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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:00:07 -0500
 From: Andrew Rogers 
 Subject: ./s/sam_and_dave/soul_man.crd
                                "Soul Man"
                       (Isaac Hayes - David Porter)
 Intro:
 	guitar [w/drums and piano (plays roots of chords)]:
 
 	 G                                 F 
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	-----7---------------------------|-7--\5-----------5---------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	/7---------------------------7---|-------------5-------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 
 	guitar:
 
 	 Bb                                C               D
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	-----10----------10--------------|-----12----------14--------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	/10---------/10------------------|/12----------/14-----------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 	horns arr. for guitar:
 
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|-------------------------5-------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---7-5-7-
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 
 	[band enters]
 
 	guitar:
 
 	 G                  (Am) G                            (Am) G
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------
 	-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------
 	-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 	horns:
 
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------5---7-5-----
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 
 	guitar [continue into verse]:
 
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------
 	-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------
 	-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 	horns:
 
 	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
 	-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------
 
 Verse 1:
 
 	       G
 	Comin' to you
 	On a dusty road
 	Good lovin'
 	I got a truckload
 	And when you get it
 	You got somethin'
 	So don't worry
 	'Cause I'm comin'
 
 Chorus:
 
 	      horns (arr. for guitar):
 
 	       G                     F
 	       v    v    v    v      v       v       v       v
 	      ---------------------|---------------------------------
 	      ---------------------|---------------------------------
 	      ---------------------|-3-2---------3-2-----------------
 	      ---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3-----------
 	      ------------------5--|---------------------------------
 	      ---------------------|---------------------------------
 	I'm a soul man
 
 	      slide guitar [variations 2, 3]:
 
 	       v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  
 	      ------------------/12-/12|/12-/14------------------
 	      -------------------------|-------------------------
 	      -------------------------|-------------------------
 	      -------------------------|-------------------------
 	      -------------------------|-------------------------
 	      -------------------------|-------------------------
 	I'm a soul man  [2: "Play it, Steve!"]
 
 	       G	F	[w/horns as above]
 	I'm a soul man
 
 	       G	
 	I'm a soul man
 
 	horns (arr. for guitar):
 
 	 C               D [N.C.]
 	 v       v       v       v
 	---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------
 	---------------------------------
 	-------------5-------------------
 	-3-----5-7-------5---------------
 	---------------------------------
 	[1: And that ain't all]
 	[2: Oh!]
 	[3: Look!]
 
 Verse 2:
 
 	Got what I got
 	The hard way
 	And I'll make it better
 	Each and every day
 	So, honey
 	Don't you fret
 	'Cause you ain't seen
 	Nothin' yet
 
 [repeat chorus]
 
 Verse 3:
 
 	I was brought up
 	On a side street (listen, now)
 	I learned how to love
 	Before I could eat
 	I was educated
 	At Woodstock*
 	When I start lovin'
 	Oh, I can't stop
 
 	* no, not the Woodstock where the hippies would roll around in
 	  the mud two years later - there was a school by that name
 	  in/near Memphis
 
 [repeat chorus]
 
 Bridge:
 
 	Eb                   Bb
 	Grab a rope and I'll pull you in
 
 	C                C/D                      Db/Eb
 	Give you hope and be your only boyfriend, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah!)
 
 	[key changes to Ab]
 
 Coda:
 
 	[guitar as per intro, transposed up half-step]
 
 	Ab       Gb       Cb       Db  Eb [N.C.]
 	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / /
 
 	[repeat to fade:]
 
 	                      Ab                (Bbm) Ab
 	                      v       v       v       v
 	                     -----------8-8-8-8---6---3-------
 	                     -----------9-9-9-9---6---3-------
 	                     -----------8-8-8-8---6---5-------
 	                     ---------------------------------
 	                     ---------------------------------
 	                     ---------------------------------
 	I'm talkin' about a soul man
 	I'm a soul man
 	Soul man
 	Hold on  [fade]
 
 
 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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