I THANK YOU
As recorded by Sam & Dave
(From the 1968 Album I THANK YOU)
Words and Music by Isaac Hayes & David Porter
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Memphis Horns - Brass'
Intro
Q=118
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
W W W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
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1st - 3rd Verses
$
$$
N.C.
Q E S S +S S E E E Q E S S +S S E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||---------------3---3---|--------------3---3---|
||-------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
Q E S S +S S E E E Q E S S +S S E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3---3---|--------------3---3-----|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
Q E S S +S S E E E Q E S S +S S E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------3---3---|--------------3---3---|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
Q E S S +S S E E E Q E S S +S S E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3---3----|--------------3---3-----|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5--|------3h5-(5)-------5---|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
Q. E +H W Q. E +H W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|-6----4-(4)----|----------|-6----4-(4)----|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
1.
To Coda
Q. E +H W Q. E +H W
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------o||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|-6----4-(4)----|----------|-6----4-(4)----|------o||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-6-----||
2.
D.S. al Cod&
N.C.
W W Q q Q q Q q Q q
|----------||----------|-------------|----4-----4---|
|----------||----------|----4-----4--|----4-----4---|
|----------||----------|----3-----3--|--------------|
|----------||----------|-------------|--------------|
|----------||----------|-------------|--------------|
|-6--------||-6--------|-------------|--------------|
Interlude
N.C.
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|-------------|----4-----4--||-----8-------8----|-------9------9----|
|----4-----4--|----4-----4--||-----8-------8----|-------9------9----|
|----3-----3--|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| W W H E Q E +Q E E Q E E
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------8-10---10-|-(10)--8-6-8--6----|
|-------------|-------------||-10---------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q q Q q Q q Q q W W
|-----8-------8----|-------9------9---|------------|---------------||
|-----8-------8----|-------9------9---|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|
| H E Q E +Q E E Q E E +W +Q Q H
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|--------8-10---10-|-(10)--8-6-8--6---|------------|---------------||
|-10---------------|----------------8-|-(8)--------|-(8)-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
Outro
&&
N.C. N.C.
Q E S S +S S E E E H E +E E E +E Q E E E E E
|----------------------||----------------------11----|------------------11----|
|----------------------||o-14b16----14b16-(14)-------|--------------/11----14-|
|--------------3---3---||-------------------------13-|-(13)-11----------------|
|------3h5-(5)-------5-||----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------||o---------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E E E
|---------11----11----|--------------11-----||
|-(14)-------14----14-|-(14)------11----14-o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
