Soul Man Tab

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SOUL MAN
 
As recorded by Sam & Dave
(From the 1967 Album SOUL MEN)
 
Words and Music by Isaac Hayes & David Porter
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mar-Key Horns - Brass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=116
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
                        |-3--|
  S S E +H     +E  E    E  E E +E  E H      S  E   S   +E   E  H
|-----7-(7)----(7)---|--7s=5-5-(5)---5----|-------10--(10)----10----|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5s7--------------7-|-(7)s5-------5------|-5s10-(10)-(10)-10-------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
   S  E  S  +E   E  S  E.      +Q
|-------12-(12)----12-14------(14)-------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-10s12---------12-12-14------(14)-------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
|  H                E     S S   S  S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------8--------|
|-------------------------7h9------9p7h9-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
 
 
  G
  E S S S  S E e e e E    E  S S S  S E e e e   E
|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|--3----3---/7-7-7-5-3----------|
|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|--3----3---/8-8-8-5-3----------|
|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|--4----4---/7-7-7-5-4----------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W                      +H             E E S S S  S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8--------------------|-(8)---------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------7-9-7--------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------10---|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 
    E  S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E
|---3----3---/7-7-7-5-3---|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---||
|---3----3---/8-8-8-5-3---|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---||
|---4----4---/7-7-7-5-4---|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|
|  +W                       W
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-(10)--------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    G
    E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E
||--3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|
||o-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|
||--4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|
||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
  E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E
|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3----|
|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3----|
|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4----|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
                                                Chorus
                                                 G   N.C.
  E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E    E S S H    E E
|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---|-3---3---/7-7-7-5-3---||-3---5s7--------|
|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---|-3---3---/8-8-8-5-3---||-3--------------|
|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---|-4---4---/7-7-7-5-4---||-4---5s7------7-|
|----------------------|----------------------||----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------||----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------||----------------|
 
 
                                                                  ~~
                                                            |3-|
   S   S S  S H                    E  E   H    Q    E  E    Q  E  H    Q
|--7s==5----7s5--------------------1----|---------/13-13-|-13-13s15-------|
|----------------------------------1----|----------------|----------------|
|-(7)s=5----7s5--------------------2----|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  S   S S  S S  S  S  S S  S  E  +Q      W                 W
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-11--10-----------11-10----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------12---10---------12-10-(10)---|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 
  H    E S S E S S    H.                              Q
|------------7---7s|==5-----------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------5s7---7-7s|==5-----------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| W                   S   S S  S S  S  S  S S  S  E  +Q
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|-11--10-----------11-10---------------|
|------------------|----------12---10---------12-10-(10)--|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
 
 
               1.,2.
  G             N.C.
   H.      Q    E. S E e E E Q     3x
|-/3----------|--------------------||
|-/3----------|-------------------o||
|-/4----------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------5-----------||
|-------------|-3--5s7---5--------o||
|-------------|--------------------||
|
|  W            W                  3x
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|-------------------o||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|-------------------o||
|-------------|--------------------||
 
 
                    Bridge
  3.
  N.C.               Eb                      Bb
  E. S E e E E Q     S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|-----------------||-6-----6----6-----6----|-6-----6----6-----6-----|
|-----------------||-8-----8----8-----8----|-6-----6----6-----6-----|
|-----------------||-8-----8----8-----8----|-7-----7----7-----7-----|
|--------5--------||-8-----8----8-----8----|-8-----8----8-----8-----|
|-3--5s7---5------||-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
 
 
  C                             C/D                      C#/Eb
   S S S  S Q   S S S  S Q    E  e  e  e  E  E  E  E   E  e  e  E  e  e  Q
|--8------8-----8------8----|----8--8-----8--8-----8-|----9--9-----9--9-----||
|--8------8-----8------8----|----8--8-----8--8-----8-|----9--9-----9--9-----||
|--9------9-----9------9----|----9--9-----9--9-----9-|---10-10----10-10-----||
|-10-----10----10-----10----|---10-10----10-10----10-|---11-11----11-11-----||
|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|---11-11-11-11-11-11--||
 
 
 Interlude
  N.C.
  a H.      +S  S e   S S S S S E. H      S  S  E  +E   E  H
|-6s8-------(8)---8-|-8s6---6---6--6----|------11-(11)----11----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-6s8-------(8)-8---|-8s6---6---6--6----|-6s11---------11-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
   S  E  S  +E   E  S  E.  +Q
|-------13-(13)----13-15--(15)--|
|-------------------------------|
|-11s13---------13-13-15--(15)--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
 
 
   Outro
    Ab
    E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E
||--4---4---/8-8-8-6-4---|-4---4---/8-8-8-6-4----|
||o-4---4---/9-9-9-6-4---|-4---4---/9-9-9-6-4----|
||--5---5---/8-8-8-6-5---|-5---5---/8-8-8-6-5----|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
  E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E
|-4---4---/8-8-8-6-4---|-4---4---/8-8-8-6-4---|
|-4---4---/9-9-9-6-4---|-4---4---/9-9-9-6-4---|
|-5---5---/8-8-8-6-5---|-5---5---/8-8-8-6-5---|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
  E S S S  S E e e e E   E S S S  S E e e e E
|-4---4---/8-8-8-6-4---|-4---4---/8-8-8-6-4------||
|-4---4---/9-9-9-6-4---|-4---4---/9-9-9-6-4-----o||
|-5---5---/8-8-8-6-5---|-5---5---/8-8-8-6-5------||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
 
 
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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