Beginners tab question - Purple Haze

[thetruehendrix7]

help!
i need some help with the tabs for purple haze im a beginner!
there is a symbol in the tabs im looking at that looks like this %.
can anybody help me?

[elklandercc]

Either something is slipping my mind or the maker of the tab hit the wrong key or was holding down the shift key. PM me a link to the tab.