Foxey Lady

Words & Music:

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix

 

This is fully transcribed in Guitar World.

 

Intro & main riff:

  tr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~           F#m7            (Foxey)       B

|-----------|----------------|-----5-x-----5-5-|-----x-------------|

|-----------|----------------|-----5-x-----5-5-|-----x-------4-4-4-|

|-11--------|-(11)------11\--|-----------------|-------------4-4-4-|

|-----------|----------------|---------4-4-----|-------4-----4-4-4-|

|-----------|----------------|-----------------|-------------2-2-2-|

|-----------|----------------|-2-2-------------|-2-2-----5-7-------|

 

  F#m7               (Foxey)           B

|------5--5------5-5-|--------5-------------||

|------5--5------5-5-|--------5-5-------4---||

|--------------------|--------x-4-------4-4-||

|-----------4-4------|------2h4---------4-4-||

|--------------------|------------4s7-3---4-||

|-2-2----------------|-2-2------------------||

 

 

F#m7             F#7#9 F#m7          B            F#m7

Uh, you know you a---- cute little heartbreaker.  (Ha, Foxey, yeah!)

 

F#m7                               B         F#m7

And you know you a sweet little lovemaker.  (Huh, Foxey!)

 

CHORUS:

F#                   E      (B)      F#m7                   E  (B)

I wanna take you home; uh-huh, yeah!  I won't do you no harm; no harm.

F#m7                    E       (B) F#  [stop chord]

You've got to be all mine, all mine.  Ooh, Foxey Lady!

 

 Transition lick:

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|----------------------------14-------------|

|--16b18-(16)-14--16b18-(16)----14-(14)-----|

|---------------------------------------16\-|

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| Gtr II

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|----------x--------------------------------|

|--------------x----------------------------|

|-------------------------x-----------------|

|-----------------------------x------x---x--|

 

F#m7  F#7#9  F#m7

 

B

Now, uh, I see you come down on the scene.  (Oh, Foxey.)

You make me wanna get up and, uh, scream. (Foxey, ah, baby, listen now.)

I've made up my mind,

I'm tired of wasting all my precious time

You've got to be all mine, all mine

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO OVER VERSE:

 

OUTRO:  [improv these vocals over  F#m7  B [8x]]

Ooh, Foxey Lady.  Ooh, Foxey Lady, yeah, yeah!

You look so good, Foxey, oh, yeah, Foxey!

Yeah, give us some, Foxey

F#m7     F#    B

   Foxey lady.

 




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