Its The Same Old Song Tab

IT'S THE SAME OLD SAME OLD SONG
 
As recorded by Four Tops
(From the 1965 Album SECOND ALBUM)
 
Words and Music by Edward Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Vibraphone'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=128
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (Vibraphone arr. for Gtr.)
  W           E  E  E  E E  E  E  E
|----------|----10-12---------------|
|----------|-13-------10---10----10-|
|----------|------------------12----|
|----------|------------------------|
|----------|------------------------|
|----------|------------------------|
 
 
   E  E  E  E E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E E  E  E  E
|----10-12---------------|----10-12----------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-|-13-------10---10----10--|
|------------------12----|------------------12-----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
                            1st - 3rd Verses
                         $
                                 C       Csus4
   E  E  E  E E  E  E  E      Q  E  E Q   Q
|----10-12---------------||--12----12----13---|
|-13-------10---10----10-||o-13----13----13---|
|------------------12----||--12----12----12---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||o------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
|  W                          Q  E  E Q   E E
|------------------------||------3--------3---|
|------------------------||o-----5--------6---|
|------------------------||------5--------5---|
|------------------------||------5--------5---|
|------------------------||o-----3--------3---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
 
 
      C       Csus4      Dm      Dsus4
   Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----|
|-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----3--------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
 
 
     F         G            C       Csus4
  Q  Q    E  E  +E  E    Q  E  E Q   Q
|-8------10-10-(10)---|-12----12----13---|
|---------8--8--(8)---|-13----13----13---|
|---------------------|-12----12----12---|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Q  E E  Q      E  E    Q  E  E Q   E E
|----1-----------3----|-----3--------3---|
|----1-----------3----|-----5--------6---|
|----2-----------4----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----3--------3---|
|---------------------|------------------|
 
 
      C       Csus4      Dm      Dsus4
   Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----|
|-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----3--------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
 
 
     F         G            C       Csus4
  Q  Q    E  E  +E  E    Q  E  E Q   Q
|-8------10-10-(10)---|-12----12----13---|
|---------8--8--(8)---|-13----13----13---|
|---------------------|-12----12----12---|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Q  E E  Q      E  E    Q  E  E Q   E E
|----1-----------3----|-----3--------3---|
|----1-----------3----|-----5--------6---|
|----2-----------4----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----5--------5---|
|----3-----------5----|-----3--------3---|
|---------------------|------------------|
 
 
      C       Csus4      Dm      Dsus4
   Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----|
|-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----3--------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                        Chorus
     F         G             C       Dm/F
  Q  Q    E  E  +E  E     Q  E  E Q   Q
|-8------10-10-(10)---||-12----12----13---|
|---------8--8--(8)---||-13----13----15---|
|---------------------||-12----12----14---|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|
| Q  E E  Q      E  E     Q  E  E Q   E E
|----1-----------3----||-----3--------1---|
|----1-----------3----||-----5--------3---|
|----2-----------4----||-----5--------2---|
|----3-----------5----||-----5--------3---|
|----3-----------5----||-----3------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
 
 
      G                  Dm      Dsus4
   Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----|
|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----5--------5---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
 
 
      G        F         C       Dm/F       G                  Dm      Dsus4
   Q   Q   E E Q      Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-10--10---8-8-----|-12----12----13---|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|--8---8---6-6-----|-13----13----15---|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-12----12----14---|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q   E E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E  E
|------3-------1---|-----3--------1---|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|------3-------1---|-----5--------3---|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----|
|------4-------2---|-----5--------2---|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----|
|------5-------3---|-----5--------3---|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|------5-------3---|-----3------------|-----5--------5---|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                    1.
          To Coda
      G        F     N.C.
   Q   Q   E E Q      E  E  E  E E  E  E  E
|-10--10---8-8-----|----10-12---------------|
|--8---8---6-6-----|-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------|------------------12----|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|
|  Q   E E Q   E E    W
|------3-------1---|------------------------|
|------3-------1---|------------------------|
|------4-------2---|------------------------|
|------5-------3---|------------------------|
|------5-------3---|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
 
 
                            2.
                             N.C.
   E  E  E  E E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E E  E  E  E
|----10-12----------------||----10-12---------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-o||-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------12-----||------------------12----|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|
|  W                          W
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
 
 
                            Sax Solo
                                 C       Dm/F
   E  E  E  E E  E  E  E      Q  E  E Q   Q
|----10-12---------------||--12----12----13---|
|-13-------10---10----10-||o-13----13----15---|
|------------------12----||--12----12----14---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||o------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|
|  W                          Q  E  E Q   E E
|------------------------||------3--------1---|
|------------------------||o-----5--------3---|
|------------------------||------5--------2---|
|------------------------||------5--------3---|
|------------------------||o-----3------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
 
 
      G                  Dm      Dsus4
   Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E  E
|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----|
|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----|
|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----|
|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----|
|-----5--------5---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  1.                  2.
                          D.S. al Coda  &
      G        F           G        F
   Q   Q   E E Q        Q   Q   E E Q
|-10--10---8-8------||-10--10---8-8-----||
|--8---8---6-6-----o||--8---8---6-6-----||
|-------------------||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|------------------o||------------------||
|-------------------||------------------||
|
|  Q   E E Q   E E      Q   E E Q   E E
|------3-------1----||------3-------1---||
|------3-------1---o||------3-------1---||
|------4-------2----||------4-------2---||
|------5-------3----||------5-------3---||
|------5-------3---o||------5-------3---||
|-------------------||------------------||
 
 
 Outro
  N.C.
   E  E  E  E E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E E  E  E  E
|----10-12---------------|----10-12---------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-|-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------12----|------------------12----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
|  W                        W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 
 
        C       Dm/F       G
     Q  E  E Q   Q      Q  E  E Q   Q
||--12----12----13---|-10----10----10---|
||o-13----13----15---|-12----12----12---|
||--12----12----14---|-12----12----12---|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
|    Q  E  E Q   E E    Q  E  E Q   E E
||------3--------1---|-----3--------3---|
||o-----5--------3---|-----3--------3---|
||------5--------2---|-----4--------4---|
||------5--------3---|-----5--------5---|
||o-----3------------|-----5--------5---|
||-------------------|------------------|
 
 
      Dm      Dsus4       G        F
   Q  E  E Q   E  E    Q   Q   E E Q
|-10----10----12-10-|-10--10---8-8-------||
|-10----10----------|--8---8---6-6------o||
|-10----10----------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
|  Q  E  E Q   E  E    Q   E E Q   E E
|-----1--------3----|------3-------1-----||
|-----3--------3----|------3-------1----o||
|-----2--------2----|------4-------2-----||
|-----0--------0----|------5-------3-----||
|-------------------|------5-------3----o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
 
 
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