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Green Onions by Booker T And The Mgs

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GREEN ONIONS

As recorded by Booker T. & The MGs
(From the 1962 Album GREEN ONIONS)


Music by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg & Al Jackson, Jr.
Transcribed by Slowhand


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


  Q=138(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          H    Q  E e
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------x-3--|
|----------|----------|----------|---------x-3--|
|----------|----------|----------|---------x-3--|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------8--|
|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------8--|
|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------8--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


  H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e   H    Q  E  e
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-----------8-|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------10--|
|-----------8-|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------10--|
|-----------8-|-----------3-|-----------3-|-----------10--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


  H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e   H    Q  E e   W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-----------8-|-----------3-|-----------3-|------||
|-----------8-|-----------3-|-----------3-|------||
|-----------8-|-----------3-|-----------3-|------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||


    $
    PM-----------------------------------------------------|
    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-----------1--|-----------1--|-----------1--|-----------1--|
||--1--1-1-4-----|-1--1-1-4-----|-1--1-1-4-----|-1--1-1-4-----|


  PM-----------------------------------------------------|
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------1--|-----------1--|--------------|---------------|
|-1--1-1-4-----|-1--1-1-4-----|-----------1--|-----------1---|
|--------------|--------------|-1--1-1-4-----|-1--1-1-4------|


                                                    To Coda
  PM-----------------------------------------------------|
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|-----------3--|-----------1--|--------------|----------------||
|-3--3-3-6-----|-1--1-1-4-----|-----------1--|-----------1---o||
|--------------|--------------|-1--1-1-4-----|-1--1-1-4-------||


  H    Q  E   +E    E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------|----------1-1-----|
|-----------------|----------1-------|
|---------3b5r(3)p|=1------------3b5r|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|


                  ~~~~~~~~~
                  |3-|
  +E    E Q  E E +E  Q   E +E   Q  E E E E
|----------------------|---------------4-6--|
|--------------6-(6)-6-|-6-(6)\------6------|
|-(3)b5----------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|


  E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E S S   H    E Q    E
|-6p4------1-------|----------------|--------------------|-------------1-|
|----------1-------|----------1-----|------------1-1-----|-------------1-|
|------------3b5-3p|=1--------1-----|------------1-1-3p0-|--------3b5----|
|------------------|------------3-3-|-(3)----------------|---------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------|


                     |---3---|
  E   E Q  E E E E   E   +E  E Q  E E E   E
|------------------|----------------1-------|
|------------------|----------------1-------|
|-3b5----------1-3-|-3b5r(3)p1--------3b5-1-|
|------------3-----|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|


  ~
  Q  Q  E E a E E   E +E   Q  E E E   E
|-----------------|-------------1---------|
|-----------------|-------------1---------|
|-----------1h2---|---------------3b5-3p==|
|-3-------3-----3-|-3-(3)\----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|


  E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  E E E    E
|----------1-------|----------1-------|----------1-------|----------6----------|
|----------1-------|----------1-------|----------1-------|----------6----------|
|-1----------3b5-3p|=1----------3b5-3p|=1----------3b5-3p|=1----------8b10-8p==|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|


  E E Q  E E E    E   E E Q  E E E   E
|----------6--------|----------1-------|
|----------6--------|----------1-------|
|-6----------8b10-8p|=6----------3b5-3p|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|


  E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  E E  E     E
|----------1-------|----------8------------|
|----------1-------|----------8------------|
|-1----------3b5-3p|=1----------10b12-10p==|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|


                                                         D.S. al Coda
  E E Q  E E E    E   E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  E E E   E   E E Q  H
|----------6--------|----------1-------|----------1-------|--------------||
|----------6--------|----------1-------|----------1-------|--------------||
|-8----------8b10-8p|=6----------3b5-3p|=1----------3b5-3p|=1------------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||


  &
  Q  E E   +E  E Q    Q  E e H      Q  E E   E E Q    Q  E e H
|-------------------|-------------|----1------------|-------------|
|-------------------|------3------|----1------------|------3------|
|------3b5r(3)p1----|------3------|------3b5r3p1----|------3------|
|-------------------|------3------|-----------------|------3------|
|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|


    ~     ~
       |3-|
  E E +E  Q E +E   Q    Q  E e H      Q   E  E H
|---------------------|-------------|----13-13------*|
|---6-(6)-6-6-(6)\----|------3------|----13-13------*|
|---------------------|------3------|---------------*|
|---------------------|------3------|---------------*|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------*|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------*|


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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