#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## HOCUS POCUS by Focus (from Moving Waves, their fourth album) Written by: Probably Van Leer and Akkerman 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 \__/ = tied notes (don't re-sound) | = quarter note ^ = hammer or pull (you figure which one) _| = single eighth note ~ = slide (you figure which way) _|. = dotted eighth note |_| = eighth notes ] = sixteenth note