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Soul Man

Sam & Dave
Tab
★4.5(22)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

(guitar)

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

GF

v v v v v v v v

e|-----7---------------------------|-7--\5-----------5---------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|/7---------------------------7---|-------------5-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(guitar)

Bb C D

v v v v v v v v

e|-----10----------10--------------|-----12----------14--------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|/10---------/10------------------|/12----------/14-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(horns arr. for guitar)

v v v v v v v v

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------5-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---7-5-7-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

band enters

(guitar)

G(Am) G (Am) G

v v v v v v v v

e|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|
B|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|
G|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(horns)

v v v v v v v v

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------5---7-5-----|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(guitar)

continue into verse

v v v v v v v v

e|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|
B|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|
G|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(horns)

v v v v v v v v

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-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)

GF

v v v vv v v v

e|---------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-3-2---------3-2-----------------|
D|---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3-----------|
A|------------------5--|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------------|

I'm a soul man

(slide guitar)

variations 2, 3

v v v v v v v v

e|------------------/13-/13|/13-/15------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

I'm a soul man [2: "Play it, Steve!"]

GF[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

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------5-------------------|
A|-3-----5-7-------5---------------|
E|---------------------------------|

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

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

Chorus

(horns)

(arr. for guitar)

GF

v v v vv v v v

e|---------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-3-2---------3-2-----------------|
D|---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3-----------|
A|------------------5--|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------------|

I'm a soul man

(slide guitar)

variations 2, 3

v v v v v v v v

e|------------------/13-/13|/13-/15------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

I'm a soul man [2: "Play it, Steve!"]

GF[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

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------5-------------------|
A|-3-----5-7-------5---------------|
E|---------------------------------|

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!)

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

e|-----------8-8-8-8---6---3-------|
B|-----------9-9-9-9---6---3-------|
G|-----------8-8-8-8---6---5-------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

I'm talkin' about a soul man

I'm a soul man

Soul man

Hold on

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