soul man

Sam and Dave


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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:00:07 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./s/sam_and_dave/soul_man.crd

                               "Soul Man"
                      (Isaac Hayes - David Porter)

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-------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
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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]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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