SAM AND DAVE - "soul man" Tablature

Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:00:07 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
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-------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------


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