Intro:
guitar {w/drums and piano (plays roots of chords)}:
G F
v v v v v v v v
-----7---------------------------|-7--\5-----------5---------------|
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/7---------------------------7---|-------------5-------------------|
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guitar:
Bb C D
v v v v v v v v
-----10----------10--------------|-----12----------14--------------|
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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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---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---7-5-7-|
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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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-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------5---7-5-----|
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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-------|
-----------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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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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---------------------|-3-2---------3-2-----------------|
---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3-----------|
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I'm a soul man
slide guitar {variations 2, 3}:
v v v v v v v v
------------------/12-/12|/12-/14------------------|
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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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-------------5-------------------|
-3-----5-7-------5---------------|
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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
-----------8-8-8-8---6---3-------|
-----------9-9-9-9---6---3-------|
-----------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}
Composição de Dave / Sam