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I THANK YOU
 
As recorded by Sam & Dave
(From the 1968 Album I THANK YOU)
 
Words and Music by Isaac Hayes & David Porter
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Memphis Horns - Brass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=118
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
  W          W          W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    Segno $
    Segno Segno $$
    N.C.
    Q  E S S +S  S E E E   Q  E S S +S  S E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||---------------3---3---|--------------3---3---|
||-------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
  Q  E S S +S  S E E E   Q  E S S +S  S E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3---3---|--------------3---3-----|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
 
 
  Q  E S S +S  S E E E   Q  E S S +S  S E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------3---3---|--------------3---3---|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
 
 
           To Dbl. Coda
  Q  E S S +S  S E E E    Q  E S S +S  S E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3---3----|--------------3---3-----|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5--|------3h5-(5)-------5---|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
 
 
  Q.   E +H       W          Q.   E +H       W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|-6----4-(4)----|----------|-6----4-(4)----|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
 
 
                                            1.
                                 To Coda
  Q.   E +H       W          Q.   E +H       W
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------o||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|-6----4-(4)----|----------|-6----4-(4)----|------o||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-6-----||
 
 
2.
Dal Segno al Coda / Coda &
              N.C.
  W           W          Q  q  Q  q    Q  q  Q  q
|----------||----------|-------------|----4-----4---|
|----------||----------|----4-----4--|----4-----4---|
|----------||----------|----3-----3--|--------------|
|----------||----------|-------------|--------------|
|----------||----------|-------------|--------------|
|-6--------||-6--------|-------------|--------------|
 
 
                              Interlude
                               N.C.
  Q  q  Q  q    Q  q  Q  q      Q  q  Q    q        Q   q   Q  q
|-------------|----4-----4--||-----8-------8----|-------9------9----|
|----4-----4--|----4-----4--||-----8-------8----|-------9------9----|
|----3-----3--|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| W             W               H     E  Q    E    +Q   E E Q  E E
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------8-10---10-|-(10)--8-6-8--6----|
|-------------|-------------||-10---------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                                         Dal Segno Segno al Dbl. Coda
   Q  q  Q    q        Q   q   Q  q      W            W
|-----8-------8----|-------9------9---|------------|---------------||
|-----8-------8----|-------9------9---|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|
|  H     E  Q    E    +Q   E E Q  E E   +W           +Q   Q  H
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|--------8-10---10-|-(10)--8-6-8--6---|------------|---------------||
|-10---------------|----------------8-|-(8)--------|-(8)-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
 
 
                          Outro
  Double Coda &&
  N.C.                     N.C.
  Q  E S S +S  S E E E      H        E     +E   E  E    +E   Q  E E   E  E  E
|----------------------||----------------------11----|------------------11----|
|----------------------||o-14b16----14b16-(14)-------|--------------/11----14-|
|--------------3---3---||-------------------------13-|-(13)-11----------------|
|------3h5-(5)-------5-||----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------||o---------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
 
 
   +H      E  E  E  E    +H     E  E  E  E
|---------11----11----|--------------11-----||
|-(14)-------14----14-|-(14)------11----14-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
X