I'VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1968 Album THE IMMORTAL OTIS REDDING)
Words and Music by Otis Redding & Zelma Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Intro 1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
Q.=52
$
A A
12/8
Gtr I
Q E E E E a E Q +Q. E E E a E E E E E E a E E E
|----------------5--(5)---||------------------------------|
|------------0h2----------||o-----------------------------|
|----------2--------------||--------5h6-----------5h6-----|
|--------2----------------||------7-----7-------7-----7---|
|------0------------------||o---7---------7---7---------7-|
|-------------------------||--5-------------5-------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|
|-------7-----------7------|
|-----7---7-------7---7----|
|---7-------7---7-------7--|
|-5-----------5------------|
|--------------------------|
A D 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 E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------7-----------7-----|-------------------------|
|-------6-----------6-----|-----7---7-------7---7---|-------1-----------1-----|
|-----7---7-------7---7---|---7-------7---7-------7-|-----2---2-------2---2---|
|---7-------7---7-------7-|-5-----------5-----------|---2-------2---2-------2-|
|-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------|-0-----------0-----------|
To Coda
A 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-----|-------1-----------1------|
|-----7---7-------7---7---|-----2---2-------2---2----|
|---7-------7---7-------7-|---2-------2---2-------2--|
|-5-----------5-----------|-0-----------0------------|
1.
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|-------6-----------1-------||
|-----7---7-------2---2-----||
|---7-------7---2-------2--o||
|-5-----------0-------------||
3rd Verse
2.
A E A D
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 E E E E
|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------7-----------7-----|
|-------6-----------1-----||-------6-----------6-----|-----7---7-------7---7---|
|-----7---7-------2---2---||-----7---7-------7---7---|---7-------7---7-------7-|
|---7-------7---2-------2-||---7-------7---7-------7-|-5-----------5-----------|
|-5-----------0-----------||-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------|
A D 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 E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------7-----------7-----|-------------------------|
|-------6-----------6-----|-----7---7-------7---7---|-------1-----------1-----|
|-----7---7-------7---7---|---7-------7---7-------7-|-----2---2-------2---2---|
|---7-------7---7-------7-|-5-----------5-----------|---2-------2---2-------2-|
|-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------|-0-----------0-----------|
F# D
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-----|
|-------3-----------3-----|-----7---7-------7---7---|
|-----4---4-------4---4---|---7-------7---7-------7-|
|---4-------4---4-------4-|-5-----------5-----------|
|-2-----------2-----------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|---------------------------||
Outro
&
A E A
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-------------------------|
|-------6-----------1-----||--------6-----------6-----|
|-----7---7-------2---2---||------7---7-------7---7---|
|---7-------7---2-------2-||o---7-------7---7-------7-|
|-5-----------0-----------||--5-----------5-----------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|--------------------------||
|-------7-----------7-----o||
|-----7---7-------7---7----||
|---7-------7---7-------7--||
|-5-----------5-----------o||
|--------------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
