HONEST I DO
As recorded by Jimmy Reed
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
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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
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Intro
Slow Blues Q=97(8=s8)
E7
4/4
Gtrs I, II
H E E E E E E E E +H
|--------5-5-6-|-7-7-6-5-(5)-------||--------7-7-8-|-9-9-8-7-(7)-------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-0---0----0--0-0-0-| H E E Q Q Q E E E E
A D7
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E +Q E a E Q a E E E E E E E E|-----------------------|--------------------------||-9-9-8-7-(7)---7-5-(5)-|--------------------------||-9-9-8-7-(7)---7-5h=6--|----0h2-2-2-2-0-----------||-----------------------|-7----------0---2-0-------||-----------------------|-0----0-------------3b3.5-||-0---0----0--0-0----0--|--------------------------| Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
Verse A A Q Q E E E E +E Q. +Q Q|-----0--0-------||----------------------||-----2--2-3-2-3-||-(3)-2------(2)-------||----------4-2-4-||-(4)-2------(2)-------||-2--------------||--------4-4--2--2-4-4-||-0--------------||--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-||----------------||----------------------| E E Q H E E E E E E E E
E7 H E E E E +E H +E Q|---------0-----0-|-(0)------------------||---------2-3-2-2-|-(2)-3-------(3)------||-----------4-2---|-----4-------(4)------||-2-2-4-4---------|----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------2--2--4-4--||-----------------|--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Q Q E E E E E Q. +Q Q|-----2---2---0---|-2------------------||-----3---3-3-2-3-|-3-3------(3)-------||-----------4---4-|---4------(4)-------||-----------------|--------------------||-2---------------|-----------2--2-4-4-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
A D7 Q Q Q E E +Q Q H|-----2---0-------|----------------------------||-----3---2---3-2-|-(2)------------------------||-------------4-2-|-(2)--0h2-2-2-2-0-----------||-----------------|--------------0---2-0-------||-2---------------|--0---0---------------3b3.5-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q a E E E E E E E E |-3-| |-3-|
Verse $ A A Q Q E E E E E Q. +Q Q|-----0--0-------||----------------------||-----2--2-3-2-3-||-(3)-2------(2)-------||----------4-2-4-||-(4)-2------(2)-------||-2--------------||--------4-4--2--2-4-4-||-0--------------||--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-||----------------||----------------------| E E Q H E E E E E E E E
E7 Q Q E E E E +E Q. +Q Q|-----0---0-----0-|-(0)-------------------||-----2---2-3-2-2-|-(2)-3------(3)--------||-----------4-2---|-----4------(4)--------||-2-2-4-4-2-----4-|-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------2-4-4--||-----------------|--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Q E E +E E E E E Q. +Q Q|-----2-2-(2)---0---|-2------------------||-----3-3-(3)-3-2-3-|-3-3------(3)-------||-------------4---4-|---4------(4)-------||-------------------|--------------------||-2-----------------|-----------2--2-4-4-||-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
A D7 Q E E Q E E +Q Q H|-----2-2-0-------|----------------------------||-----3-3-2---3-2-|-(2)------------------------||-------------4-2-|-(2)--0h2-2-2-2-0-----------||-----------------|--------------0---2-0-------||-2---------------|--0---0---------------3b3.5-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q a E E E E E E E E |-3-| |-3-|
Bridge A D E7 Q Q E E E E Q Q H Q Q E E E E +E Q. +Q Q|-----/5--5-2-3-2-||-5---2-----------|-----0---0-----0-|-(0)-------------------||-----/7--7-3-5-3-||-7---3-----------|-----2---2-3-2-2-|-(2)-3------(3)--------||-----------------||---------2-2-4-4-|-2---------4-2---|-----4------(4)--------||-2---------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------||-0---------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------2--2-4-4--||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--| E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
To Coda Q E E E E E E E Q. +Q Q Q E E Q E E|-----2-2-2---0---|-2------------------|-----2-2-0-------||-----3-3-3-3-2-3-|-3-3------(3)-------|-----3-3-2---3-2-||-----------4---4-|---4------(4)-------|-------------4-2-||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||-2---------------|-----------2--2-4-4-|-2---------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Guitar Solo A D7 A A Q Q H E E E E E E E E a E Q. +Q Q|----------------------------|-----2-0---------------||-----------------------||-(2)------------------------|-----------------------||-----5------(5)--------||-(2)--0h2-2-2-2-0-----------|-------4b5-(4)b5-4-2-4-||-4s6-------------------||--------------0---2-0-------|-2---------------------||------------------4-4--||--0---0---------------3b3.5-|-0---------------------||---0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--||----------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
Q a E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E |-3-| |-3-|
E7 Q E E E E E E +W Q E E E E Q|-----2-------------|-------------------|-----4-4-5-6-7---||-------5-----------|-------------------|-----5-5-7-8-9---||---------4b5-4-2-4-|-(4)---------------|-----------------||-2-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|--2--2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2---------------||-------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
A D7
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E +H E E E E +E E E E +Q a E E E E E E E E|-12-12-11-10-(10)-------|-/9-9-8-7-(7)-8-7-5-|-(5)------------------------||-14-14-13-12-(12)-------|--------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|-/9-9-8-7-(7)-9-7-6-|-(6)--0h2-2-2-2-0-----------||------------------------|--------------------|--------------0---2-0-------||------------------------|--------------------|--0-----0-------------3b3.5-||--0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|----------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
D.S. al Coda & A A D7 Q Q E E E E Q Q H|-----0--0-------||--------------------------||-----2--2-3-2-3-||-2------------------------||----------4-2-4-||-2--0h2-2-2-2-0-----------||-2--------------||------------0---2-0-------||-0--------------||-0----0-------------3b3.5-||----------------||--------------------------|
E E Q H Q a E E E E E E E E |-3-| |-3-|
A5 G#A6 E E E E +H H H|-----4--5--(5)---(5)-|-5---------*||-----6--7--(7)---(7)-|-7---------*||-2---5--6--(6)---(6)-|-6---------*||-2-------------------|-----------*||-0-------------------|-----------*||---4-5-(5)-------(5)-|-5---------*| E E E +H +E H H
