HENDRIX JIMI - "castles made of sand2" Tablature

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SONG: Castles Made Of Sand
ARTIST: Jimi Hendrix
KEY: G Major(G;Am;Bm;C;D:Em;F#m;G)
NOTE: This was taken from a sheet music book in the right key and sort of intertwined with the tablature already on this site...if you find anything that needs adjusting about the picking...please e-mail me at: schlnich@hotmail.com...ENJOY!!!
- Nicholas

STYLE: Moderate Rock = 126

INTRO:
|-3-|/5----5/8----8/10----10\8----8-|\5----5\3----3/5--------|---p3----------
|-1-|/3----3/6----6/8------8\6----6-|\3----3\1----1/3--------|---(3)---------
4|---|-------------------------------|------------------------|---------------
-|-3-|/5----5/8----8/10----10\8----8-|\5----5\3----3/5--------|---(5)---------
4|---|-------------------------------|------------------------|---------------
|-1-|/3----3/6----6/8------8\6----6-|\3----3\1----1/3--------|---(3)---------

Slower = 94
AH
|------ |--------------------------------------|----------------------
|------ |-----------7h10p7---------------------|---------5------------
1|------ 4 |------------------7---------7--\------|---------5--5-5-5-----
-|------ - |-------7/9--------9-7----7-(7)-\------|---------5--5-7-5-----
4|------ 4 |-----5----------------10---(10)\-p(0)-|-------3----------(7)-
|-3--3- |-5/7----------------------------------|-2/3h5----------------

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3----------------------|---3----------------------|
|---4--------------5-----5-|---4------3-3-----5---(5)-|
|---5------3-3-----5-----5-|---5------3-3-----5-5-(5)-|
|------3h5-----5/7---------|------3h5-----5/7---------|
|-3-------------------6----|-3---------------------6--|

VERSE: F Am
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------5----5-----------|
|-----------------------0----0------------0-----0----|--------5h7---7----5-h7--5--------|
|--------------------3--3----3------------3-----3----|----------------------------7---5-|
|--------------------3--3----3--3------3-----3-------|--------------------------------5-|
|-----------1---1---------------1------1-----1-----1/|-5--------------------------------|
Down the street you can hear her scream you're a disgrace as she slams the door in his

Em F
|---------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------|
|----------------------------8---12--12---12--12p0--------- |----------------------5-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------x---- 2 |----------------------5-----|
|----------------------------9---12--12---12--12------x---- - |----------------------5-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------x---- 4 |---------3---5/7------------|
|--------------------0---------------0----0---0---------0-- |-3--/5----------------------|
drunken face, and now he stands outside and all of the neighbors start to gossip and

G
|------------------------------------|-------5--5-----------------------|
|-------12--12-x---------------------|-------3--3--------------3--------|
4|-------0---0--x------3--3------3--3-|-------0----0-2--4p2---2h4--------|
-|-------12--12-x------3--3------3--3-|-------5-------------5--------5\3-|
4|----------------0h5-------0h5-------|----------------------------------|
|-3--3-------------------------------|-3--3-----------------------------|
drool He

F Am
|-----------------------------------|-----------------0--------0-------------|
|-----------1---1--1----------------|-----------------0--0-----0-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------0h2------2/4-------4\2p0-----|
|-----------3---3--3------3-------3-|-------------------------------------2--|
|-------------------------3---------|-0--------------------------------------|
|-1-------------------1---1--3/5----|----------------------------------------|
cries "Oh, girl you must be mad, what happened to the sweet love you and me had?

Em F
|------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------- 2 |-------0----------5-------------|
|------------0h2----2--2p0------------------ - |-------3----------5-------------|
|--------------------------0h2----2-----0--- 4 |------------2/3-----------------|
|-0----------------------------------------- |-3/5----------------------------|
Against the door he leans and starts a scene, and his tears fall and burn the

CHORUS:
G G D
|---------------------------------|--------------------|-----------7-------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|-----------7h10p7-7------|
4 |---------0----------0-------5--5-|--------------------|-----------7------7------|
- |---------5----------5-------5--5-|--------5-----------|--------7----------------|
4 |---------5--------5-5--5/7-------|------5-----5-------|-----5-------------------|
|-3---3----------3----------------|-3--3-3---3-3--3--3-|5/7----------------------|
garden green. And so castles made of sand fall

