SOUL FINGER
As recorded by The Bar-Kays
(From the 1967 Album SOUL FINGER)
Music by James Alexander, Ronnie Caldwell, Ben Cauley, Carl Cunningham, Roy Cunningham,
Phalon Jones & Jimmy King
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy King - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Memphis Horns - Brass'
Intro
Q=116(16=s16)
N.C. C#m7
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
W S E S E E q Q
|-----------------------|--9--9--9--9-------------||
|-----------------------|--9--9--9--9-------------||
|-----------------------|--9--9--9--9----11-------||
|-----------------------|--9--9--9--9-11-11-------||
|-----------------------|-------------11--9-------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| E. S E E e e Q S E S E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------13-14---14--||
|-----------------------|-14-14-14-14-------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-13--11-9-11-13-13-13--|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-11---9-7--9-11-11-11--|-------------------------||
B
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--------------9-|-8--8--------------9-|
|-9--9--------11----9-|-9--9--------11----9-|
|-9--9---9S12----11---|-9--9---9S12----11---|
|-7--7----------------|-7--7----------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--------------9-|-8--8--------------9-|
|-9--9--------11----9-|-9--9--------11----9-|
|-9--9---9S12----11---|-9--9---9S12----11---|
|-7--7----------------|-7--7----------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8-----------------------------9-----|
|--9-----------9----------------11-----------9-----|
|--9-----------9--------9S12----------11-----------|
|--7-----------7-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-8---8-------------------9----|
|-9---9------------11-----9----|
|-9---9----9S===12----11-------|
|-7---7------------------------|
|
| Q E E a E Q S S
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--------------9-|---8----8--------------9--|
|--9--9--------11----9-|---9----9--------11----9--|
|--9--9---9S12----11---|---9----9---9S12----11----|
|--7--7----------------|---7----7-----------------|
|
| W +E. S Q H
|-14-------------------|-(14)---------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8-----------------------------9----|
|--9-----------9----------------11-----------9----|
|--9-----------9--------9S12----------11----------|
|--7-----------7----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-8---8-------------------9----|--8--8--------------9---|
|-9---9------------11-----9----|--9--9--------11----9---|
|-9---9----9S===12----11-------|--9--9---9S12----11-----|
|-7---7------------------------|--7--7------------------|
|
| Q E E a E Q S S W
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14-|-14---------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---8----8--------------9-|--8-----------8-----------------------------9----|
|---9----9--------11----9-|--9-----------9----------------11-----------9----|
|---9----9---9S12----11---|--9-----------9--------9S12----------11----------|
|---7----7----------------|--7-----------7----------------------------------|
|
| +E. S Q H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(14)--------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-8---8-------------------9------|
|-9---9------------11-----9------|
|-9---9----9S===12----11---------|
|-7---7--------------------------|
|
| Q E E a E Q S S
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|--8--8--------------9-|-8--8--------------8-||
|--9--9--------11----9-|-9--9--------11----8-||
|--9--9---9S12----11---|-9--9---9S12----11---||
|--7--7----------------|-7--7----------------||
|
| W W
|-14-------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
F# F E F
Q Q E E e E +H E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----11--11-11-10-9-|-(9)----9-9-9-10-|
|-11--11--11-11-10-9-|-(9)----9-9-9-10-|
|-11--11--11-11-10-9-|-(9)----9-9-9-10-|
|--9---9---9--9--8-7-|-(7)----7-7-7--8-|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| W W
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
F# G A
H E E E E +W
|-------------------|-------------||
|-11----11-12-13-14-|-(14)--------||
|-11----11-12-13-14-|-(14)--------||
|-11----11-12-13-14-|-(14)--------||
|--9-----9-10-11-12-|-(12)--------||
|-------------------|-------------||
|
| H E E E E +W
|-------14-15-16-17-|-(17)--------||
|-------------------|-------------||
|-------------------|-------------||
|-------------------|-------------||
|-------------------|-------------||
|-------------------|-------------||
B
q E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8-----------------------------9-----|
|--9-----------9----------------11-----------9-----|
|--9-----------9--------9S12----------11-----------|
|--7-----------7-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-8---8-------------------9----|
|-9---9------------11-----9----|
|-9---9----9S===12----11-------|
|-7---7------------------------|
|
| Q E E a E Q S S
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--------------9-|---8----8--------------9--|
|--9--9--------11----9-|---9----9--------11----9--|
|--9--9---9S12----11---|---9----9---9S12----11----|
|--7--7----------------|---7----7-----------------|
|
| W +E. S Q H
|-14-------------------|-(14)---------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8-----------------------------9----|
|--9-----------9----------------11-----------9----|
|--9-----------9--------9S12----------11----------|
|--7-----------7----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|-8---8-------------------9----|--8--8--------------9---||
|-9---9------------11-----9----|--9--9--------11----9---||
|-9---9----9S===12----11-------|--9--9---9S12----11-----||
|-7---7------------------------|--7--7------------------||
|
| Q E E a E Q S S W
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14-|-14---------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------||
N.C.
