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DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
 
As recorded by The Animals
(From the 1965 Album ANIMAL TRACKS)
 
 
Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus & Gloria Caldwell
Arranged by The Animals
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hilton Valentine - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Hilton Valentine - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Alan Price - Organ'
 
 
   Intro
    Q=112
    Bm                        Em
   4/4
    Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
     E  S  S  E  S  S  H       E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------14-15--14--o||
||--16-16-14-16-16-14-16----|----16-14-16-------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|   Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
|    E  S  S  E  S  S  H       E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------6--7---6---||
||---9--9--7--9--9--7--9----|-----9--7--9-------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|   Gtr III (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
|    W                         W
||--10----------------------|-10----------------------||
||o-12----------------------|-12---------------------o||
||--11----------------------|-12----------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Bm                   A                    G
    Gtr I
     E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E
||---2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|
||o--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
||---4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
||---4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
||o--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
||---------------------|--------------------|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|
|
|   Gtr III
|    W                    W                    W
||--10-----------------|-12-----------------|-10-----------------|
||o-12-----------------|-14-----------------|-12-----------------|
||--11-----------------|-14-----------------|-12-----------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  F#                   Bm                   A
   E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E
|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|--4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|--4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|--4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|--4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  W                    W                    W
|--9-----------------|-10-----------------|-12-----------------|
|-11-----------------|-12-----------------|-14-----------------|
|-11-----------------|-11-----------------|-14-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
                                             Chorus
              To Coda
  G                     F#                    D
   E E E E +E  E E E     E E E E +E  E E E     Q  E E E E E E
|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x--|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-||--2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|
|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x--|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-||--3--3-3-3-3-3-x-|
|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x--|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-||--2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|
|--0-0-x-0-(0)-0-0-x--|--4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-||--0--0-0-0-0-0-x-|
|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x--|--4-4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-||-----------------|
|--3-3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x--|--2-2-x-2-(2)-2-2-x-||-----------------|
|
|  W                     W                     W
|-10------------------|--9-----------------||-10--------------|
|-12------------------|-11-----------------||-10--------------|
|-12------------------|-11-----------------||-11--------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||-----------------|
 
 
                                         1.
  Bm                G              N.C.   Bm
                                  2/4    4/4
   Q  E E E E E E   e e e e H      W       E  S  S  E  S  S  H
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|-3-----3------|------|-------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-x-|-0-----0------|------|-------------------------|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4-x-|-0-----0------|------|-16-16-14-16-16-14-16----|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4-x-|-0-----0------|------|-------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|-2-----2------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-3-----3------|------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W                W              W       E  S  S  E  S  S  H
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|--9--9--7--9--9--7--9----|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                W              W       W
|-10--------------|--------------|------|-10----------------------|
|-12--------------|--------------|------|-12----------------------|
|-11--------------|--------------|------|-11----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------|-------------------------|
 
 
  Em                       Bm                        Em
   E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q     E  S  S  E  S  S  H       E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------14-15--14--|-------------------------|-------------14-15--14--o||
|----16-14-16------------|-16-16-14-16-16-14-16----|----16-14-16-------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|  E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q     E  S  S  E  S  S  H       E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------6--7---6--|-------------------------|--------------6--7---6---||
|-----9--7--9------------|--9--9--7--9--9--7--9----|-----9--7--9-------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|  W                        W                         W
|-10---------------------|-10----------------------|-10----------------------||
|-12---------------------|-12----------------------|-12---------------------o||
|-12---------------------|-11----------------------|-12----------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
 
 
                      Bridge
  2.
  Bm             A     G    A             G    A
 4/4
   E  E E E +Q   Q     Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|--2--2-x-2-(2)--0--||-3--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-3--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
|--3--3-x-3-(3)--2--||-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|--4--4-x-4-(4)--2--||-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|--4--4-x-4-(4)--2--||-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|--2--2-x-2-(2)--0--||-2--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-2--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
|-------------------||-3--x-------------|-3--x-------------|
|
|  H.            Q     W                  W
|-10----------------||------------------|------------------|
|-12----------------||------------------|------------------|
|-11----------------||------------------|------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|------------------|
 
 
  G    A             D    Bm            G    A
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|-3--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-3--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-3--x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-2--x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|
|-2--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|------2-(2)-2-2-x-|-2--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|
|-3--x-------------|------------------|-3--x-------------|
 
 
                                             D.S. al Coda
  G    A             G                  F#
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|-3--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-3--x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|-2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x--||
|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x--||
|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-3--x-3-(3)-3-3-x--||
|-0--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-0--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-4--x-4-(4)-4-4-x--||
|-2--x-0-(0)-0-0-x-|-2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-|-4--x-4-(4)-4-4-x--||
|-3--x-------------|-3--x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|-2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x--||
 
 
                       Outro
  &
  F#                    D                 Bm
   Q  E E +E  E E E      Q  E E E E E E    Q  E E E E E E
|--2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-||---2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|
|--2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-||o--3--3-3-3-3-3-x-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-x-|
|--3--x-3-(3)-3-3-x-||---2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-x-|
|--4--x-4-(4)-4-4-x-||---0--0-0-0-0-0-x-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-x-|
|--4--x-4-(4)-4-4-x-||o-----------------|--2--2-2-2-2-2-x-|
|--2--x-2-(2)-2-2-x-||------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                     W                 W
|--9----------------||--10--------------|-10--------------|
|-11----------------||o-10--------------|-12--------------|
|-11----------------||--11--------------|-11--------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  G              N.C.   Bm                        Em
                2/4    4/4
  e e e e H      W       E  S  S  E  S  S  H       E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q   3x
|-3-----3------|------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-----0------|------|-------------------------|-------------14-15--14--o||
|-0-----0------|------|-16-16-14-16-16-14-16----|----16-14-16-------------||
|-0-----0------|------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-2-----2------|------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-3-----3------|------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W              W       E  S  S  E  S  S  H       E  S  S  E  E  Q   Q   3x
|--------------|------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|--------------6--7---6---||
|--------------|------|--9--9--7--9--9--7--9----|-----9--7--9-------------||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W              W       W                         W                      3x
|--------------|------|-10----------------------|-10----------------------||
|--------------|------|-12----------------------|-12---------------------o||
|--------------|------|-11----------------------|-12----------------------||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|------------------------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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