WOOLY BULLY
As recorded by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
(From the 1965 Album WOOLY BULLY)
Words and Music by Domingo Samudio
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ray Stinnett - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Butch Gibson - Sax'
Intro
Q=136
G7
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W W Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-3------3------|-3---3---3---3---|
|----------|----------|-6------6------|-6---6---6---6---|
|----------|----------|-4------4------|-4---4---4---4---|
|----------|----------|-3------3------|-3---3---3---3---|
|----------|----------|-5------5------|-5---5---5---5---|
|----------|----------|-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 E E e e E E e E
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---6---6---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---4---4---4---|-----4-4-----4---|-----4-4-----4---|-----4-4-----4---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|
|-5---5---5---5---|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|
C7 G7
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 E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4-------4---|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|-----4-4-----4---|
|-----3-------3---|-----2-2-----2---|-----2-2-----2-0-|-----3-3-----3---|
|---------5-5---5-|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----|---------5-5-----|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|
D7 C7 G7
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 E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4-4-----4---|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-----4-4-----4---|
|-----3-3-----3---|-----4-4-----4---|-----2-2-----2-0-|-----3-3-----3---|
|---------5-5---5-|-5-5-----------5-|-3-3-----3-3-----|---------5-5-----|
|-3-3-------------|---------5-5-----|-----------------|-3-3-------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
G7
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 E E e E
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4-------4---||-------4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
|-----3-------3---||-------3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|---5-------5-----||o----------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|
|-----------------||---3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|
|
| Gtr II (Sax arr. for Gtr.)
| W e E Q H W W
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-10---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---||
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---||
|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----||
|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------||
Chorus
C7 G7
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 E E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
|-----2-2-----2---|-----2-2-----2---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|
|---------3-3-----|---------3-3-----|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|
1.
D7 C7 G7 D7
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 Q E +E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-----4-------4---|---5--5-(5)-5-5-5--||
|-----4-------4---|-----2-2-----2---|-----3-------3---|---4--4-(4)-4-4-4--||
|-5-5-------------|-3-3-------------|---------5-5-----|-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-o||
|---------5-5-----|---------3-3-----|-3-3-------------|-------------------||
Interlude
2.,D.S.
To Coda
G7
E Q E +E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-3------3------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----||
|------------------||-6------6------|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6----||
|---5--5-(5)-5-5-5-||-4------4------|-4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4----||
|---4--4-(4)-4-4-4-||-3------3------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----||
|-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----||
Sax Solo
G7
E E e e E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------4-4------------4---|-----4--------------4--------|
|------3-3------------3---|-----3--------------3--------|
|-----------5------5------|----------5----5-------------|
|-3--3--------------------|-3-3-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~
| Q E E E +E Q E E E E E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-8\-----8-10b11r(10)-8---|---8---8-------8-8-------8-8-|
|-------------------------|---------10b12-----10b12-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E e E E E e e E E e e E E e E
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------4---------------------4-4-|---------4-4-----------4-4--|
|------------3---------------------3-3-|---------3-3-----------3-3--|
|-----------------5----5---------5-----|-------------5-------5---5--|
|--3----3------------------------------|-3-3------------------------|
|
| ~ ~
| |-3-|
| E S S E S S S +S E Q E S S S E E S E. Q
|--------------------------------------|---8p7p6--------------------|
|-------8-8-------8-8-10b11r(10)p8-8---|---------8p6----------------|
|-10b12-----10b12----------------------|-------------7--------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------8b8.5---5----|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
C7
E E e e E E e e E E e e E E e E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----3-3-----3-3-|-----3-3--------------3---|
|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2--------------2---|
|-3-3-------------|-3-3----------------------|
|---------3-3-----|----------3---------3-----|
|
| ~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E S +S E Q
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-------------6---|---8-8-8-10b11r(10)p8-8---|
|-------5-7-----7-|--------------------------|
|---5-8-----------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
G7
E E e E E E e E E E e E E E e E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----4-------4---|-----4-----------4------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-----------3------|
|---------5-5-----|---------5--5-----------|
|-3-3-------------|-3-3--------------------|
|
| ~ ~~~
| E E E E Q Q E E E E E. S +Q
|-----------------|------------------------|
|---8-------------|------------------------|
|-----7-----------|-------5-6----7-(7)-----|
|---------8---5---|---5-8------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
D7 C7
E E e e E E e E E E e e E E e E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-------5----|------3-3------------3---|
|-----4-4-----4----|------2-2------------2---|
|-5-5--------------|-3--3--------------------|
|---------5-5------|-----------3------3------|
|
| ~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q
|---------9---7----|-------------------------|
|---------------10-|--------8-10b11r(10)-8---|
|---7---7----------|------9------------------|
|------------------|---10--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
G7 D7 G7
E E e E E E e E E E E E Q e E e E Q H
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------||-3-----------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------||-6-----------*|
|---------------4-------------------------4-----------|---5--5-5-----5----||-4-----------*|
|---------------3-------------------------3-----------|---4--4-4-----4----||-3-----------*|
|----------------------------5---------5--------------|-5-5--5-5-5---5----||-5-----------*|
|--3---------3----------------------------------------|-------------------||-3-----------*|
|
| S +S e S +S e S +S e S +S e E E E E Q E E W
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------||-------------*|
|-10b11r(10)p8-10b11r(10)p8-10b11r(10)p8-10b11r(10)p8-|---8---------------||-------------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-7-----------------||-------------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----10-8----------||-------------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------8-----8--||-------------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------10----||-------------*|
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
