A TASTE OF HONEY
As recorded by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
(From the 1965 Album WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS)
Words by Ric Marlow
Music by Bobby Scott
Arranged by Herb Alpert
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Brass Section'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Trumpet'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Intro
Freely Q=71
4/4
Gtr I (Brass Section arr. for Gtr.)
H Q Q W +H Q Q Q H.
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
|------10--12--:-13----------:-(13)----15--13--:-12--------------:
|------12--13--:-15----------:-(15)----17--15--:-13--13----------:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----15----------:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
|
| Gtr III (Clean El. Gtr.)
| TP
| W H Q Q W H Q Q
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:----------3------:
|--------------:-------3--5--:---6-------------:-------------6---:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
|--------------:-------------:-----------------:-----------------:
Q=160(8=s8)
Gtr II (Trumpet arr. for Gtr.)
+W W W +H Q E E
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|-(13)----------|----------|----------|-------------3--||
|-(15)----------|----------|-3--------|-(3)-------3----||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|
| Gtr I
| TP
| Q H. W W W
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---5---1-------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------|----------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Fm Fm/maj7 Fm7
Gtr I
H E E E E +Q Q E E E E H. +E E
||------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------3-|-4------------(4)-6-|
||----------------5-|-(5)-----------5---|--------------------|
||--------------3---|-------------3-----|--------------------|
||o-----------3-----|-------------------|--------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr IV (Ac. Gtr.)
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
||o-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Bb9 Fm Fm/maj7
S S Q. E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-5-3--------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-----------5-6-|
|--------------3---3-|-(3)-----------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
|-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Fm7 Bb9
H. +E E S S Q. E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------(4)-6-|------------------4-|
|--------------------|-7-5-3--------3-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-|-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-|-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-|-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Fm7
S S Q. S S Q. S S Q. +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-6-4-6-----------------|-----------------------|
|------------5-3-5------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-6-5-6------(6)--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4---4--4-4-4---4--4-4-|-4---4--4-4--4--4-4-4--|
|-4---4--4-4-4---4--4-4-|-4---4--4-4--4--4-4-4--|
|-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-|-5---5--5-5--5--5-5-5--|
|-3---3--3-3-3---3--3-3-|-3---3--3-3--3--3-3-3--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
1.
Ab Eb Db Fm
E Q. Q Q E Q. Q E E +H Q. E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|---4----------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|--------5-----|---3-----------|---------------|------------------||
|--------------|--------5----3-|-(3)----3----3-|--3-----------3---||
|--------------|-----------6---|---------------|------------3----o||
|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|
| E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q H Q. E +Q Q H
|---4----4-----|---3----3------|--------1----1-|-(1)--------------||
|---4----4-----|---4----4------|--------2----1-|-(1)-------------o||
|---5----5-----|---3----3------|--------1----1-|-(1)--------------||
|---6----6-----|---5----5------|--------3----3-|-(3)--------------||
|---6----6-----|---6----6------|--------4----3-|-(3)-------------o||
|---4----4-----|---------------|--------1----1-|-(1)--------------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
Db Fm Fm7
+H Q. E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------||-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-------------4--3-1--3-|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------------|
|-(3)----3----3-|--3-----------3-||----------3------------|
|---------------|------------3---||-----------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------------|
|
| H Q. E +Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|--------1----1-|-(1)------------||--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|
|--------2----1-|-(1)------------||--9--9-x--9--9--9-x--9-|
|--------1----1-|-(1)------------||--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|
|--------3----3-|-(3)------------||-10-10-x-10-10-10-x-10-|
|--------4----3-|-(3)------------||--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|
|--------1----1-|-(1)------------||-----------------------|
Freely Q=80
Bb Fm7
Gtr I
+E Q. +H E E Q E E E E +H H H Q Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|-(3)------------------|-------1-----1---------|--------------|-------------|
|-----3------(3)-------|-----1----------3-1--3-|-(3)----------|-------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|------3--5---|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|------4--6---|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr III
| TP
| W W H Q Q W
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------3--5--|-6-----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| TP
