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Shake A Tail Feat Chords by The Blues Brothers

Shake A Tail Feat chords by The Blues Brothers

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SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER

As recorded by The Blues Brothers
(From the 1980 Album THE BLUES BROTHERS: MUSIC FROM THE SOUNDTRACK)


Words and Music by Otha Hayes, Andre Williams & Verlie Rice
Arranged by The Blues Brothers
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=158
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
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 1st Verse
  N.C.
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  W          W          W          E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||


 2nd Verse
  D               G                D               G
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E E E Q    E. S E E +E  E q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------7-7---x--|-3--x-3-(3)--x--|------7-7---x--|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3---|
|------7-7---x--|-4--x-4-(4)--x--|------7-7---x--|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4---|
|-7--x-7-7-7-x--|-5--x-5-(5)--x--|-7--x-7-7-7-x--|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|-5--x-5-5-5-x--|----------------|-5--x-5-5-5-x--|--------------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------|


  D                 Bm                   E7                   N.C.
  E. S E E E E q    E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S E E +E  E E E    W
|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------||
|----7---7-7---7--|--------7-(7)-------|--------------------|-------||
|----7---7-7---7--|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7---|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-------||
|-7--7-x-7-7-7-7--|-9--9-x-9-(9)-9-9-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-------||
|-5----x-5-5-5-5--|-9--9-x-9-(9)-9-9-x-|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-------||
|-----------------|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|--------------------|-/5----||


 Bridge
  N.C.
  +W           E Q.   +H       +W
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|-4s5----(5)----|-(5)----|
|------------|-5s6----(6)----|-(6)----|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|-(5)--------|---------------|--------|


  E Q.   +H       +W           E Q.   +H
|-4s5----(5)----|-(5)--------|-8s9----(9)----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|-5s6----(6)----|-(6)--------|-8s9----(9)----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|


  +W           E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E q
|-(9)--------|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9--||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-(9)--------|-8s9---8s9---8s9-|---8s9---8s9----||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------|-----------------|----------------||


   Chorus
    D                   G               D
    E. S E E +E  E q    Q  E E E E Q    E. S E E +E  E E E
||--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
||o----7---7-(7)-7-7--|---------------|----7---7-(7)-7-7---|
||-----7---7-(7)-7-7--|-4--4-4---4-4--|----7---7-(7)-7-7---|
||--7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7--|-5--5-5---5-5--|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
||o-5----x-5-(5)-5-5--|-5--5-5---5-5--|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5-x-|
||--------------------|-3--3-3---3-3--|--------------------|


  A                 G
  E E E E E E E E   E E q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-7--5-5-7-5-|-(5)-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


  D                                    G
  E E q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E q  E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-7-7-9--7-7-9-7-|-(7)-7-9-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-7--5-5-7-5-|
|----------------|-------------------|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|


  +E  E E E E E E E   W          +W
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------|----------|--------|
|-(5)-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|----------|--------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--------|-(5)----|


  a E Q.   +H       +W           E Q.   +H
|-----------------|------------|-4s5----(5)----|
|-4s5-5----(5)----|-(5)--------|---------------|
|-5s6-6----(6)----|-(6)--------|-5s6----(6)----|
|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------------|


  +W           E Q.   +H       +W
|-(5)--------|-8s9----(9)----|-(9)----|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|-(6)--------|-8s9----(9)----|-(9)----|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|---------------|--------|
|------------|---------------|--------|


                   1.                 2.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E q      E E E E E E q
|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9---||-9-----9-----9--||
|-----------------|----------------o||----------------||
|-8s9---8s9---8s9-|---8s9---8s9-----||---8s9---8s9----||
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|-----------------|----------------o||----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||


 Bridge
  D                    G                    D
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E
|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


  G                    D                    G
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


  D                    G                      D
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E     E. S E E +E  E e E
|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-||---------------------|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-||o----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-||-----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---||--7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------||o-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------||---------------------|


  G                    D
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  G                    D
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|---------------------|
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x--|
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x--|
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x--|
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5----|
|--------------------|---------------------|


                                           1.,2.
  G                    D                    G
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E  3x
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x--||
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-o||
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x--||
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5----||
|--------------------|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||


  3.
  G
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E q
|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9--||
|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|-----------------|----------------||
|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|-8s9---8s9---8s9-|---8s9---8s9----||
|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------||


   Outro
    D                    G
    E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E
||---------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x-|
||o----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-|
||-----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x-|
||--7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5---|
||o-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|


  D                    G
  E. S E E +E  E e E   E. S E E +E  E e E
|--------------------|--------3-(3)-3-3-x--||
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-3--3-x-3-(3)-3-3-x-o||
|----7---7-(7)-7-7-x-|-4--4-x-4-(4)-4-4-x--||
|-7--7-x-7-(7)-7-7-x-|-5--5-x-5-(5)-5-5----||
|-5----x-5-(5)-5-5---|--------------------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

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