Soul Man (ver 2) by Sam & Dave
SOUL MAN (Bassline)
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) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Electric Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
H +Q. E W W
|--------------|----------|------|
|-5----(5)---5-|----------|------|
|--------------|-8--------|------|
|--------------|----------|-6----|
H H E S S +S s E E E E E E S S +S s E E E E E
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|-5-x-------------------|-5-x-------------------|
|------5----|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|
|-8---------|---------------8-8-----|---------------8-8-----|
1st - 3rd Verses
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
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|
|-5-x-------------------|-5-x-------------------||o-5-x--------------------|
|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-||o-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7--|
|---------------8-8-----|---------------8-8-----||----------------8-8------|
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
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-5-x-------------------|-5-x-------------------|-5-x--------------------|
|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7--|
|---------------8-8-----|---------------8-8-----|---------------8-8------|
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
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-5-x-------------------|-5-x-------------------|-5-x--------------------|
|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7--|
|---------------8-8-----|---------------8-8-----|---------------8-8------|
Chorus
E S S +S s E E E E E E S S +E E E E E E
|-----------------------||---------------------|
|-5-x-------------------||-5-5---------5-5-5-5-|
|-----7-(7)-7-5-----5-7-||-----7-(7)-5---------|
|---------------8-8-----||---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
1.,2. 3.
Q Q E E Q 3x Q E E E E Q q E S S S E. e e
|---------------||---------------||-------------------|
|--------------o||---------------||-------------------|
|-------5------o||--------5------||-6--------6--------|
|-8--8----------||-8----x--------||----6---6---3--4-5-|
q E. S E E e e q E S S q e e q e S S E e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----8------8-6-5-|-3--------3----3-|-5--------5-5---5-|
|-6-----x-6-------|----3---x----3---|----5---x-----5---|
Interlude
q e S S e e q H +Q. E W W
|-----------------||--------------|----------|------|
|-----------------||-6----(6)---6-|----------|------|
|-6--------6-6----||--------------|-9--------|------|
|----6---x-----6--||--------------|----------|-7----|
Outro
H H E s S +S s E E E E E
|-----------||------------------------|
|-----------||o-6-6-------------------|
|-4---------||o-----8-(8)-8-6-----6-8-|
|-----------||----------------9-9-----|
E s S +S s E E E E E E s S +S s E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-6-6-------------------|-6-6--------------------|
|-----8-(8)-8-6-----6-8-|-----8-(8)-8-6-----6-8--|
|---------------9-9-----|---------------9-9------|
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
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------o||
|-----8-(8)-8-6-----6-8-|-----8-(8)-8-6-----6-8-|-----8-(8)-8-6-----6-8-o||
|---------------9-9-----|---------------9-9-----|---------------9-9------||
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
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