Delta Lady Tab

DELTA LADY
 
As recorded by Joe Cocker
(From the 1969 Album JOE COCKER!)
 
Words and Music by Leon Russell
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Leon Russell - Piano'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clarence White - Overdriven Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=134
  C                    G7sus4    C                    G7sus4
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  Q  E E +E  Q  E   q  H.        Q  E E +E  Q  E   q  H.
|-----------------|----8-------|-----------------|----8-----||
|-----------------|----6-------|-----------------|----6-----||
|-0---------------|----7-------|-0---------------|----7-----||
|-2----2-(2)-3--4-|-5--5-------|-2----2-(2)-3--4-|-5--5-----||
|-3---------------|------------|-3---------------|----------||
|-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    C                   F  C       D7         F7
    Q  Q  E E E E   E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E Q  E   +E  Q  E +Q   Q
||----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o----6----------|-5-5-6--5-----|----3--3-x----|-----4--4-(4)------|
||-----5----------|-5-5-5--5-----|----5--5-x----|-----2--2-(2)------|
||--5--7----------|-5-5-7--5-----|----4--4-x----|-----1--1-(1)------|
||o-3-------------|--------------|-5------------|-------------------|
||--------0-1-2-3-|--------------|------------1-|-(1)-----------1---|
 
 
  C            Bb   G  F# F  B    C  F C    F C      F C    F C
  a Q  Q  a Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---6--5----8--6--|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7h8--6----8--6--|-8--7--6--4--|-5--6-5-5--6-5-|-5--6-5-5--6-5-|
|---------8h9--7--|-7--6--5--4--|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
|-----------------|-9--8--7--4--|-5--7-5-5--7-5-|-5--7-5-5--7-5-|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
 
 
                Cmaj7         C7            F
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E
|----3--------|----3--------|----3--------|---------------|
|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|----1--1-1-1-1-|
|-5--------5--|-4--------4--|-3--------3--|-2-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
 
 
                               To Coda
  C   F  C         G7                    C
  E E Q  E E E E   +E  E E E  E  q  E    E E  E E  E  q  E
|----------------|---------------3-----|--------------8-----||
|-5-5-6--5-------|-------5-3-(3)-3-----|-----10-8-(8)-8-----||
|-5-5-5--5-------|-------5-3h=4--4-----|-----10-8h=9--9-----||
|-5-5-7--5-------|-------5-3-(3)-------|-----10-8-(8)-------||
|----------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|----------1-2-3-|-(3)-3---------------|-8-8----------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Bb                   F                C  F  C   F    C  F C
  Q  Q  +E  Q.     +E   E  Q   Q   Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|--------------------|-8--8--8-8-8--|-8--8-8-(8)-----|
|-6--6--(6)-6----|-(6)-10-10--10--10--|-5--6--5-5-6--|-5--6-5-(5)--5--|
|-7--7--(7)-7----|-(7)-10-10--10--10--|-5--5--5-5-5--|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|
|-8--8--(8)-8----|-(8)-10-10--10--10--|-5--7--5-5-7--|-5--7-5-(5)--5--|
|-8--8--(8)-8----|-(8)--8--8---8---8--|--------------|----------------|
|-6--6--(6)-6----|-(6)----------------|--------------|----------------|
 
 
  Bb                   F
  Q  Q  +E  Q.     +E   E  Q   Q   Q
|----------------|--------------------|
|-6--6--(6)-6----|-(6)-10-10--10--10--|
|-7--7--(7)-7----|-(7)-10-10--10--10--|
|-8--8--(8)-8----|-(8)-10-10--10--10--|
|-8--8--(8)-8----|-(8)--8--8---8---8--|
|-6--6--(6)-6----|-(6)----------------|
 
 
                   1.             2.
  C                    G7sus4         G7sus4
  Q  E E +E  Q  E   q  H.          q  H.
|-----------------|----8--------||----8-----||
|-----------------|----6-------o||----6-----||
|-0---------------|----7--------||----7-----||
|-2----2-(2)-3--4-|-5--5--------||-5--5-----||
|-3---------------|------------o||----------||
|-----------------|-------------||----------||
 
 
 Bridge
  Dm            G7/B          Dm
  q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q
|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--2--2--|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
|-------------|-2--2--2--2--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
 
  Bb            F           BbF       BbF
  q  q  q  q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1---1-1-1-1---|
|-3--3--3--3--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1-|-1-1-3-1-1-1-1---|
|-3--3--3--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-|-2-2-3-2-2-2-2---|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1--1--1--1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-|-3-3-1-3-3-3-3---|
|-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1---1-1-1-1---|
 
 
                                                  D.S. al Coda
  C                                                        G7+5
  Q  E E +E  Q  E   E E E  E E E Q    Q  E E +E  Q  E   Q  H.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----3------||
|-----------------|-----8-10-8-7-6--|-5---------------|----4------||
|-0---------------|-----9-10-9-8-7--|-5---------------|----4------||
|-2----2-(2)-3--4-|-5---------------|------2-(2)-3--4-|-5--3------||
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
 
 
                      Out-Chorus
  &
                       Bb
  E E  E E  E  q  E    Q  Q  +E  Q.
|--------------8----||----------------|
|-----10-8-(8)-8----||-6--6--(6)-6----|
|-----10-8h=9--9----||-7--7--(7)-7----|
|-----10-8-(8)------||-8--8--(8)-8----|
|-------------------||-8--8--(8)-8----|
|-8-8---------------||-6--6--(6)-6----|
|
| Gtr III
| W                    W
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
 
