Booker T and the MGs

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Booker T and the MGs

Key: E

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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar' 
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Booker T. Jones - Piano arr. for Gtr.' 


  Q=126 
  N.C.         C           F6      F 
 4/4 
  Gtr II 
  Wx2           e  e  e  s  S S  S  e  S  e  S 
|------------|---------------------------------| 
|------------|-13-13-13-13-15---15-13-13-13-13-| 
|------------|-12-12-12-12-14---14-14-14-14-14-| 
|------------|-14-14-14-14-15---15-15-15-15-15-| 
|------------|---------------------------------| 
|------------|---------------------------------| 


  G           F 
   e  e  E  S  S S  S  e  S  E  S 
|---------------------------15-13-|| 
|-15-15-15-15-13---13-13-13-13-13-|| 
|-16-16-16-16-14---14-14-14-14-14-|| 
|-17-17-17-17-15---15-15-15-------|| 
|---------------------------------|| 
|---------------------------------|| 


    N.C. 
    Gtr I 
    E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
||----------------------|--------------------------| 
||o---------------------|--------------------------| 
||----------------------|--------------------------| 
||----------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
||o-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
||-----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|---------------------|---------------------------| 
|---------------------|---------------------------| 
|---------------------|---------------------------| 
|---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0--| 
|-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)------------------| 
|----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3-------------------------| 


  E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
|-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
|----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
|-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
|----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  C        F          G        F 
  E S S Q  E S S Q    E S S Q  E S S Q 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------5-----------|-------------------| 
|-5-x-x-5--------3--|-------5--------3--| 
|-3-x-x-3--3-x-x-3--|-5-x-x-5--3-x-x-3--| 
|----------1-x-x-1--|-3-x-x-3--1-x-x-1--| 


  C          F        G          F 
  E S S Q  E S S Q    E S S Q  E S S Q 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|-------------------|--------------------| 
|-------5-----------|--------------------| 
|-5-x-x-5--------3--|-------5--------3---| 
|-3-x-x-3--3-x-x-3--|-5-x-x-5--3-x-x-3---| 
|----------1-x-x-1--|-3-x-x-3--1-x-x-1---| 


  C                         G5 
  q  Q  H      W            W          W 
|------------|-----------||----------|------| 
|------------|----------o||----------|------| 
|-5----------|-----------||----------|------| 
|-5----------|-----------||----------|------| 
|-3----------|----------o||-5--------|-5----| 
|------------|-----------||-3--------|-3----| 


                         N.C. 
  W          W           E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|----------|----------||---------------------|--------------------------| 
|----------|----------||---------------------|--------------------------| 
|----------|----------||---------------------|--------------------------| 
|----------|----------||---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
|-5--------|-5--------||-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
|-3--------|-3--------||----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
|-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
|----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
|-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
|----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|--------------------------| 
|---------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0-| 
|-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------| 
|----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3------------------------| 


  C        F          G        F 
  E S S Q  E S S Q    E S S Q  E S S Q 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------------------|-------------------| 
|-------5-----------|-------------------| 
|-5-x-x-5--------3--|-------5--------3--| 
|-3-x-x-3--3-x-x-3--|-5-x-x-5--3-x-x-3--| 
|----------1-x-x-1--|-3-x-x-3--1-x-x-1--| 


  C        F          G        F          C 
  E S S Q  E S S Q    E S S Q  E S S Q    q  Q  H      Wx3 
|-------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|| 
|-------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|| 
|-------5-----------|-------------------|-5----------|--------|| 
|-5-x-x-5--------3--|-------5--------3--|-5----------|--------|| 
|-3-x-x-3--3-x-x-3--|-5-x-x-5--3-x-x-3--|-3----------|--------|| 
|----------1-x-x-1--|-3-x-x-3--1-x-x-1--|------------|--------|| 


    N.C.                                               C        F 
    E. S +E  E E. S E E   E. S +E  E S E a S +E  E 10x E S S Q  E S S Q 
||----------------------|---------------------------||--------------------| 
||o---------------------|--------------------------o||--------------------| 
||----------------------|---------------------------||-------5------------| 
||----------------------|----------0-3-3-1h2-(2)-0--||-5-x-x-5--------3---| 
||o-3-------------0-0-3-|----2-(2)-----------------o||-3-x-x-3--3-x-x-3---| 
||-----0-(0)-3-1--------|-3-------------------------||----------1-x-x-1---| 


  G        F          C        F          G        F 
  E S S Q  E S S Q    E S S Q  E S S Q    E S S Q  E S S Q 
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*| 
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*| 
|-------------------|-------5-----------|-------------------*| 
|-------5--------3--|-5-x-x-5--------3--|-------5--------3--*| 
|-5-x-x-5--3-x-x-3--|-3-x-x-3--3-x-x-3--|-5-x-x-5--3-x-x-3--*| 
|-3-x-x-3--1-x-x-1--|----------1-x-x-1--|-3-x-x-3--1-x-x-1--*| 


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

Written by Steve Cropper/Donald "Duck" Dunn/Al Jackson, Jr./Booker T. Jones

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