Hocus Pocus
Music by:
Thijs van Leer & Jan Akkerman (Focus)
This great tune is from their 1971 album Moving Waves. Don't forget to yodel. This version is transcribed by: Jeffrey
Weiss (jw@mckinsey.com)
A
Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Bbmaj7 E7#9
E
-----------------|-----------------|-7---8-----------|-----------------|
B
-----------------|-----------------|-8--10-------8---|-----6---8~~~~~~~|
G
-----------------|-----------------|-7---9-------9---|-----7---7-------|
D -5^7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5^7-7-7-7---7-7-|-9--10-------9---|-----7---6-------|
A
-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-7---8-----------|---------7-------|
E
-----------------|-----------------|-------------8---|-----6-----------|
|_|_|_|
| |_| |_|_|_| | |_| |
| } | | |
!
\___/
A
E F D
B E
E
-----------------|-----------------|-7---8-------5---|-----7---7-------|
B ~7---------------|-----------------|-9--10-------7---|-----7---9-------|
G
-----------------|-----------------|-9--10-------7---|-----8---9-------|
D
-5^7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5^7-7-7-7---7-7-|-9--10-------7---|-----9---9-------|
A -0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-7---8-------5---|-----9---7-------|
E
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-----------|
|_|_|_|
| |_| |_|_|_| | |_| |
| } | | |
| }
\___/
A C D D F G
E
-0------3----5---|-----------------|~5------8----10--|-----------------|
B
-2------5----7---|-----------------|~7-----10----12--|-----------------|
G -2------5----7---|-----------------|~7-----10----12--|-----------------|
D
-2------5----7---|-----------------|~7-----10----12--|-----------------|
A
-0------3----5---|-----------------|~5------8----10--|-----------------|
E
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| _|. | ]| @
| _|. | ]| @
\_/ \_/ \___/
\_/ \_/ \___/
E7#9
E -----------------|- - -
B -8---------------|- - -
G -7---------------|- - - [As a true Focus purist, I think it would be
D -6---------------|- - - blasphemous to transcribe yodelling for the
A -7---------------|- - - guitar...so I won't]
E -----------------|- - -
|
Note: Yes, the E7#9 at the end of measure 4 (and
elsewhere) is the dreaded "Hendrix" chord (as far as I can
tell....either that, or I just use it as a surrogate for
distorted-guitar-chaos). The pinky
slide from the G in this chord to the F# (added sixth) at the start of the A
is, at best, a subtle effect. I
think I hear it in places, others disagree. Anyway, I like it, and it occurs naturally with my lousy
(lazy) fingers. On the A strumming
in measures 1, 2, and others, pick real hard, and shake the fretted A (D
string). The out-of-tuneness this
causes is very noticable on the song.
BTW, if your amp is not capable of at least 50% total harmonic
distortion, don't even bother with this song!
Key:
@ = whole note } = quarter rest ! = half note
_|.
= dotted eighth note ] = sixteenth note \__/
= tied notes (don't re-sound)
| = quarter note |_|
= eighth notes ^ = hammer or pull (you
figure which)
_| = single eighth note ~ = slide (you figure which way)