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
