YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW
As recorded by The Stylistics
(From the 1973 Album ROCKIN' ROLL BABY)
Words and Music by Thom Bell & Linda Creed
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Sitar'
Intro
Q=80
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Sitar arr. for Gtr.)
|-3-|
H H Q Q Q Q S E. H Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-4---------|-4-5-7-4-------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|----------5s7--|-7---------7-|-7--4--5--7--|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-|
H H Q Q Q Q S E. H Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-4---------|-4-5-7-4-------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|----------5s7--|-7---------7-|-7--4--5--7--|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
H H Q E E Q a Q W W
|-4---------|----4-----------|----------|------||
|-----------|------7-5-------|----------|------||
|-----------|-----------4h6--|-4--------|------||
|-----------|----------------|----------|------||
|-----------|----------------|----------|------||
|-----------|----------------|----------|------||
1st & 2nd Verses
$
N.C.
H. E E H Q Q H. E E H Q Q
|-4---------4-|-5----7--5--|-4---------4-|-5----7--5---|
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q
|-4-------4--|-2-------4--|-2-------4--|-2-----------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
H Q Q H. E E H Q Q H. E E
|------3--5--||-7---------7-|-8----10--8--|-7---------7-|
|------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
H Q Q H. E E H Q Q W
|-8----10--8--|-7---------7-|-8----10--8--|-7----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
Pre-Chorus
H E E E E +H H E E E E +E E E E +H. Q
|--------------||-------------|-------5-(5)-------|-------------|
|--------3-3-3-||-(3)---------|-3---5-----------3-|-(3)---------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|--------------||-------------|-------------------|-------------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E +Q E E +Q Q H W W
|-----2-5-(5)----5-|-(5)----------|--------|------|
|-3-5--------------|--------------|--------|------|
|------------------|--------------|--------|------|
|------------------|--------------|--------|------|
|------------------|--------------|--------|------|
|------------------|--------------|--------|------|
Chorus
|-3-|
W H Q Q H H Q Q Q Q E E
|----------|------------||-----------|---------------|
|----------|------------||-----------|---------------|
|----------|------------||-4---------|-4-5-7-4-------|
|----------|------5--7--||-----------|----------5-7--|
|----------|------------||-----------|---------------|
|----------|------------||-----------|---------------|
|-3-|
H Q E E Q Q Q Q H H Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-4---------|-4-5-7-4-------|
|-7---------7-|-7--4--5--7--|-----------|----------5-7--|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
To Coda
H Q E E Q Q Q Q H H Q E E Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-4---------|----4---------|
|-7---------7-|-7--4--5--7--|-----------|------7-5-----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------7--|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
D.S. al Coda
H. E E E E E E Q Q W W
|-------------|---------------||----------|-------||
|-------------|---------------||----------|-------||
|-------------|---------7--5--||-4--------|-------||
|-------------|-----5-5-------||----------|-------||
|-5---------5-|-6-6-----------||----------|-------||
|-------------|---------------||----------|-------||
Outro
&
|-3-|
H H Q Q Q Q E E H Q E E Q Q Q Q 3x
||------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-----------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--4---------|-4-6-8-4------|-------------|---------------||
||------------|----------6-7-|-7---------7-|-7--4--6--7----||
||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
