James Brown

Soul Man(Tabs)

James Brown

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	        Intro: 
 
	guitar {w/drums and piano (plays roots of chords)}: 
 
	 G                                 F 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	-----7---------------------------|-7--\5-----------5--------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	/7---------------------------7---|-------------5------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
 
	guitar: 
 
	 Bb                                C               D 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	-----10----------10--------------|-----12----------14-------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	/10---------/10------------------|/12----------/14----------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
	horns arr. for guitar: 
 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|-------------------------5------- 
	---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---7-5-7- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
 
	{band enters} 
 
	guitar: 
 
	 G                  (Am) G                            (Am) G 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3------- 
	-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3------- 
	-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
	horns: 
 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	-5-------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|---------------------5---7-5----- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
 
	guitar {continue into verse}: 
 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3------- 
	-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3------- 
	-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
	horns: 
 
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	---------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
	-3-------------------------------|--------------------------------- 
 
Verse 1: 
 
	       G 
	Comin' to you 
	On a dusty road 
	Good lovin' 
	I got a truckload 
	And when you get it 
	You got somethin' 
	So don't worry 
	'Cause I'm comin' 
 
Chorus: 
 
	      horns (arr. for guitar): 
 
	       G                     F 
	       v    v    v    v      v       v       v       v 
	      ---------------------|--------------------------------- 
	      ---------------------|--------------------------------- 
	      ---------------------|-3-2---------3-2----------------- 
	      ---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3----------- 
	      ------------------5--|--------------------------------- 
	      ---------------------|--------------------------------- 
	I'm a soul man 
 
	      slide guitar {variations 2, 3}: 
 
	       v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v 
	      ------------------/12-/12|/12-/14------------------ 
	      -------------------------|------------------------- 
	      -------------------------|------------------------- 
	      -------------------------|------------------------- 
	      -------------------------|------------------------- 
	      -------------------------|------------------------- 
	I'm a soul man  {2: 'Play it, Steve!'} 
 
	       G	F	{w/horns as above} 
	I'm a soul man 
 
	       G 
	I'm a soul man 
 
	horns (arr. for guitar): 
 
	 C               D {N.C.} 
	 v       v       v       v 
	--------------------------------- 
	--------------------------------- 
	--------------------------------- 
	-------------5------------------- 
	-3-----5-7-------5--------------- 
	--------------------------------- 
	{1: And that ain't all} 
	{2: Oh!} 
	{3: Look!} 
 
Verse 2: 
 
	Got what I got 
	The hard way 
	And I'll make it better 
	Each and every day 
	So, honey 
	Don't you fret 
	'Cause you ain't seen 
	Nothin' yet 
 
{repeat Chorus} 
 
Verse 3: 
 
	I was brought up 
	On a side street (listen, now) 
	I learned how to love 
	Before I could eat 
	I was educated 
	At Woodstock* 
	When I start lovin' 
	Oh, I can't stop 
 
	* no, not the Woodstock where the hippies would roll around in 
	  the mud two years later - there was a school by that name 
	  in/near Memphis 
 
{repeat Chorus} 
 
Bridge: 
 
	Eb                   Bb 
	Grab a rope and I'll pull you in 
 
	C                C/D                      Db/Eb 
	Give you hope and be your only boyfriend, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah!) 
 
	{key changes to Ab 
 
Coda: 
 
	{guitar as per intro, transposed up half-step} 
 
	Ab       Gb       Cb       Db  Eb {N.C.} 
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / 
 
	{repeat to fade:} 
 
	                      Ab                (Bbm) Ab 
	                      v       v       v       v 
	                     -----------8-8-8-8---6---3------- 
	                     -----------9-9-9-9---6---3------- 
	                     -----------8-8-8-8---6---5------- 
	                     --------------------------------- 
	                     --------------------------------- 
	                     --------------------------------- 
	I'm talkin' about a soul man 
	I'm a soul man 
	Soul man 
	Hold on  {fade} 
 
 

	        

Written by Isaac Hayes / David Porter

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