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Here's the correct way to play Purple Haze on bass.
The version previously held in the BTA was not a bass tab.
It was a guitar tab (and not a very good one)

  intro
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7---7---7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7--|
E|0---0---0---0---0----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-0-|

  verse riff          chorus "excuse me while I kiss.."
G|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------|--------5\--5\-|
A|7-7-07775-------457|7h975--5---5---|
E|---------333-055---|------7---7----|

  solo/outro "help me  help me"
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------555-555---7-7-7-(7)/999-\555---7-7-7-/999-\555---7-7-7-/999-\555---7-
E|3h555-3h555-5h777-5h777-----0----0-0-------------0----0-0----------0----0-0----------0-

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-------------------------------|
7-7-/999-\555---7-7-7-/999-\555|
-0-0----------0----0-0---------|

  return after solo
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7--|
E|-0----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-00----0-0-|