15 PM EST
	you guys are dumb, this song is about the first club that jimi played in. " It takes about a half and a day to get there" they are talking about the car they used to drive them theyr it would sometimes break down and then it would take a long time to get there

No Picture alex Rhythm Player	#8 by alex Smith at Oct 6, 2007 at 6:03 PM EST
	keep in mind the effects of acid trips can last up to two days \"It\'s very far away It takes about a half and a day to get there\" could refer to the duration of the trip. Then the whole verse about \"The clouds are really low And they overflow with cotton candy And battle grounds red and brown But it\'s all in your mind Don\'t think your time on bad things Just float your little mind around Look out ! Ow !\" He\'s just describing a bit of a trip from before, and the battle grounds red and brown may just be part of that trip that turned bad for a moment because through the song he tells her not to worry and that everything\'s gonna be alright, and don\'t think your time on bad things. When he says \"get on top, really groove me baby...\" he could very well be talking about sex with his girl while tripping... it really does enhance the experience. I hope nobody dares to say Hendrix wouldn\'t do acid. That would just be insane.