DANCE TO THE MUSIC
As recorded by Sly & The Family Stone
(From the 1968 Album DANCE TO THE MUSIC)
Words and Music by Sylvester Stewart
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Freddie Stone - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Soprano Saxophone'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Alto Saxophone'
Intro 1
Q=128
N.C. G7
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
H E E E E Q Q E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------15-17-|--18b20====18---18-18--18--|
|-----------16-------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| H S S E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------12-13-|-/15------/15--/15----/15--|
|--------12-12-12-14-|-/16------/16--/16----/16--|
|--------12-12-12-14-|-/15------/15--/15----/15--|
|-----------14-------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
~~~
E E E E +E E E E E Q. Q E E
|----------------------------|--18b20-18--------------------|
|-18-18-18-18-(18)-18-18-18r-|-----------------18b20-18b20==|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H +W
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-13-12----13--12------------|-(12)-------------------------|
|-14-12-12-14--12------------|-(12)-------------------------|
|-------14-------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
+E T +T S E E E T +T S e e Q Q Q Q
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(18)-18r(18)p15-18b20-18b20===18--18r(18)p15-18-18-|--18b20---18b20---18b20---18b20--|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| +H +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(12)-------------------------(12)------------12-13-|-/15-----/15-----/15-----/15-----|
|-(12)-------------------------(12)-12---------12-14-|-/16-----/16-----/16-----/16-----|
|-----------------------------------12---------12-14-|-/15-----/15-----/15-----/15-----|
|-----------------------------------14---------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------3--------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E +S S E E S S
|-----------------------------------------18b20-|--18--15-18-18-(18)-15-18-18-15-15--|
|-18b20----18b20----18b20----18b20--18b20-------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H +W
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-13----12----------------13-12-----------------|-(12)-------------------------------|
|-14----12-------12-------14-12-----------------|-(12)-------------------------------|
|----------------14-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Intro 2 (A capella)
N.C.
~~
Q Q H W W W W
|--18b20--18b18.5--15----||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|
| Gtr II
| +W W W W W
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|-(12)-------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|-(12)-------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------|------||
Chorus
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8-------|
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8-------|
|----4-----4-4-4-4-4---|-----9-------9--9--9--9-----9-------|
|----5-----5-5-5-5-5---|----10------10-10-10-10----10-------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Soprano Sax. arr. for Gtr.)
| W Q E S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------|---------------15-------------------|
|----------------------|---------18-15----18-15-------------|
|----------------------|------------------------18-17-15----|
|----------------------|---------------------------------17-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8----------|
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8----------|
|----4-----4-4-4-4-4---|-----9-------9--9--9--9-----9----------|
|----5-----5-5-5-5-5---|----10------10-10-10-10----10----------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| W Q E S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------|---------------15----------------------|
|----------------------|---------18-15----18-15----------------|
|----------------------|------------------------18-17-15-------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------17----|
|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8-------|
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8-------|
|----4-----4-4-4-4-4---|-----9-------9--9--9--9-----9-------|
|----5-----5-5-5-5-5---|----10------10-10-10-10----10-------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| W Q E S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------|---------------15-------------------|
|----------------------|---------18-15----18-15-------------|
|----------------------|------------------------18-17-15----|
|----------------------|---------------------------------17-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8----------||
|----3-----3-3-3-3-3---|-----8-------8--8--8--8-----8----------||
|----4-----4-4-4-4-4---|-----9-------9--9--9--9-----9----------||
|----5-----5-5-5-5-5---|----10------10-10-10-10----10----------||
|----------------------|---------------------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
| W Q E S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------|---------------15----------------------||
|----------------------|---------18-15----18-15----------------||
|----------------------|------------------------18-17-15-------||
|----------------------|---------------------------------17----||
|----------------------|---------------------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------------------||
Verse
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----4-----x-4-4-4-4---|-----9-----x--9--9--9--9---|
|----5-----x-5-5-5-5---|----10-----x-10-10-10-10---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----4-----x-4-4-4-4---|-----9-----x--9--9--9--9---|
|----5-----x-5-5-5-5---|----10-----x-10-10-10-10---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
G N.C.
