Mannish Boy Tab

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MANNISH BOY
 
As recorded by Muddy Waters
(From the 1977 Album HARD AGAIN)
 
Words and Music by McKinley Morganfield, Mel London & Ellas McDaniel
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Johnny Winter - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bob Margolin - Electric Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Free Time Q=104
  N.C.
 12/8
  Gtr I
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  W              Q   E  +Q.    +Q.   a Q  E   Q.   Q.   Q.    +Q.
|--------------:----------------------------:------------------------:
|--------------:-8s=10-(10)---(10)----------:------------------------:
|--------------:---------------------9s7p=5-:-----------7b9---(7)----:
|--------------:----------------------------:-7----------------------:
|--------------:----------------------------:------------------------:
|--------------:----------------------------:------------------------:
 
 
  |----4:3-----|
  E    +E  +E  E Q.   H.        W              W
|-----------------------------:--------------:------:
|-----------------------------:--------------:------:
|-7b9==(7)r(7)p5--------------:--------------:------:
|----------------7------------:--------------:------:
|-----------------------------:--------------:------:
|-----------------------------:--------------:------:
 
 
     ~~~~~~
  Q  E +Q.   E E E +Q   E
|-------------------------:
|-----------------------8-:
|-7s=9-(9)---7s6s7-(7)----:
|-------------------------:
|-------------------------:
|-------------------------:
 
 
  |----4:3-----|
  E    +E  +E  E Q  E +Q.      Q.       +E  +E  E Q  E +H.
|-------------------------------------:--------------5-(5)----|
|-------------------------------------:-----------------------|
|-7b9==(7)r(7)p5---------------7b9====:=(7)r(7)p5-------------|
|----------------7--5-(5tr7)----------:-----------7-----------|
|-------------------------------------:-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------:-----------------------|
 
 
                                          Verse
  In Time Q=104
                                           N.C.
 6/8            12/8
  Q  E E E a E   q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E    q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------7-----5-|----------------7-----5-||----------------7-----5--|
|------7---5h6-|-6--------------7---5h6-||-6--------------7---5h6--|
|----7---7-----|-7------------7---7-----||-7------------7---7------|
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q  E E E a E   q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E    q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------5---3h4-|----------------5---3h4-||----------------5---3h4--|
|----5---5-----|-5------------5---5-----||-5------------5---5------|
 
 
    q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
||-------------------------|
||o----------------7-----5-|
||--6--------------7---5h6-|
||--7------------7---7-----|
||o------------------------|
||-------------------------|
|
|   q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
||-------------------------|
||o------------------------|
||-------------------------|
||-------------------------|
||o----------------5---3h4-|
||--5------------5---5-----|
 
 
  q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E 18x q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------7-----5-o||----------------7-----5---|
|-6--------------7---5h6--||-6--------------7---5h6---|
|-7------------7---7------||-7------------7---7-------|
|------------------------o||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|
| q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E 18x q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|------------------------o||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------5---3h4-o||----------------5---3h4---|
|-5------------5---5------||-5------------5---5-------|
 
 
               ~~~~~~~
  Q.    Q   S  S  +Q.    Q.
|---------------------------------|
|-----------8s10-(10)-------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.         Q   E E  E a E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|------------------------5----3h4-|
|-5--------------------5----5-----|
 
 
                               ~~~
  H.         Q.    a E E   E   H.          E E   +E  E a E a E
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------8---------|
|------------------8s7-5---7-|-5b6-----------7b9-(7)---8s7-5s6-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.   Q   E   E E a E   q    E Q.   Q      E  E   E a E
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------5---3h4-|-----------------------5-----3h4-|
|-5--------------5-----5-----|-5------------------5------5-----|
 
 
     ~~~~~~
  Q  E +Q.   H.              W
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|----7-(7)-----------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| q  E  Q.   Q   E E E a E   q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------5---3h4-|----------------5---3h4-|
|-5--------------5---5-----|-5------------5---5-----|
 
 
    q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E 12x
||--------------------------||
||o----------------7-----5-o||
||--6--------------7---5h6--||
||--7------------7---7------||
||o------------------------o||
||--------------------------||
|
|   q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E 12x
||--------------------------||
||o------------------------o||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||o----------------5---3h4-o||
||--5------------5---5------||
 
 
               ~~~~~~~
  Q.    Q   S  S  +Q.    Q.         W
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------8s10-(10)-------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.         Q   E E  E a E   q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------5----3h4-|----------------5---3h4-|
|-5--------------------5----5-----|-5------------5---5-----|
 
 
  Q  E +Q   +S  +S  Q.    Q.
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----7-(7)--(7)-(7)p5---------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| q  E  Q.          Q   E E  E a E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------5----3h4--|
|-5---------------------5----5------|
 
 
  Q.    Q   E     +Q.     E Q
|---------------------------------|
|-----------8b10==(8)r----x-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.         Q    E E E a E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------5---3h4-|
|-5---------------------5---5-----|
 
 
  H.         E E   +E  Q.         +Q.    Q.   H.
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------7b9r(7)-5--------|-(5)-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.   Q      E  E  E a E    q   E Q.   Q   E E E a E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------5----3h4-|-------------------5---3h4-|
|-5-----------------5-----5-----|--5--------------5---5-----|
 
 
                                            ~~               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  E E    +E  +Q.   +Q    E +E  E.       S   Q.    Q.   Q  S  S  +Q.
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------8-(8)------------|---------------8s10-(10)-------|
|---7b9==(7)-(7)---(7)r-------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------9b10-----9-|-7-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| q       E   Q.    Q    E  E  E    a E     q   E Q.   Q  E      E  E a E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-------3h4---|----------------------5----3h4-|
|-5----------------------5-----5----------|-5-------------5---------5-----|
 