C G (AH)
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------5------5--------5------5-|--------0---------------------|
|-------5--5-7-5----5---5------5-|--------5-5p0-----3--3------5-|
|----3------------8---8------8---|----5---------3h5-------------|
|/5------------------------6-----|-3----------------------/6----|
in the sea, e- ventually

F
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------1-----1--1----------------------|
|-------4----------3----------5---------|-----------0-----0-------------------------|
|-------5----------3--3-------5-----5---|-----------3-----3---------3-----3---3-----|
|-------5-----3h5--------5/7------------|------------------------------3--3---------|
|-3---------------------------------6---|-1--------------------3/5------------------|
A little indian brave who, before he was ten, played

Am Em(Em7)
|-------------------------------------5--5-|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------5----5-------------------5--5-|------8--------------9--(9)\---------------------|
|-------------------------------------5--5-|------7------------------------------------------|
|------------7----7----------7--------7--7-|------9-9---9------------------------------------|
|------------7----7------------------------|------7---7-7--7h10---------------0--------------|
|-5---------------------5/7--------5-------|-0-----------------------------0-----------------|
war games in the woods w/his indian friends and he built a dream that when he grew up he would

F G
|---------------------- |-----------3-----3----------|
|---------------------- |---------3---3h5----3-------|
2 |--------------------5- 4 |--------------------2h4-2---|
- |------3-------------5- - |--------------------------0-|
4 |------3-------/7------ 4 |----------------------------|
|-1-------------------- |-3----3---------------------|
be a fearless warrior indian chief

F
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------3--3-3-3---3----------|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------2-4-2---2-2--------|------0--------------------------0-----------------|
|-0--0-0--3--3-3---3---3-3------|------3--------------------------3-----------------|
|-------------------------------|------3---------3----------------------------------|
|-3--3-3--3------------3----2---|-1-----------------1-------1-----------------------|
Many moons past and more the dream grew strong until to-

Am Em
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------7-7-7------------|
|------------------------------------5h7-|--------------9----9-9----------9-9-7------------|
|---7------------7-----7--9-9-0--5h7-----|--------------7----7-7----------7-7-7------------|
|---5------------------------------------|-0--------0-------------0------------------------|
morow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle but something went wrong;


F G
|---------------------- |----------------------------------|
|---------------------- |----------3--------------3-3------|
2 |-----------------5---- 4 |----------0----------0-0-0-0----0-|
- |-----------------5---- - |----------5----------5-5-5-5----5-|
4 |---------3---5/7------ 4 |----------5------------------5----|
|---1h3/5-------------- |-3----3----------------------3----|
surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night.

G D C
|------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3----------------|--------------7h10p7-------------|---------------------------|
|-0----------------|---------------------7---------7\|--------------5-----5----5-|
|-5--------5-------|----------7-------------7----7---|----------(7)-5-----5--5-5-|
|-5--------5-------|------5-------------------10-----|---5------------5h7----8---|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3--3-|-5/7-----------------------------|/7-------------------------|
And so castles made of sand melts into the sea e-

G D
|-----3-----3-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----3-h5--3---3---3----3-----3--3---|-------------------------------------|
|-----------0---2h4-2----2--2-----2---|-----------3------------5--5---------|
|-------------------0----3----------3-|-----------3---3--3-----5--5-------5-|
|-------------------------------------|-----3h5------------5/7--------------|
|-3-----------------------------------|-3----------------------------6------|
ventually

|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------3-|
|---------------------------------------|-------3------------------------3-6---|
|-12---12---\11----(11)\5-5---(5)---\3--|---5-3---5---p3----3h5p3-5-5f-r-------|
|---------------------------------------|-5---------------5--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

F
|-----------3-----------------------|-----------------------------------------15-------|
|-6f--r-6---------------------------|------------------12h15----12--15-15f-------1-----|
|---------------5f--r-----(5)-----3/|12-------12h14f-r-------14------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----(14)------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
There

