My friend (Jimi Hendrix cover) - DaKota Rambin

Yeah, one of my favorite Jimi songs!
I'm planning to re-upload this with harmonica if I can get my harmonica holder fixed.. it keeps slipping.

Here's the lyrics:
Well, Im looking through harlem
My stomach squeal just a little more
A stagecouch full of feathers and footprints,
Pulls up to soap¨box door
Now a lady with a pearl¨handled necktie
Tied to the drivers fence
Breathes in my face,
Bourbon and coke possessed words
& quot;havent I seen you somewhere in hell,
Or was it just an accident?
(you know how I felt then, and so:)

Before I could ask was it the east or west side?
My feet they howled in pain
The wheels of a bandwagon cut very deep,
But not as deep in my mind as the rain
And as they pulled away I could see her words
Stagger and fall on my muddy tent
Well I picked them up, brushed them off,
To see what they say,
And you wouldnt believe:
`come around to my room, with the tooth in the middle,
And bring along the bottle and a president

And eh sometimes its not so easy, baby
Especially when your only friend,
Talks, sees, looks and feels like you,
And you do just the same as him
(gets very lonely up this road, baby)
(yeah, hmmm, yeah)
(got more to say!)

Well Im riding through la (huh),
On a bicycle built for fools
And I seen one of my old buddies
And he say, you dont look the way you usually do
I say, well, some people look like a coin-box
He say, look like you aint got no coins to spare
And I laid back and I thought to myself, and I said this:
I just picked up my pride from underneath the pay phone,
And combed this breath right out of my hair
And sometimes its not so easy
Especially when your only friend
Talk, sees, looks and feels like you,
And you do just the same as him

Just got out of a scandinavian jail,
And Im on my way straight home to you
But I feel so dizzy I take a quick look in the mirror,
To make sure my friends here with me too
And you know good well I dont drink coffee,
So you fill my cup full of sand
And the frozen tea leaves on the bottom
Sharing lipstick around the broken edge
And my coat that you let your dog lay by the fire on
And your cat he attacked me from his pill¨box ledge
And I thought you were my friend too
Man, my shadow comes in line before you
Im finding out that its eh not so easy
Specially when your only friend
Talks, looks, sees and feels like you,
And you do the same just like him

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jimi
• Hendrix
• My
• friend
• Cover
• DaKota
• Rambin
• Acoustic

[nattie306]

what key is the song in

[bdylan147]

The key is in G

[jvelez14]

niiiiiicee!

sick interpretation of one of the best songs ever written!

you tuned down a whole or a half step to match him?

[bdylan147]

thanks! I kept in standard tuning

[PAULOcbi]

good job! I think , paulo309 did a better job though

[bdylan147]

thanx, lol well be sure to give him your regards

[theafkad]

Excellent dude!

[itsCAKEfan]

Awesome. Just awesome.

[nickvanbragt]

Try to cover hey joe, including the teeth solo :D

btw ur realy good.

[jgcaesar4]

You've done a great job on this - from a lifelong Jimi Hendrix fan. This song really does show Dylan's influence on Jimi. Jimi idolized Dylan.

[HUghMANity9]

I love that song. You do a terriffic job Good on you.

Check out my first offering.

[rigidarm1]

i met Hendrix, even smoked a j with him. bout killed me when he passed. You do this song great. Thanks for cool vid!

[ryancturner]

awesome :)



[DaveZeman]

My cover is easier for an average guitar picker... yours is two thumbs up.

[GROEP6NAH]

GREAT COVER! Your voice is a little to high but you play it fuckin fucking awesome. Real nice feel for the blues rythim!!! Love it!

[400runnr]

sounds good!! i love this song, just a thought let the chords ring a little bit, i know the song is pretty rigid along those lines but letting them ring somewhat might add a little more depth