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Purple Haze
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Jimi Hendrix
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Purple Haze Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Songwriting
The lyrical landscape of "Purple Haze" is a sparse one. With only twelve lines of verse, a guitar melody for a chorus, and undoubtedly improvised background vocals filling any gaps, there is not to...
Music
The Hendrix Chord and the Blues Musically, "Purple Haze" centers on the famous Hendrix chord. That chord, which starts the verse sections of the song, was commonly used by Jimi Hendrix in several s...
