634-5789 (SOULSVILLE, U.S.A.)
As recorded by Wilson Pickett
(From the 1966 Album THE EXCITING WILSON PICKETT)
Words and Music by Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=106(8=s8)
D Em7 D Em7 D
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
|3-|
E E Q E E Q Q E Q E E Q
|-----------10------|-10--10-10-10------|
|-----------10------|-10--12-12-10------|
|-11-11-12--11------|-11--12----11------|
|-12-12-12--12------|-12--12----12------|
|-12----10--12------|-12--10----12------|
|-10----10--10------|-10--10----10------|
Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D
|3-|
E E Q Q E Q Q Q E E Q
|-10----10--10--10-10-|-10------10------||
|-10-10-12--10--12-12-|-10------10------||
|-11----12--11--12----|-11--12--11------||
|-12----12--12--12----|-12--12--12------||
|-12----10--12--10----|-12--10--12------||
|-10----10--10--10----|-10--10--10------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
D G D
PM----------------------------------------------------|
e E e E e E e E +E E e E a E E e E e E e E e E e E
||------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------3h4-------|---------7-------|
||--7-7-9-9-7-7-9---|-------------3-----7-|-7-7-9---7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-7-7---5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-----3-3---|-----------------|
G
PM------------------------------| PM PM------| PM
|-3--|
e E e E +E E E e E e E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---8-7-(7)---------|---------7-------|-----------------|
|-7---7-7-(7)---------|---------7-------|---------4-------|
|-7-----7-(7)---7-7-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-----|---------5-----7-|
|-5-5---5-(5)---5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5-7-5-5-5---5-|
|---------------------|---------------3-|---3-3-3-3-3-----|
Pre-Chorus
A A G
PM----------------------| PM---------------------|
e E e E e E e E e E e E E E E E e E e E e E e E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|---------7-------|-7---------------||-----------------|
|---------7-------|-7---------------||-----------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7---7-----||-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---5---7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
|-----------------|---------------5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|
A G D
PM----------------------------| PM------------------| PM
|-3-|
e E e E e E e E +E E e E E E E E +E E E E +E E e E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------6-------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------7-------|---------------------7-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7---5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---5-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-----||
Chorus
To Coda
D
PM--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
e E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-x-7-x-7-|-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7--|
|-5-5-5-5-x-5-x-5-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
Bridge
1. 2.
Bm A
PM--------------------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +H Q. E +Q. E
|------------------||-----------------||------7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)------|
|-------------7----||-----------------||-7----7-(7)----|-7----7-(7)------|
|-x-7-x-7-x-9---9--||-x-7-x-7-x-7-9-x-||-9-------------|-9----9-(9)---7--|
|-x-5-x-5-x-------o||-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-x-||---------------|--------------7--|
|------------------||-----------------||---------------|--------------5--|
G
PM------------------------------------------------|
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A
PM------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
Interlude
D.S. al Coda
H E E Q H +E E Q H +E E Q H. Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
|----------7--|-7----(7)---7--|-7----(7)---7--|-7-----------||
|--------9----|----------9----|----------9----|-------------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
Out-Chorus
&
Eb Eb
PM------| PM------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E 6x
|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-x-7-x-7-7-----8-||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-x-5-x-5-5-----6-||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-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
