DIDN'T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME)
As recorded by The Delfonics
(From the 1970 Album THE DELFONICS)
Words and Music by Thom Bell & William Hart
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Norman Harris - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Sitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Martin - French Horn'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Intro
Q=68
4/4
Gtr III (French Horn) Gtr II (El. Sitar arr. for Gtr.)
H Q E E Q E E Q Q S S E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------|-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-----|
|-------------|-5------5-----|---------------2---|
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-----------3-|------3-------|-------------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|
S S Q. H S S E E E E E E E S S E +E E S E. S E.
|---------------|-------------------|-------------3-2--5-4--||
|---------------|-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-----|-------------3----5----||
|---------------|---------------2---|-----------------------||
|-3-3-3---------|-------------------|-3-3-3-(3)-------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
||------9-------9---|-----9-----5--|----10-------9--|
||o----10-------9---|----10-----5--|----10------10--|
||------------------|--------------|----------------|
||------------------|--------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|--------------|----------------|
||------------------|--------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E E E E E Q H Q Q E E Q Q
||------------------|--------------|----------------|
||o-2-----2-3-2---2-|--------------|-3-----3-2---2--|
||--------------4---|-1------------|----------------|
||------------------|-----4--------|----------------|
||o-----------------|--------------|----------------|
||------------------|--------------|----------------|
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
|----10------12--|-----9-------9---|-----9-----5--|
|----10------12--|----10-------9---|----10-----5--|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q H Q
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-3-----3-3---3--|-2-----2-3-2---2-|--------------|
|----------------|-------------4---|-1------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----4--------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Pre-Chorus
Q q Q q Q q Q q W
|----10-------9--|----10------12--||-----------------|
|----10------10--|----10------12--||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|
| Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-3-----3-2---2--|-3-----3--------||---7-7-5-5-------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------7-7-6-|
|----------------|---------6---6--||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
To Coda
q Q H W q Q H
|-7------------|-----------------|-7------------|
|-9------------|-----------------|-9------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| E E H. E E E E E E E E E E H.
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|---7-7-5-5-------|--------------|
|-6-4-4--------|-----------7-7-6-|-6-4-4--------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
Chorus
2/4 4/4
Gtr IV (Horns) Gtr I
S S S S E E Q q Q q Q q S S S S E E
|-5-5-5-5-5--9-||--------8-------10---|--------3--1-1-1-1-1---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-10-||-------10-------10---|--------3--3-3-3-3-3---|
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W S S E E E E E E E S S Q. H
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------||-3-3-3--3-1-1-3------|-----------------------|
|--------------||-----------------2---|-----------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|-3-3-3-----------------|
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
Q q Q q Q q S S S S E E Q q S S S S E E
|--------8-------10---|--------3--1-1-1-1-1----||--------3--1-1-1-1-1-----||
|-------10-------10---|--------3--3-3-3-3-3---o||--------3--3-3-3-3-3-----||
|---------------------|------------------------||-------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||-------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||-------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||-------------------------||
|
| S S E E E E E E E S S Q. H S S Q. H
|---------------------|------------------------||-------------------------||
|-3-3-3--3-1-1-3------|-----------------------o||-------------------------||
|-----------------2---|------------------------||-------------------------||
|---------------------|-3-3-3------------------||-3-3-3-------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------o||-------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||-------------------------||
Outro
&
2/4 4/4
Gtr IV Gtr I
S S S S E E Q q Q q Q q S S S S E E 3x
|-5-5-5-5-5--9-||---------8-------10---|--------3--1-1-1-1-1----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-10-||o-------10-------10---|--------3--3-3-3-3-3---o||
|--------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|--------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|--------------||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|
| W S S E E E E E E E S S Q. H 3x
|--------------||----------------------|------------------------||
|--------------||o-3-3-3--3-1-1-3------|-----------------------o||
|--------------||------------------2---|------------------------||
|--------------||----------------------|-3-3-3------------------||
|--------------||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
----------------
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
