Soul Man Tab

[Intro]
(guitar)
[w/drums and piano (plays roots of chords)]
   GF
   v v v v   v v v v
e|-----7---------------------------|-7--\5-----------5---------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|/7---------------------------7---|-------------5-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
(guitar)
   Bb     C   D
   v v v v   v v v v
e|-----10----------10--------------|-----12----------14--------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|/10---------/10------------------|/12----------/14-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
(horns arr. for guitar)
   v v v v   v v v v
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------5-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------5-7---7-5-7-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
[band enters]
(guitar)
   G(Am) G (Am) G
   v v v v   v v v v
e|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|
B|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|
G|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
(horns)
   v v v v   v v v v
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------5---7-5-----|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
(guitar)
[continue into verse]
   v v v v   v v v v
e|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---3-------|
B|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|-----------8-8-8-8---5---3-------|
G|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|-----------7-7-7-7---5---4-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
(horns)
   v v v v   v v v v
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-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)
   GF
   v    v    v    vv v v v
e|---------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-3-2---------3-2-----------------|
D|---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3-----------|
A|------------------5--|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------------|
I'm a soul man
 
(slide guitar)
[variations 2, 3]
   v     v     v     v v     v     v     v
e|------------------/13-/13|/13-/15------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I'm a soul man  [2: "Play it, Steve!"]
 
 GF[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
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------5-------------------|
A|-3-----5-7-------5---------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[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
 
[Chorus]
(horns)
(arr. for guitar)
   GF
   v    v    v    vv v v v
e|---------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-3-2---------3-2-----------------|
D|---------------------|-------5---3-------5-3-----------|
A|------------------5--|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------------|
I'm a soul man
 
(slide guitar)
[variations 2, 3]
   v     v     v     v v     v     v     v
e|------------------/13-/13|/13-/15------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I'm a soul man  [2: "Play it, Steve!"]
 
 GF[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
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------------5-------------------|
A|-3-----5-7-------5---------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[1: And that ain't all]
[2: Oh!]
[3: Look!]
 
[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
e|-----------8-8-8-8---6---3-------|
B|-----------9-9-9-9---6---3-------|
G|-----------8-8-8-8---6---5-------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
I'm talkin' about a soul man
I'm a soul man
Soul man
Hold on
 
 
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