DANCING IN THE STREET
As recorded by The Mamas & The Papas
(From the 1966 Album THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS)
Words and Music by Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter & William Stevenson
Arranged by The Mamas & The Papas
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tommy Tedesco - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'P.F. Sloan - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=120
N.C. E7
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
Wx5 Q e E Q e E
|------------|----10------10---|
|------------|-----9-------9---|
|------------|-----9-------9---|
|------------|-----9-------9---|
|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st Verse
E7
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10-------10----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W W W H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-6--7----|
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10-------10----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| H H W W H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5--6-7--|
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| H H W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A7
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----8------8---|----8------8----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----6------6---|----6------6----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
E7
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----5------5---|----5------5---|----10------10---|
|----8------8---|----8------8---|-----9-------9---|
|----6------6---|----6------6---|-----9-------9---|
|----5------5---|----5------5---|-----9-------9---|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Bridge
$
G# C#m
Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4--|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6--|
|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6--|
|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4--|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|---------------|----------------|
To Coda
F# A B7
Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-6--6-6-6-6--6--|-8--8-8-8-8--8-||
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-7--7-7-7-7--7--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-7--7-7-7-7--7--|-9--9-9-9-9--9-||
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
2nd Verse
E7
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E 4x
||-----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10----||
||o-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---o||
||------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----||
||------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
A7
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----8------8---|----8------8----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----6------6---|----6------6----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
E7
Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E
|----5------5---|----5------5---|----10------10---|----10------10----|
|----8------8---|----8------8---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|----6------6---|----6------6---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|----5------5---|----5------5---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
El. Piano Solo
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
N.C. E7
Q Q E Q E W Q e E Q e E Q e E Q e E 8x
|-10--10--10-10--10-|----------||-----10------10---|----10------10-----||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|----------||o-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----o||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|----------||------9-------9---|-----9-------9-----||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|----------||------9-------9---|-----9-------9-----||
|-------------------|----------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|----------||------------------|-------------------||
8.
D.S. al Coda &
B7
Q e E Q e E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|----10------10----||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-----9-------9----||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-----9-------9----||-8--8-8-8-8--8-|-8--8-8-8-8--8-|-8--8-8-8-8--8-||
|-----9-------9----||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|------------------||-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9--9-9-9-9--9-||
|------------------||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
Outro
E7
Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E
||--10--10--10-10--10-|-10--10--10-10--10-|
||o--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-|
||---9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-|
||---9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E 5x
|-10--10--10-10--10-|-10--10--10-10--10--||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-o||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9--||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9--||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
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
