A merman I should turn to be By Jimi Hendrix From "Electric Ladyland" - 1968 There are normarlly two guitars in this song, but I`m only going to work with one, the main guitar. 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D -2--------2------------6------ -3-----3--3------3--x--6------ -2-----2--2---2--2--x--6------ -0-----0--0---0--0--x--4------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ The rest: Just repeat the above verse again, using arpeggios and "Hendresque" variations (i.e., hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs). Then he uses chords for the rest of the song...they are... D A C G D A C G D A C G That is it pretty much, the solo is tough, haven`t gotten that far yet. Have fun with this great song!!