S E S +S S E E S S E E S E S +S S E Q E E
|-7---------------------------|-7------------------------|
|-7---------------------------|-7------------------------|
|---9-9pb10r(9)-7---7---7---7-|---9-9pb10r(9)-7---7------|
|-----------------9---9---9---|-----------------9----x-9-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
S E S +S S E E S S E E
|-7-------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|
|---9b9.5-9pb10r(9)-7---7---7---7-|
|---------------------9-9-9---9-7-|
|---------------------x-----------|
|---------------------------------|
PM--|
E. S +E S S Q E E S E S +S S E E S S E E
|---------------------|-7---------------------------|
|---------------------|-7---------------------------|
|----------7---7------|---9-9pb10r(9)-7---7---7---7-|
|----7-(7)---9----9-9-|-----------------9-------9---|
|-9-------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
S E S +S S E Q E E
|-7-------------------------|
|-7-------------------------|
|---9-9pb10r(9)-7---7--7----|
|-----------------9------9--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
F#5 F5 E
S E S +S S E E S S E E S S S S S S E Q Q Q Q E E E E
|-7---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|
|-7---------------------------|----10-10-10-9-----------||-----11-----------9--|
|---9-9pb10r(9)-7---7---7---7-|-11-11-11-11-9-7---------||-11--11--11-10-10-9--|
|-----------------9---9---9---|-----------------9-9--x--||-11--11--11-10-10-9--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||--9---9---9--8--8-7--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|
F F#
+H E E E E E E Q H
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-(9)----9-9-10-11-|-11----------------------|
|-(9)----9-9-10-11-|-11----------------------|
|-(9)----9-9-10-11-|-11----------------------|
|-(7)----7-7--8--9-|--9----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W E. S E E e e Q
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-13----11-9-11-13-13-13--|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-11-----9-7--9-11-11-11--|
C#m7 F#5 B
S E S E E q q q E S S E E E E
|--9--9--9--9------------||-------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9------------||-------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9----11--11--||--8-----------8------------------------9---|
|--9--9--9--9-11-11--11--||--9-----------9------------------11----9---|
|-------------11--9---9--||--9-----------9-------------9S12----11-----|
|------------------------||--7-----------7----------------------------|
|
| S E S E E Q Q T T T E. T T T E H
|-13-13-13-13-17-18--18--||-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19----------------|
|-14-14-14-14-18-19--19--||-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------||----------14-------------14----------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9-|--8-----------8------------------------9-|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|
|--9-----------9-------------9S12----11---|--9-----------9-------------9S12----11---|
|--7-----------7--------------------------|--7-----------7--------------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------14--------------|----------14-------------14--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9-|--8-----------8------------------------9----|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|--9-----------9------------------11----9----|
|--9-----------9-------------9S12----11---|--9-----------9-------------9S12----11------|
|--7-----------7--------------------------|--7-----------7-----------------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------14--------------|----------14-------------14-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9-|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|
|--9-----------9-------------9S12----11---|
|--7-----------7--------------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------14--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
N.C.
q E S S E E E E e E E S S +S S E E E
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9-||-----7---9-(9)-7-------|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9-||-9-9---9---------9-7---|
|--9-----------9-------------9S12----11---||---------------------9-|
|--7-----------7--------------------------||-----------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H W
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------|
|----------14-------------14--------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B
e E E S S +S S E E E q E S S E E E E
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----7---9-(9)-7-------||--8-----------8-----------------------------9----|
|-9-9---9---------9-7---||--9-----------9----------------11-----------9----|
|---------------------9-||--9-----------9--------9S12----------11----------|
|-----------------------||--7-----------7----------------------------------|
|
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------||-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-8---8-------------------9-----|
|-9---9------------11-----9-----|
|-9---9----9S===12----11--------|
|-7---7-------------------------|
|
| Q E E a E Q S S
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8--------------9-|---8----8--------------9-|
|--9--9--------11----9-|---9----9--------11----9-|
|--9--9---9S12----11---|---9----9---9S12----11---|
|--7--7----------------|---7----7----------------|
|
| W +E. S Q H
|-14-------------------|-(14)--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------8-----------------------------9-----|
|--9-----------9----------------11-----------9-----|
|--9-----------9--------9S12----------11-----------|
|--7-----------7-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|-8---8-------------------9----|--8--8--------------9-|
|-9---9------------11-----9----|--9--9--------11----9-|
|-9---9----9S===12----11-------|--9--9---9S12----11---|
|-7---7------------------------|--7--7----------------|
|
| Q E E a E Q S S W
|----14-16---16s17-16----14-14-|-14-------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
B
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|---------------------||--7-----------7----------------------------|
|---------------------||--7-----------7----------------------------|
|-8--8--------------9-||--8-----------8------------------------9---|
|-9--9--------11----9-||--9-----------9------------------11----9---|
|-9--9---9S12----11---||----------------------------9S12----11-----|
|-7--7----------------||-------------------------------------------|
|
| W T T T e. T T T E H
|---------------------||-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19----------------|
|---------------------||-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||----------14-------------14----------------|
|---------------------||-------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|--7-----------7--------------------------|--7-----------7--------------------------|
|--7-----------7--------------------------|--7-----------7--------------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9-|--8-----------8------------------------9-|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|
|----------------------------9S12----11---|----------------------------9S12----11---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------14--------------|----------14-------------14--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|--7-----------7---------------------------|
|--7-----------7---------------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9--|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9--|
|----------------------------9S12----11----|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19---------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------14---------------|
|------------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E q E S S E E E E
|--7-----------7--------------------------|--7-----------7--------------------------|
|--7-----------7--------------------------|--7-----------7--------------------------|
|--8-----------8------------------------9-|--8-----------8------------------------9-|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|--9-----------9------------------11----9-|
|----------------------------9S12----11---|----------------------------9S12----11---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------14-------------14--------------|----------14-------------14--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
q E S S E E E E
|--7-----------7---------------------------*|
|--7-----------7---------------------------*|
|--8-----------8------------------------9--*|
|--9-----------9------------------11----9--*|
|----------------------------9S12----11----*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|
| T T T e. T T T E H
|-16-17-18-19----16-17-18-19---------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|----------14-------------14---------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
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
