Jimi Hendrix
Bold As Love
Axis: Bold As Love (1967)

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A!     x x E                  
  Anger    he smiles tow'ring
F♯m                      D
In shiny metallic purple armour
      A                    E
Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him
    F♯m                     D             C♯
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground 

D            A                             Bm               (embarque)
Blue are the life giving waters taking for granted 
             G
They quietly understand
D                      A                       Bm
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
                   G G G G♯ G♯ G♯ (A)
But wonder why the fight is on

  A             E         F♯m     G
    But they're all, bold as love 
  Yeah, they're all bold as love 
  A             E           F♯m!
  Yeah, they're all bold as love 
  d            A    Bm  D  G G♯
  Just ask the Axis  

My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war           w/ !  xx
And ribbons of euphoria                                     d c♯ d c♯ d c♯ (a)
Orange is young, full of daring but
Very unsteady for the first go 'round 

My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me 
And all of these emotions of mine keep holding me 
From giving my life to a rainbow like you but I'm a 

  Yeah, I'm bold as love, yeah yeah
  Well I'm bold, bold as love, hear me talkin' girl
  I'm bold as love, uh
  Just ask the Axis, he knows everything, yeah, yeah        fin: G G G G♯ G♯ G♯ (A)

A  E  F♯m  G  x 6.75  w/ solo & Yeah

D D D D D D A (reste)  x 2

D D D D D A A (reste)

(drum)

C♯  G♯  A♯m  B B♯  x 12  <  w/ solo 

(fade out)