E E Q H W W W
|-3-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-4-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-5-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
W W W Q E +E +Q S +S E
|----------|----------|----------|----8b10==(8)-(8)--8r(8)p6--|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E Q. +E E Q a E E S S S E E E S S S E e S S +H E S S
|-8b10-8b10r==(8)------|-7s10-7-7-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------8-----------------|----------------6p3-|
|----------------------|------------7-6-5-3-3-------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------3-----|---5s3-(3)----------|
|----------------------|------------------------5-3-|-2------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-3-|
E E E a S S E S S S S S S E S E. E E H W W
|-----------------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|-6-6p3-------------6---------|-3-----------------|----------|------|
|-------6s5p3---5s7---7s5p3-5-|---3b3.5-----------|----------|------|
|-------------5---------------|---------5\--------|----------|------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|----------|------|
W H Q S S E W H Q E E
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|-------------5s|=3--------|--------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------3s5-5s|=3--------|---------3s5--|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
E Q E +H W W W
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|-5s3--3-(3)----|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|-5s3--3-(3)----|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----4-----x-4-4-4-4---|-----9-----x--9--9--9--9---|
|----5-----x-5-5-5-5---|----10-----x-10-10-10-10---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8-----x--8--8--8--8---|
|----4-----x-4-4-4-4---|-----9-----x--9--9--9--9---|
|----5-----x-5-5-5-5---|----10-----x-10-10-10-10---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
G C
Q S S S S S S E E E Q E E H
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8---------------------------|
|----3-----x-3-3-3-3---|-----8---------------------------|
|----4-----x-4-4-4-4---|-----9---------------------------|
|----5-----x-5-5-5-5---|----10---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q S e S S e S S e S
|----------------------|------------------------10-10-10-|
|----------------------|---------------12-12-12----------|
|----------------------|----12-12---12-------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----11-----11-11---|-------11-----11-11-----|
|-----11-----11-11---|-------11-----11-11-----|
|-----12-----12-12---|-------12-----12-12-----|
|-----13-----13-13---|-------13-----13-13-----|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| W +W
|-11-----------------|-(11)-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-12-----------------|-(12)-------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------11-----11-11---|-------11-----11-11---|
|-------11-----11-11---|-------11-----11-11---|
|-------12-----12-12---|-------12-----12-12---|
|-------13-----13-13---|-------13-----13-13---|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| +w +W
|-(11)-----------------|-(11)-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(12)-----------------|-(12)-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
N.C.
W W
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV Gtr III
| S E a S +E E S E S +E E Q E S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------15---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------18-15----18-15---------------|
|-15-14-12h14-(14)-12----12-12-(12)----|-14-12--(12)----------------18-17-15------|
|---------------------14------------14-|-------------------------------------17---|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
S E. +Q H
Gtr II
S E a S +E E S E S +E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-15-14-12h14-(14)-12----12-12-(12)----|
|---------------------14------------14-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Gtr IV Gtr III Gtr II
Q E S S S S S S S S E S E a S +E E S E S +E E
|-------------------15-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------18-15----18-15-------------|---------------------------------------|
|-14-12--(12)----------------18-17-15----|-15-14-12h14-(14)-12----12-12-(12)-----|
|-------------------------------------17-|---------------------14------------14--|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
S E. +Q H
Gtr IV Gtr III
Q E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------15-------------------|
|-------------18-15----18-15-------------|
|-14-12--(12)----------------18-17-15----|
|-------------------------------------17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
S E. +Q H
Gtr II Gtr IV Gtr III
S E a S +E E S E S +E E Q E S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------15-------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------18-15----18-15-------------||
|-15-14-12h14-(14)-12----12-12-(12)----|-14-12--(12)----------------18-17-15----||
|---------------------14------------14-|-------------------------------------17-||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
S E. +Q H
Interlude (A capella)
N.C.
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
Out-Chorus
G G11 G G11
Gtr I
H H H H
||---3-------------------3---------------|--3-----------------3-------------------|
||o--0-------------------1---------------|--0-----------------1-------------------|
||---0-------------------2---------------|--0-----------------2-------------------|
||---0-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------|
||o--2-----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------------|
||---3-------------------3---------------|--3-----------------3-------------------|
|
| Gtr II Gtr IV Gtr III
| S E a S +E E S E S +E E Q E S S S S S S S S E
||---------------------------------------|-------------------15-------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|-------------18-15----18-15-------------|
||--15-14-12h14-(14)-12----12-12-(12)----|-14-12--(12)----------------18-17-15----|
||----------------------14------------14-|-------------------------------------17-|
||o--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
S E. +Q H
G G11 G G11
H H H H 4x
|--3-------------------3---------------|--3-----------------3---------------------||
|--0-------------------1---------------|--0-----------------1--------------------o||
|--0-------------------2---------------|--0-----------------2---------------------||
|--0-----------------------------------|--0---------------------------------------||
|--2-----------------------------------|--2--------------------------------------o||
|--3-------------------3---------------|--3-----------------3---------------------||
|
| Gtr II Gtr IV Gtr III
| S E a S +E E S E S +E E Q E S S S S S S S S E 4x
|--------------------------------------|-------------------15---------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------18-15----18-15--------------o||
|-15-14-12h14-(14)-12----12-12-(12)----|-14-12--(12)----------------18-17-15------||
|---------------------14------------14-|-------------------------------------17---||
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
S E. +Q H
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