 
      F                C  F        C       F
  +E   E  Q   Q   Q    Q  Q          E   E  Q
|--------------------|-8--8----------8---8--8------|
|-(6)-10-10--10--10--|-5--6----------5---5--6------|
|-(7)-10-10--10--10--|-5--5----------5---5--5------|
|-(8)-10-10--10--10--|-5--7----------5---5--7------|
|-(8)--8--8---8---8--|-----------------------------|
|-(6)----------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  W                   Q  E  E      +Q      Q
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------11b13==(11)r---11b13===|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  C        F C           Bb
    Q      E E +Q   Q    Q  Q  +E  Q.
|---8------8-8-(8)-----|----------------|
|---5------6-5-(5)--5--|-6--6--(6)-6----|
|---5------5-5-(5)--5--|-7--7--(7)-7----|
|---5------7-5-(5)--5--|-8--8--(8)-8----|
|----------------------|-8--8--(8)-8----|
|----------------------|-6--6--(6)-6----|
|
|            ~~~~~~
|  +E    E E E +Q   Q    W
|----------------------|----------------|
|-(11)r-11-8-----------|----------------|
|------------8-(8)-----|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
 
 
      F                C       F  C        F
  +E   E  Q   Q   Q    Q       Q   E  E     Q
|--------------------|-8-------8---8--8-----8-------|
|-(6)-10-10--10--10--|-5-------6---5--5-----6-------|
|-(7)-10-10--10--10--|-5-------5---5--5-----5-------|
|-(8)-10-10--10--10--|-5-------7---5--5-----7-------|
|-(8)--8--8---8---8--|------------------------------|
|-(6)----------------|------------------------------|
|
|  W                   E  Q.       E  E     E  E
|--------------------|---11b13----11-11b12-11-11b12-|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
 
 
  C        F C           Bb
   Q       E E +Q   Q    Q  Q  +E  Q.
|--8-------8-8-(8)-----|----------------|
|--5-------6-5-(5)--5--|-6--6--(6)-6----|
|--5-------5-5-(5)--5--|-7--7--(7)-7----|
|--5-------7-5-(5)--5--|-8--8--(8)-8----|
|----------------------|-8--8--(8)-8----|
|----------------------|-6--6--(6)-6----|
|
|          ~~~~~~~~~~~
|  E  E    Q    Q   Q    W
|-11-11b12-8----8---8--|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
 
 
      F                C       F  C       F
  +E   E  Q   Q   Q    Q       Q   E    E Q
|--------------------|-8-------8---8----8-8--------|
|-(6)-10-10--10--10--|-5-------6---5----5-6--------|
|-(7)-10-10--10--10--|-5-------5---5----5-5--------|
|-(8)-10-10--10--10--|-5-------7---5----5-7--------|
|-(8)--8--8---8---8--|-----------------------------|
|-(6)----------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  W                   E  Q.       Q.        E
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|---10b11----10b11-----10b11==|
|--------------------|------------10b11-----10b11==|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  C      F     C                    Bb
    Q     E      E  +Q     Q         Q       Q  +E  Q.
|---8-----8------8--(8)-----------|----------------------|
|---5-----6------5--(5)----5------|--6-------6--(6)-6----|
|---5-----5------5--(5)----5------|--7-------7--(7)-7----|
|---5-----7------5--(5)----5------|--8-------8--(8)-8----|
|---------------------------------|--8-------8--(8)-8----|
|---------------------------------|--6-------6--(6)-6----|
|
|  +Q     E     +E   E   E Q        +W
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-(10)r--10b11r(10)---------------|----------------------|
|-(10)r--10b11r(10)--8------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------10-8tr10--|-(8tr10)--------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
 
 
          F                C       F       C   F
  +E       E  Q   Q   Q     Q      Q       E E  Q
|------------------------|--8------8-------8-8--8---|
|-(6)-----10-10--10--10--|--5------6-------5-5--6---|
|-(7)-----10-10--10--10--|--5------5-------5-5--5---|
|-(8)-----10-10--10--10--|--5------7-------5-5--7---|
|-(8)------8--8---8---8--|--------------------------|
|-(6)--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +H.                 Q     E    E E  E    E E  E E
|------------------------|-------8-8-------8-8----8-|
|------------------------|-11b13-----11b13-----11---|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(8tr10)----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
 
 
  C     F F            Bb                   F
   Q    E E +Q    Q    Q  Q  +E  Q.     +E   E  Q   Q   Q
|--8----8-8-(8)------|----------------|--------------------|
|--5----6-5-(5)---5--|-6--6--(6)-6----|-(6)-10-10--10--10--|
|--5----5-5-(5)---5--|-7--7--(7)-7----|-(7)-10-10--10--10--|
|--5----7-5-(5)---5--|-8--8--(8)-8----|-(8)-10-10--10--10--|
|--------------------|-8--8--(8)-8----|-(8)--8--8---8---8--|
|--------------------|-6--6--(6)-6----|-(6)----------------|
|
|       ~         ~
|  S E. Q    S E. Q    W                 W
|-11p8--8---11p8--8--|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
 
 
  C  F         C       F        C      F     C
  Q   Q          E   E  Q        Q      E    E +Q     Q
|-8---8----------8---8--8-----|--8------8----8-(8)-------*|
|-5---6----------5---5--6-----|--5------6----5-(5)----5--*|
|-5---5----------5---5--5-----|--5------5----5-(5)----5--*|
|-5---7----------5---5--7-----|--5------7----5-(5)----5--*|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------*|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------*|
|
| Q   E  E      +Q      Q        Q      Q       E  E  Q
|----15-15-----(15)----15-----|-15-----15----------------*|
|-------16b17==(16)r---16b17--|-16b17--16b17---13h15-13--*|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------*|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------*|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------*|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------*|
 
 
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