I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
As recorded by Bee Gees
(From the 1968 Album IDEA)
Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Barry Gibb - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=88
C F C F
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
Q E S S E E E E +W Q E S S E E E E +W
|--8---8--8--8----8--8----|-------------|--8---8--8--8----8--8----|---------||
|--8---8--8--8----8--8-10-|-(10)--------|--8---8--8--8----8--8-10-|-(10)----||
|--9---9--9--9----9--9-10-|-(10)--------|--9---9--9--9----9--9-10-|-(10)----||
|-10--10-10-10---10-10-10-|-(10)--------|-10--10-10-10---10-10-10-|-(10)----||
|-----------------------8-|--(8)--------|-----------------------8-|--(8)----||
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|---------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Bb Cm
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
||--6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
||o-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
||--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
||--8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|
||o------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------------|
F Bb
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
|--------------------------|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6--|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6--|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8--|
|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
Cm
E E E. S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
F G
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Chorus
C Dm
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
F G C
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Dm
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
1.
F G C F
E E E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|----------------------------|--8---8--8--8----8--8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--8---8--8--8----8--8-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--9---9--9--9----9--9-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|-10--10-10-10---10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|-----------------------8-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
2.
C F
+W Q E S S E E E E +W
|--------------||--8---8--8--8----8--8----|---------||
|-(10)--------o||--8---8--8--8----8--8-10-|-(10)----||
|-(10)---------||--9---9--9--9----9--9-10-|-(10)----||
|-(10)---------||-10--10-10-10---10-10-10-|-(10)----||
|--(8)--------o||-----------------------8-|--(8)----||
|--------------||-------------------------|---------||
3rd Verse
Bb Cm
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
|-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
F Bb
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
|--------------------------|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|
|--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
Cm
E E E. S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
F G
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Chorus
C Dm
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
F G C
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Dm
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
F G C A
E E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E
|----------------------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|--9--9--9--9--9--9-6-6-6-6--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7--||
|--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
Out-Chorus
D Em
S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
G A D
S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Em
S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
G A D
S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
D Em G A
S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6--*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
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
The preacher talked to me and he smiled,
Said, "Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
Now for once in your life you're alone,
but you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone."
I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.
I told him I'm in no hurry,
but if I broke her heart, won't you tell her I'm sorry.
And for once in my life I'm alone,
and I've got to let her know just in time before I go.
I've just go to get a message to you, hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.
Well I laughed but that didn't hurt,
and it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt.
Now I'm crying but deep down inside,
well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die.
I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on
