Soul Man

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


Intro:

        guitar [w/drums and piano (plays roots of chords)]:

         G                                 F
         v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
        -----7---------------------------|-7--\5-----------5---------------| 
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

        ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 


        guitar:

         Bb                                C               D
         v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
        -----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