The Cry of Love cover

My Friend

Favorite

Jimi Hendrix

The Cry of Love (1971)blues rockHigh4:17SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: G majorestTempo: 100 BPMestTime signature: 6/4

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80%4 tracks · 3,556 notes · G major · 100 BPM· 4:17Recommended
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Y'all pass me that bottle
and I'll sing y'all a real s
yeah
hmm....... hmm....... let me
uh hum.....uh hum
lookin'................. thr
my stomach squeal just a lit
a stagecoach full of feather
up to my soap-box door
lady...... with a pearl hand
to........ the driver's fenc
in my face....... bourbon an
haven't I
seen you somewhere in hell
just
you know how I felt behind a
and so......uh
before I could ask was it th
my feet ..... they howled
the wheels of a bandwagon
deep.............. in my min
as they pulled away
stagger and fall on my muddy
well, I picked them up, brus
and you wouldn't believe
come around to my room, with
and bring along a bottle and
sometimes it's not so easy
when your only friend
talks, sees, looks and feels
do just the same as him
gets very lonely out in this
yeah
hmmmm..hmmm
got more to say
Well, I'm
ridin'.......... through L.A
on a bicycle....... built fo
seen one of my ol' buddies
you don't look the way you u
some people look like a coin
like you ain't got no coins
laid back, and I thought to
and I ................. said
picked up my pride...... fro
breath....... right out of m
and sometimes.......... it's
when your only friend
talks, sees, looks and feels
do just the same as him
I..... just......got
out of a Scandinavian jail
way........ straight home to
feel so dizzy.......I take a
sure that my friend's here w
and you know good and well I
so you fill my cup full of s
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Drums
Guitar 3

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —4 tracks · 4:17

About this song

My Friend by Jimi Hendrix is in G major (estimated), around 100 BPM, 6/4 time. This 4-track arrangement runs 4:17 (Electric guitar (clean) and Drums). 1 version available to play and practice.

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4.49 notes/sec

About the key of G major

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