Shake Tab

SHAKE
 
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE/OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL)
 
Words and Music by Sam Cooke
Arranged by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=168
             C
 4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
  W           q  q  h      w           q  Q  H      W
|----------|--8----------|----------|--8----------|------|
|----------|--8----------|----------|--8----------|------|
|----------|--9----------|----------|--9----------|------|
|----------|-10----------|----------|-10----------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
 
 
                                    Bb     C          Bb    G Bb B
                                                         |3-|
   q  Q  H      W           Q   +E  E +Q    Q     +E  E +Q  E Q  Q
|--8----------|----------|--8---(8)-6-(6)---8--|--(8)-6-(6)-7-6--7--||
|--8----------|----------|--8---(8)-6-(6)---8--|--(8)-6-(6)-8-6--7--||
|--9----------|----------|--9---(9)-7-(7)---9--|--(9)-7-(7)-7-7--8--||
|-10----------|----------|-10--(10)-8-(8)--10--|-(10)-8-(8)-9-8--9--||
|-------------|----------|---------------------|--------------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------------|--------------------||
 
 
   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
    C
                               |3-|
     q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q
||---8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|
||o--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|
||---9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9--9--9--|
||--10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                                     F
                             |3-|  |3-|
   q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  Q  E
|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--8--|
|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8-10--|
|--9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9--9--9-10--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10-10--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
 
 
                                       C
                               |3-|  |3-|
   +Q    q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  Q  E
|--(8)---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--8-|
|-(10)--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--8-|
|-(10)--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--9-|
|-(10)--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
 
 
                                       G
                               |3-|  |3|
   +Q    q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  Q E
|--(8)---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8-7-|
|--(8)---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8-8-|
|--(9)---9---9---9--|--9---9---9--9--9-7-|
|-(10)--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10-9-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
 
 
                                          To Coda
                                 C
                        |3|
  +Q   q  q  q    q  q  Q E q     q  Q  H      W
|-(7)--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|--8----------|-------|
|-(8)--8--8--8--|-8--8--8-8-8--|--8----------|-------|
|-(7)--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|--9----------|-------|
|-(9)--9--9--9--|-9--9--9-9-9--|-10----------|-------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------|
 
 
                               To Dbl. Coda
   q  Q  H      W           q  Q  H      W
|--8----------|----------|--8----------|-------|
|--8----------|----------|--8----------|-------|
|--9----------|----------|--9----------|-------|
|-10----------|----------|-10----------|-------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|-------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|-------|
 
 
  1.
           Bb     C          Bb    G Bb B
                                |3-|
   Q   +E  E +Q    Q     +E  E +Q  E Q  Q
|--8---(8)-6-(6)---8--|--(8)-6-(6)-7-6--7---||
|--8---(8)-6-(6)---8--|--(8)-6-(6)-8-6--7--o||
|--9---(9)-7-(7)---9--|--(9)-7-(7)-7-7--8---||
|-10--(10)-8-(8)--10--|-(10)-8-(8)-9-8--9---||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
 
 
 2.
  C        Bb     C          Bb    G Bb C
                                |3-|
   Q   +E  E +Q    Q     +E  E +Q  E Q   Q
|--8---(8)-6-(6)---8--|--(8)-6-(6)-7-6---8--||
|--8---(8)-6-(6)---8--|--(8)-6-(6)-8-6---8--||
|--9---(9)-7-(7)---9--|--(9)-7-(7)-7-7---9--||
|-10--(10)-8-(8)--10--|-(10)-8-(8)-9-8--10--||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  F                                     C
                             |3-|                                  |3-|
   q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q     q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q
|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|--9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9--9--9--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
  F
                             |3-|
   q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q
|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
                                D.S. al Coda
  G      F        G        F       D  F   G
                                |-3-|
  Q  +E   E  +Q   Q    +E   E  +Q   E  Q  Q
|-7--(7)--8--(8)--7--|-(7)--8--(8)-10--8--7--||
|-8--(8)-10-(10)--8--|-(8)-10-(10)-10-10--8--||
|-7--(7)-10-(10)--7--|-(7)-10-(10)-11-10--7--||
|-9--(9)-10-(10)--9--|-(9)-10-(10)-12-10--9--||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
 
 
  &
  C
   Q  Q  H      W           Q  Q  H      W
|--8----------|----------|--8----------|------|
|--8----------|----------|--8----------|------|
|--9----------|----------|--9----------|------|
|-10----------|----------|-10----------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
 
 
                           Interlude
                            C        Bb         F
                                  |3-|                   |3-|
   Q  Q  H      W            Q   +Q  E +H        q   q   Q  E  q
|--8----------|----------||--8---(8)-6-(6)----|--8---8---8--8--8--|
|--8----------|----------||--8---(8)-6-(6)----|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|--9----------|----------||--9---(9)-7-(7)----|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-10----------|----------||-10--(10)-8-(8)----|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-------------|----------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------||-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  C                                     F
                             |3-|                                  |3-|
   q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q     q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q
|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|
|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|--9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9--9--9--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
                         D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
  G      F        G        F       D  F         C
                                |-3-|
  Q  +E   E  +Q   Q    +E   E  +Q   E  Q  Q      q  Q  H      W
|-7--(7)--8--(8)--7--|-(7)--8--(8)-10--8--7--||--8----------|------||
|-8--(8)-10-(10)--8--|-(8)-10-(10)-10-10--8--||--8----------|------||
|-7--(7)-10-(10)--7--|-(7)-10-(10)-11-10--7--||--9----------|------||
|-9--(9)-10-(10)--9--|-(9)-10-(10)-12-10--9--||-10----------|------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||-------------|------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||-------------|------||
 
 
   Outro
    C
                                                                   |3-|
     q   q   q   q     q   q   q   q     q   q   q   q     q   q   Q  E  q    3x
||---8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8----||
||o--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8--8--8---o||
||---9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9---9--|--9---9---9--9--9----||
||--10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10----||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------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
 
 
 
 
Shake!
[Everybody say it!] Shake!
[Early in the morning] Shake!
[Late in the evening] Shake!
[In the midnight hour] Shake!
[When the time's going bad, now] Shake!
Shake with the feeling!
Shake with the feeling!
 
Listen while I'm talkin' to you now
Tell you what I'm gonna do now
There's a new thing going around now
I'll tell what to put down now
 
You move your body all around
And just shake
That's the way you do it Shake, Shake, Shake it baby
Shake it like a bowl of soup
Let your body loop de loop
Put your hands on your hip
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just shake!
 
Shake early in the morning
Shake early in the evening
 
A Ring-A-Ling-a-Ling
Honey, Shakin' is the greatest thing
But if you really roll Gotta do the thing with soul!
 
Shake shake with all your might now
If you do it, do it right now
Put your hands on your hip, yeah
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like your hip
And just shake
 
[God have mercy now!]
Early in the morning
Early in the evening All night long, y'all!
 
If you really want to roll
Gotta do the thing with soul!
Shake shake with all your might
If you do it, do it right
Let your body loop de lite
Shake!
Everybody say it, Shake!
One more time, Shake!
Everybody louder, Shake!
One more time, now, say Shake!
Everybody a bit louder, Shake!
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