Spoonful Tab

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SPOONFUL
 
As recorded by Howlin' Wolf
(From the 1962 Album HOWLIN' WOLF)
 
Words and Music by Willie Dixon
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Freddie Robinson - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Hubert Sumlin - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=116(8=s8)
  Em
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
  H    Q  Q    Q    E  E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    H         H
|---------0--|-0---------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|-8------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|-9------------------------------|
|---------2--|-2----2----0--0--|----2---0--2--|-9------------------------------|
|------------|---------2-------|------2-------|-7------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
|                   ~~~~                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W            Q    H.           W              Q    Q   +Q         E   e
|------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------12----------|
|------------|----/12----------|--------------|----/15--(15)b15.5-----/17b17.5-|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    H      H             H     H       Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-8-----------------|--8-----------|---------------|
|--------------|-9-----------------|--9-----------|-0-----0-------|
|----2---0--2--|-9-----------------|--9-----------|----2-----2----|
|------2-------|-7-----------------|--7-----------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------|
|
| W              Q   H     S S S S    Q  Q  Q  Q    q  q  q  q
|--------------|----/7-----5h7p5---|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------5-|-/8--5--------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-0-----0-------|
|--------------|-------------------|-----------2--|----2-----2----|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
                  1st - 3rd Verses
               $
                   N.C.
  Q.   E Q  Q      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.      E  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------||--------------|------------------|-------------|
|--------------||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
|-0------------||--0-----0-----|-0----------------|-0-----0-----|
|------2----2--||-----2-----2--|---------2-----2--|----2-----2--|
|--------------||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
|--------------||--------------|------------------|-------------|
|
|                                      ~~~
| Q.   E Q  Q      q  q  q  q    Q     Q    q  Q    W
|--------------||--------------|-----------12-----|-------------|
|--------------||o-------------|-----/12----------|-------------|
|-0------------||--0-----0-----|------------------|-------------|
|------2----2--||-----2-----2--|------------------|-------------|
|--------------||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
|--------------||--------------|------------------|-------------|
 
 
   Q.                 E  Q       Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|--0--------------------------------|-0-----0-----|
|---------------------2----------2--|----2-----2--|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|
|  E       E  E       E  Q       Q    W
|---------12---------12-15b15.5-----|-------------|
|-16b16.5----16b16.5----------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
 
 
  Q.    E Q       Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|-0------------------|-0-----0-------|
|-------2---------2--|----2-----2----|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|
| E  q  E S S S S Q    W
|----7--0-5h7p5---5--|---------------|
|---------------8----|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
 
 
                       Chorus
                        N.C.
   Q.      E   Q  Q      Q  Q     Q   Q
|--------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|--0-----------------||--0--------0------|
|----------2------2--||-----2---------2--|
|--------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|
|  ~~~                   ~~
|      |--3--|              |-3-|
|  Q   E E   E Q  Q      Q  E E E E E Q
|-/7---5-------------||-/7--5------------|
|--------8p==5-8-----||-------8p5-8-5-0--|
|--------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
|--------------------||------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E Q  Q      Q          Q     Q     Q
|--------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------|---0----------------0---------|
|------2----2--|--------------2-----------2---|
|--------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q.   E H         E  E       E  E  E  E  Q
|--------------|-/12--------------------------|
|--------------|-----16b16.5-15-12------------|
|-0------------|-------------------14-12------|
|------2-------|-------------------------14---|
|--------------|------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E Q      Q       Q   Q   Q   Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q       Q   Q   Q
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-0------------------|--0-------0------|-0------------|-0-----------0------|
|------2--------2----|------2-------2--|------2----2--|---------2-------2--|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|
| Q.   E E   E  e  E    E E E E E E Q    W              E     E E E E E Q
|--------------12----|-----------------|--------------|-7tr8---------------|
|----------/12----12-|-10-8-----8-8----|--------------|------10-8---8-8----|
|-0------------------|------9-7-----7--|--------------|-----------9-----9--|
|------2-------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
 
 
                              1.               2.
                     To Coda
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q      Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|---------------||--------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------o||--------------|
|-0------------|-0-----0-----|-0-------------||-0------------|
|------2----2--|----2-----2--|------2----2---||------2----2--|
|--------------|-------------|--------------o||--------------|
|--------------|-------------|---------------||--------------|
|
| Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q      Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|---------------||--------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------o||--------------|
|-0------------|-0-----0-----|-0-------------||-0------------|
|------2----2--|----2-----2--|------2----2---||------2----2--|
|--------------|-------------|--------------o||--------------|
|--------------|-------------|---------------||--------------|
 
 
                                 Guitar Solo
                                  Em
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q      H     H
|-------------|----------------||--------------|
|-------------|----------------||--8-----------|
|-0-----0-----|-0--------------||--9-----------|
|----2-----2--|------2-(2)-----||--9-----------|
|-------------|----------------||--7-----------|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|
|
|                                  ~~
| Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q      H     q  Q
|-------------|----------------||-------12-----|
|-------------|----------------||-12-----------|
|-0-----0-----|-0--------------||--------------|
|----2-----2--|------2-(2)-----||--------------|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|
|-------------|----------------||--------------|
 
 
  W
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Q   E   E       E   E       Q
|----12----------12----------15b15.5--|
|-------/16b16.5----/16b16.5----------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
 
 
   H                 H                 W
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--8--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--9--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--9--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--7--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|                                      ~~    ~~~
|                                                |----3-----|
|  Q        Q        E   Q        E    E E   Q   E      +E  E  E E
|-15b15.5--15b15.5--12-----------12-|-10-7-------------------------|
|----------------------/16b16.5-----|------/12--10pb11r(10)-8-10-8-|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
 
  H                  H          W
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|-8--------------------------|-----------------|
|-9--------------------------|-----------------|
|-9--------------------------|-----------------|
|-7--------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|
|                               ~~
| E     Q      E     E E E E    Q  E E +Q   Q
|-6b6.5-6b6.5--6b6.5-5-3-----|-/6--3-----------|
|------------------------5-3-|-------5-(5)-----|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|--------------2--|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                             D.S. al Coda
  H     H       W              H     H       W
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-8-----------|--------------|-8-----------|--------------||
|-9-----------|--------------|-9-----------|--------------||
|-9-----------|--------------|-9-----------|--------------||
|-7-----------|--------------|-7-----------|--------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-0-----0-----|-0------------|-0-----0-----|-0------------||
|----2-----2--|------2----2--|----2-----2--|------2----2--||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
 
 
 Outro
  &
  N.C.
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|-0------------|-0-----0-----|-0------------|-0-----0-----*|
|------2----2--|----2-----2--|------2----2--|----2-----2--*|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|
| Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|-0------------|-0-----0-----|-0------------|-0-----0-----*|
|------2----2--|----2-----2--|------2----2--|----2-----2--*|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X
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Thanks for help keepin the old blues alive!