Am
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------5-----5----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3---------3----------------------3------------|--7---------------7--7---7-----7----------|
|-3---------------------------3-----------------|------------------------------------------|
|-1----------------------1--------------3---/5--|--5----------5----5--5---5-----5----------|
was a young girl whose heart was a frown because she was crippled for life and she couldn't

Em F
|----------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------8------8--------------10--8-8----- |---------3--3-----------------|
|-------------------7------7---7--7------(7)--7-7----- 2 |---------0--0--------5---5----|
|-7-----7-----------9------9---9--9---9-9-9---9-9----- - |---------3--3--------5---5----|
|-------------------7---------------7-7-7------------- 4 |--3/5---------5/7-7-----------|
|-5-----5-----------0--------------------------------- |------------------------------|
speak a sound And she wished and prayed she would stop living, so she de-

G F
|------------3h5----3-3--3-----5-----------|-------------5------5--5--5---------------|
|---3-3--3-----3----3-3--3--3--3-----------|-------------3------3--3--3---------------|
4 |------------------------------------------|-------------0---------0--0-----0---------|
- |---5-5--5-----5------------5--5-------5-5\|-------------5---------5--5-----5---------|
4 |------------------------------5---5/7-----|------------------------------------------|
|---3-3--3---------------------------------|-3--3--3--3------------------3------------|
cided to die. She drew her

Am
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------1----------------------------|---------5--------------------------------------|
|------------0---0-0--0---------------0---|-----0------------------------------------------|
|------------3-----------------3------3---|/7-------7-------------------7-------7----------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------(5)----------------------|
|--1---------1--------------1-----1-------|/5-------------------------------5--------------|
wheelchair to the edge of the shore and to her legs she smiled "You won't hurt me no more".

Em F
|---------------------------------------- |-------------------------------|
|---------8------------------------------ |--------3----------------------|
|---------7-------------------9-\7-----9\ 2 |--------2--------5-------------|
|---------9------------------------------ - |--------3--------5-------------|
|---------7-----------/10---------------- 4 |------------3------------------|
|-0----0--------0--0--------------------- |----1--------------------------|
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say look a golden winged

G
|----------------------------- |------------------- |---3----------------------------|
|----------------3------------ |------------------- |---3----------------------------|
4 |---------4---------4--------- 2 |------------------- 4 |---0----------------------------|
- |---------5-------------5----- - |----------5------5- - |---5----------------------------|
4 |---------5----------------5-- 4 |----------5-------- 4 |---5----------------------------|
|-3------------------------3-- |--3--3-3--3---3---- |---3----------------------------|
ship is passing my way."(Spoken)And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going.

G D
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------7h10p7--------------------|-------------5----------------------|
|---------------------7---------7---7\---|----------5--5---5------------------|
|----------7/9--------7---9-----7---7\---|-------------5-8-5------5-----------|
|-------5---------------------7h9-7h9\---|---3------------------8------0h8-8\-|
|--5/7---------------------------------2/|5------------------6----------------|
And so castles made of sand

C G
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------3----------------------------------|
|-------------3-----------5-------5\3-|------4-----------3-------------5--5-----|
|------3------3-3-(3)-----5-5-----5\3-|------5-----------3--3----------5--5-----|
|------3---5-------5--5/7-------------|-----------3--5-----------6--7--------6--|
|-3---------------------------6-6-----|-3---------------------------------------|
slips into the sea e- ventually.

|--------------------------------------------|
|------3-------------------------------------|
|------4-----------3----------5--5-----------|
|------5-----3-----3--3-------5--5--------5\-|
|------------3--5--------6--7----------------|
|-3---------------------------------6--6-----|

repeat intro and fade, slower rock=72: while fading...
-3-|/5----5/8----8/10----10\8----8-|\5----5\3---3/5---------|---p3---||
-1-|/3----3/6----6/8------8\6----6-|\3----3\1---1/3---------|---(3)--||
4 ---|--------------------------------------------------------|--------||
- -3-|/5----5/8----8/10----10\8----8-|\5----5\3---3/5---------|---(5)--||
4 ---|--------------------------------------------------------|--------||
-1-|/3----3/6----6/8------8\6----6-|\3----3\1---1/3---------|---(3)--||

NOTE: Remember, the guitar solo is played backwards on the album...it may
sound a little different...

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