Soul Man
Sam and Dave
(Isaac Hayes - David Porter)
Intro:
guitar [w/drums and piano (plays roots of chords)]:
G F
v v v v v v v v
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/7---------------------------7---|-------------5-------------------
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guitar:
Bb C D
v v v v v v v v
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/10---------/10------------------|/12----------/14-----------------
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horns arr. for guitar:
v v v v v v v v
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[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-------
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horns:
v v v v v v v v
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guitar [continue into verse]:
v v v v v v v v
-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------
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horns:
v v v v v v v v
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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
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I'm a soul man
slide guitar [variations 2, 3]:
v v v v v v v v
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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
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[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
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-----------9-9-9-9---6---4-------
-----------8-8-8-8---6---5-------
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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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