 
 ~~~~~~
   +Q.    Q.   E  E     +E   E     +E     E
|----------------12---------12-----------12--|
|-(10)-----------13b14-(13)-13b14-(13)---14--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|   q   E Q.   Q         E   E      E  a  E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5---------3h=4--|
|---5--------------------5----------5--------|
 
 
                       ~~~~~
   E     +E   E       +Q.    H.
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12b14-(12)-12pb14==(12)r-----------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
|  q          E        Q.    Q   E E E a E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5---3h4-|
|--5-----------------------------5---5-----|
 
 
  Q.     E      +S   +S  E      H.              Q.    E    +S  +S  E Q.    Q.
|-------10b12==(10)r(10)-8b8.5----------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------10-------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------7b9==(7)r(7)-5-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------7---------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| q   E  Q.                     Q   E E E a E   q   E Q.             Q   E E  E a E
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5---3h4-|----------------------------5----3h4--|
|-5---------------------------------5---5-----|-5------------------------5----5------|
 
 
  Q.    E  E  E a  Q.    Q.         Q.    Q    E      +S   +S   E  E Q    a  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------8s10-8s10--------------|-----------15b17==(15)r(15)-13-14-----14p13-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.         Q   E E  E a E   q   E Q.           Q           E E E  a  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------5----3h4-|----------------------------------5----3h=4-|
|-5--------------------5----5-----|-5------------------------------5---5-------|
 
 
  H.         E  E  E      E  E        E
|--------------15-15pb17-15-15pb17---15--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| q   E Q.   Q     E      E  E     a  E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5--------3h=4--|
|-5----------------5---------5-----------|
 
 
   ~~~~~~
   H.            Q.    E  S  S    E
|-15pb17----------------------------|
|------------------------17s15---13-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
|  q      E Q.   Q   E E  E    a  E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------5-------3h=4-|
|--5-----------------5----5---------|
 
 
                                    ~~
   H.          +E   Q   Q     E     H.         +Q   E E E a E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------7-----5---|
|-14----------(14)\-----------5b6-|-------------------7---5h6---|
|---------------------------------|-7----------(7)--7---7-------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  q   E Q.     Q     E E E a E     q   E Q.    Q   E E E a E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------5---3h4---|-------------------5---3h4---|
|--5------------------5---5-------|-5---------------5---5-------|
 
 
  q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E   q  E Q.   E a Q   E E     S S
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------7-----5-|-------------------------------|
|-6--------------7---5h6-|-6-----------7s9s==7-5b6-------|
|-7------------7---7-----|-7-------------------------7-5-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| q  E Q.   Q  E E E a E   q  E Q.   Q     E E E   a E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------5---3h4-|-------------------5-----3h4---|
|-5------------5---5-----|-5---------------5---5---------|
 
 
  H.           +Q      E E   +E    E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------7b9r(7)---5--|
|-7tr5---------(7tr5)-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| q     E Q.    Q      E E    E  a E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------5-------3h4--|
|-5--------------------5------5-------|
 
 
  H.           Q.    E    +E    +S  S   Q   E +Q.   +Q.    Q.
|-------------------------------------|-----5-(5)---(5)-------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------7b9==(7)r==(7)-5-|-----------------------------|
|-7tr5--------------------------------|-7-----------(7)-------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                                       H.          +Q.    Q.
|
| q     E Q.   Q   E E     E  a  E      q   E  Q.    Q   E E  E a E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------5--------3h=4----|--------------------5----3h4-|
|-5----------------5-------5----------|-5----------------5----5-----|
 
 
  Q   E      +E    Q      H.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----8------(8)---8------8-----------------|
|----10b12==(10)r-11b12--11b12--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| q   E       Q.          Q     E E E a E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5---3h4---|
|-5-----------------------------5---5-------|
 
 
                                          Outro
                                           N.C.
  Q.     Q      E      +Q.     Q.          E E   +E  Q    E   +Q   E   E E   E
|---------------------------------------||---8b9-(8)-8b9--8b9-(8)--8b9-5-------|
|-------10-----10-----(10)--------------||-------------------------------8b9-5-|
|-------12b14--12b14==(12)r-------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|
| q   E  Q.             Q    E E  E a E    Q      E  Q    E    Q   E   Q     E
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5----3h4-||---------------------5---5b6-7-----7-|
|-5--------------------------5----5-----||--------5--8----8--------------------|
 
 
  H.=H
    A
 15/8
  a  E. S a E Q.     S    +S  S S E  Q    S S E +E  E
|-------------5---------------------------5-----------|
|-8s10--------8------8b10-(8)-8-8-5---------8---------|
|---------5h6-6----------------------7b8------7-(7)---|
|-------7-------------------------------------------7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|                 TP TP              TP
|    Q      E Q   E +Q.             +H.
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----7--------7---7-(7)-------------(7)---------------|
|----7------7-7---7-(7)-------------(7)---------------|
|----5------5-5---5-(5)-------------(5)---------------|
 
 
 12/8
   E  E E +E  E E E E E   +E  Q
|---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------*|
|--7----5-(5)---------------------*|
|-----7-------7-5-----------------*|
|-----------------7-5-------------*|
|---------------------8b9-(8)-----*|
|
|  TP
| +H.             E Q      Q.
|---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------*|
|-(7)-------------7---------------*|
|-(7)-------------7---------------*|
|-(5)-------------5---------------*|
 
 
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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