Bold As Love – Jimi Hendrix

Tempo: 70 bpm

Tuning: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb (all flats)

Chords Used: see “all chords” file

Strumming Pattern: DDD, DU

A E F#m D5
Anger he smiles towering in shiny metallic purple armor
A E
Green Jealousy, envy waits behind him
F#m D5 C#5
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
D5 A Bm
Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted
G
They quietly understand
D5 A Bm
The once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
G G# A
But wonder why the fight is on

(A) E F#m - G
But they're all bold as love
A E D/F#(stop)
Yeah, they're all bold as love
A E F#m
They're all bold as love
D5 A – Bm – D5 – G - G#
Just ask the axis

A E
My red is so confident that he flashes
F#m D5
Trophies of war and ribbons of euphoria
A E
Orange is young, full of daring
F#m D5 C#5
But very unsteady for the first go around
D5 A
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
Bm G
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
D5 A Bm
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from
G G#
Giving my life to a rainbow like you.
 A E F#m - G
But I'm bold, bold as love
A E D/F# (stop)
Yeah I'm bold, I’m bold as love
A E F#m
I'm bold, I’m bold as love
D/F# A
Just ask the axis
Bm D G G# A
Yeah he knows, he knows everything.