WOKE UP THIS MORNING
As recorded by B.B. King
(From the 1965 Album LIVE AT THE REGAL)
Words and Music by B.B. King & Jules Bihari
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'B.B. King - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Intro
Q=174
N.C. C
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|---11---10-8---10---|-8----------|---11---10-8-8-------|-8-8---------|
|---10--------8-10---|-8----------|---10--------8-10----|-8-8---------|
|---------------10---|-9----------|---------------10-10-|-9-9---------|
|--------------------|------------|------------------10-|-------------|
|--------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------|
F C
E a Q E E E E E E E Q H E a Q E E E E E E E Q H
|---5s12--10-8---------|-------------|---5s11--10-8---------|-8-8---------|
|--------------8-------|-7-8---------|--------------8-------|-8-8---------|
|----------------10----|-7-8---------|----------------10----|-9-9---------|
|-------------------10-|-------------|-------------------10-|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|
G
E a Q E E E E E E e Q H
|---5s12--10-8---------|--------------|
|--------------8-10----|-8------------|
|-------------------10-|---10---------|
|----------------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|
F C
E a Q E E E E E E E Q H W
|---8s12--10-8-8-------|-8-8---------|------||
|--------------8-10----|-8-8---------|------||
|----------------10----|-9-9---------|------||
|-------------------10-|-------------|------||
|----------------------|-------------|------||
|----------------------|-------------|------||
1st & 2nd Verses
C
Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
||----------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|
||o---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|---------3-5p3-5p3-|----------8-10p8-10p8-|----------8-10p8-10p8-|
|---1h3s5-----------|---6h8s10-------------|---6h8s10-------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|---------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|-----------10-12p10-12p10-|
|---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|---8h10s12----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
1. 2.
F
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E Q Q H Q Q H
|----------8-10p8-10p8-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|-------------||------------||
|---6h8s10-------------|---1h3s5-----------|-1----------o||-1----------||
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|------------o||------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||
3rd & 4th Verses
Q=174(8=s8)
C
Gtrs I, II
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
||------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||o----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)--7--|-8\----------|
||-----9-9-(9)---9--|-9\----------|----9-9-(9)--8--|-9\----------|
||--------------10--|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||o-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
F C
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----8-8-(8)--6--|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|
|----8-8-(8)--7--|-8\----------|----9-9-(9)---9--|-9\----------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------10--|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
1.
G C
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------||
|----6-6-(6)-----|-6----------|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------o||
|----7-7-(7)-----|-7----------|----9-9-(9)-----|-9\-----------||
|-------------7--|------------|-------------7--|--------------||
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------o||
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------||
5th Verse
2.
C7
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|----------------|-------------||----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|
|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------||----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|
|----9-9-(9)-----|-9\----------||----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|
|-------------7--|-------------||----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|
|----------------|-------------||----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------||----------------|-------------|
F7
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|
|----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|----8-8-(8)--10--|-8\----------|
|----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|
|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|----7-7-(7)------|-7\----------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
G7
Q E E +Q Q Q Q H Q E E +Q Q
|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|-----8--8--(8)------|
|----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|----10-10-(10)--10--|
|----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|----10-10-(10)--10--|
|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|----------------12--|
|----------------|-------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------|--------------------|
C7
Q Q H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|--8\----------|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8----------*|
|-10\----------|----5-5-(5)-----|-5----------*|
|-10\----------|----7-7-(7)-----|-7----------*|
|--------------|----8-8-(8)-----|-8----------*|
|--------------|----------------|------------*|
|--------------|----------------|------------*|
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