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|--6--6--x-6--6--6-x-6-|--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|--6-----------|-------------|
|--6--6--x-6--6--6-x-6-|--9--9-x--9--9--9-x--9-|--6-----------|-6-----------|
|--7--7--x-7--7--7-x-7-|--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|--7-----------|-6-----------|
|--8--8--x-8--8--8-x-8-|-10-10-x-10-10-10-x-10-|--8-----------|-6-----------|
|--8--8--x-8--8--8-x-8-|--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|--8-----------|-4-----------|
|--6--6--x-6--6--6-x-6-|-----------------------|--6-----------|-------------|
Q=160(8=s8)
To Coda
Bb Cm
W W +H. Q W
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|--6-----------|-5----------|-(5)---------|------|
|--8-----------|-6----------|-(6)---------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|
| TP TP
| H Q Q Q H. +H. Q W
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|--------3-----|------------|-------------|------|
|-----------6--|-5--1-------|-(1)---------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
|
| Gtr IV
| TP TP TP
| +W W +W W
|--------------|-3----------|-(3)---------|------|
|-(6)----------|-4----------|-(4)---------|------|
|-(6)----------|-5----------|-(5)---------|------|
|-(6)----------|-5----------|-(5)---------|------|
|-(4)----------|-3----------|-(3)---------|------|
|--------------|------------|-------------|------|
Q=160(8=s8)
D.S. al Coda &
Gtr II Gtr II
W +H Q E E W W
|----------|----------------||----------|------|
|----------|----------------||----------|------|
|----------|----------------||----------|------|
|----------|-------------3--||----------|------|
|-3--------|-(3)-------3----||----------|-3----|
|----------|----------------||----------|------|
Fm F#m
+H Q E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E Q E E +Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------5-|-(5)-----5---------||-----------------6--|
|-------------3-|-(3)-----3-----3---|-----------------4-||-(4)-----4-----4----|
|-(3)-------3---|-------------3-----|---------------4---||-------------4------|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W 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--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|---------------|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
4th Verse
F#m
+Q Q E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-(6)---------------||-----------------6-|
|-----------------4-||-(4)-----4-----4---|
|-------------3-4---||-------------4-----|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
F#m/maj7 F#m7
+Q Q E E E E H. +E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------4-|-5------------(5)-7--|
|-(6)-----------6---|---------------------|
|-------------4-----|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5--|
|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5--|
|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6--|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
B9 F#m F#m/maj7
S S Q. E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------2-|-(2)-----2-----2-4-|
|-8-6-4--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------4---4-|-(4)-----4-----4---|-------------4-----|
|----------------4---|-------------4-----|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6---6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F#m7 B9 F#m7
H. +E E S S Q. E E E E S S Q. S S Q.
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-5------------(5)-7-|------------------5-|-7-5-7-----------------|
|--------------------|-8-6-4--------4-6---|------------6-4-6------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-|-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-|-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5---5--5-5-5---5--5-5-|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-|-6---6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6---6--6-6-6---6--6-6-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-|-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4---4--4-4-4---4--4-4-|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A E A
S S Q. +H E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q
|----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------------------|---5----------|--------------|---5----------|
|----------------------|--------6-----|---4----------|--------6-----|
|-7-6-7------(7)-------|--------------|--------6-----|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q
|-5---5--5-5--5--5-5-5-|---5----5-----|---4----4-----|---5----5-----|
|-5---5--5-5--5--5-5-5-|---5----5-----|---5----5-----|---5----5-----|
|-6---6--6-6--6--6-6-6-|---6----6-----|---4----4-----|---6----6-----|
|-4---4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|---7----7-----|---6----6-----|---7----7-----|
|----------------------|---7----7-----|---7----7-----|---7----7-----|
|----------------------|---5----5-----|--------------|---5----5-----|
E A E F#m
E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|---4----------|---9-----------|---------------||
|--------6-----|--------11-----|---9----6--2-4-||
|--------------|---7-----------|---------------||
|--------------|---------9-----|---7----4--0-2-||
|
| E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E Q. Q E E
|---4----4-----|---5-----5-----|---4----4--4-5-||
|---5----5-----|---5-----5-----|---5----5--5-7-||
|---4----4-----|---6-----6-----|---4----4--4-6-||
|---6----6-----|---7-----7-----|---6----6--6-4-||
|---7----7-----|---7-----7-----|---7----7--7---||
|--------------|---5-----5-----|---------------||
Outro
N.C.
Gtr V (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
H Q Q Q E E +Q Q
|------------|----------------*|
|------7-----|-7----7-(7)--7--*|
|------------|----------------*|
|------------|----------------*|
|------9-----|-9----9-(9)--9--*|
|------------|----------------*|
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
