Aint That A Shame Tab

AIN'T THAT A SHAME
 
As recorded by Fats Domino
(From the 1956 Album ROCK AND ROLLIN' WITH FATS DOMINO)
 
Words and Music by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
 
 
              1st - 6th Verses
  Q=136(8=s8)
  N.C.           Bb
 4/4
  Gtrs I, III
               |3|              |3|              |3|
  W            E Q +H     E E   E Q +H     E E   E Q +H     E e
|----------||----6-(6)----6---|---6-(6)----6---|---6-(6)----6---|
|----------||o---6-(6)----6---|---6-(6)----6---|---6-(6)----6---|
|----------||----7-(7)----7---|---7-(7)----7---|---7-(7)----7---|
|----------||----8-(8)----8---|---8-(8)----8---|---8-(8)----8---|
|----------||o----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 
                    Chorus
                        Eb                                  Bb
  |3|
  E Q +H      E E    Q  e E Q    e E   Q  e e q    e E   Q  e e q   e E
|---6-(6)-----6---||-----------------|-----------------|----6-------6----|
|---6-(6)-----6---||----8--------8---|----8--------8---|----6-------6----|
|---7-(7)-----7---||----8--------8---|----8--------8---|----7-------7----|
|---8-(8)-----8---||----8--------8---|----8--------8---|----8-------8----|
|-----------------||----6--------6---|----6--------6---|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q    Q   Q  Q      Q  E E E E  E E   Q  E E E E  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||------5-8-8-/5-8-|------5-8-8-/5-8-|-----------------|
|-------------5---||-6---------------|-6---------------|------5-8-8-5-8--|
|------6---8------||-----------------|-----------------|-6---------------|
 
 
                                    1.,2.,3.,4.,5.
                      Eb
  q  e e q   e e   q  e e q    e e   q  e e q    e e
|----6-------6---|-----------------|-----------------|
|----6-------6---|----8--------8---|----8--------8---|
|----7-------7---|----8--------8---|----8--------8---|
|----8-------8---|----8--------8---|----8--------8---|
|----------------|----6--------6---|----6--------6---|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E  E E   Q  E E E E  E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------5-8-8-/5-8-|------5-8-8-/5-8-|
|------5-8-8-5-8-|-6---------------|-6---------------|
|-6--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                            6.
     F7                                      F7
  q  e e  q    e  E    q    q   q    q    6x q  q   q    q
|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|----6---------6----|--6----6---6----6---o||-6--6---6----6---||
|----8---------8----|--8----8---8----8----||-8--8---8----8---||
|----7---------7----|--7----7---7----7----||-7--7---7----7---||
|----8---------8----|--8----8---8----8---o||-8--8---8----8---||
|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|
| Q  E E  E  E E  E    e  e e e E E  E E  6x Q  E E E E  E E
|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||-----------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
|------7-10-10-7-10-|-10-10-8-8-7-7-------||------5-8-8-/5-8-||
|-8-----------------|---------------10---o||-6---------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||-----------------||
 
 
 Outro
  Bb
  q  Q  H       Q   E E +H       +W               +H.      q
|-6-----------|-------6-(6)----|-(6)------------|-(6)------6---*|
|-6-----------|-------6-(6)----|-(6)------------|-(6)------6---*|
|-7-----------|-------7-(7)----|-(7)------------|-(7)------7---*|
|-8-----------|-------8-(8)----|-(8)------------|-(8)------8---*|
|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------------*|
|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------------*|
|
|                                          TP      TP
| Q  Q  Q  Q    Q   E E +H       +E  E E E H      +H.      q
|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------------*|
|-------------|-------6-(6)----|-(6)---6-7-6----|-(6)------6---*|
|-------------|-------5-(5)----|-(5)-5-7-8-5----|-(5)------5---*|
|-------------|-------6-(6)----|-(6)---6-7-6----|-(6)------6---*|
|----5--6--7--|-8\-------------|----------------|--------------*|
|-6-----------|----------------|----------------|--------------*|
 
 
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
X