Respect tab by Aretha Franklin

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RESPECT

As recorded by Aretha Franklin
(From the 1967 Album I NEVER LOVED A augmentedA MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU)


Words and Music by Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand


      C majorC          FF          G+G          F# minorF#m
   x x 10 9 8 8     x x 3 2 1 1     x x 5 4 3 3     x x 4 2 2 2

      BB
   x x 9 8 7 7

Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'King Curtis - Sax'


 Intro
 Q=116
 C majorC               FF
 4/4
 Gtr II
 Q q       Q    q  Q q     Q   q
 | |       |    |  | |     |   |
 x /       x    /  x /     x   /

 Gtr I
 Q S S S S   +E MajorE  +Q.   Q S S S S  +E MajorE +Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----8-8---10b11-(10)-(10)----|----1-1---3b4-(3)-(3)----|
|----9-9----------------------|----2-2------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


 C majorC               FF
 Q q       Q    q  Q q     Q   q
 | |       |    |  | |     |   |
 x /       x    /  x /     x   /

 Q S S S S   +E MajorE  +Q.   Q S S S S  +E MajorE +Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----8-8---10b11-(10)-(10)----|----1-1---3b4-(3)-(3)----||
|----9-9----------------------|----2-2------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||

  1st - 4th Verses
  $
   G+G         FF         G+G         FF
  Gtr II
   Q  Q Q Q   Q  q Q q   q  q Q Q   q  q Q Q
   |  | | |   |  | | |   |  | | |   |  | | |
   x  x x /   x  / x /   /  / x x   /  / x x

  Gtr I
  a q a q Q Q  a q a q Q Q  a q a q Q Q  a q a q Q Q
||----3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|
||o---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|
||--3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--|-3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                   Chorus
  G+G         FF        C majorC   N.C.     FF  N.C.
  q  q Q Q   q  q Q Q   W          W
  |  | | |   |  | | |
  /  / x x   /  / x x

 a q a q Q Q  a q a q Q Q   Q Q S S S S E MajorE E  E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE Q E MajorE
|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--||-------------------|---1-------------|
|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--||----5--------------|---1--3-(3)-4----|
|-3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--||----5--------------|---2--3-(3)-5----|
|-----------------|-----------------||----5--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3---------3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------3-5---5---0-|-1---------------|


           1.,2.        3.
       To Coda
 C majorC   N.C.      FF  N.C.      FF  N.C.
 Q Q S S S S E MajorE E  E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE Q E MajorE   E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE Q E MajorE
|--------------------|---1--------------||---1-------------||
|----5---------------|---1--3-(3)-4----o||---1--3-(3)-4----||
|----5---------------|---2--3-(3)-5-----||---2--3-(3)-5----||
|----5---------------|------------------||-----------------||
|-3---------3---3----|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-------3-5---5---0--|-1----------------||-1---------------||


 Bridge / Sax Solo
 F# minorF#m
 Gtr II
 Q    q   Q   q     Q    q  Q q
 |    |   |   |     |    |  | |
 x    /   x   /     x    /  x /

 Gtr III (Sax. arr. for Gtr.)
            |--3--|
 E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE  e E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE  E MajorE S S H.
|--------------------14---------|---------------------|
|------10-12-14-(14)------14-12-|----10-12------------|
|---11--------------------------|-11-------11---------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|


 BB
 Q q     Q     q     Q   q    Q     q
 | |     |     |     |   |    |     |
 x /     x     /     x   /    x     /

   |--3--|  |--3---|       |-3-|
 Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE  E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE  S S  E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE a E MajorE a E MajorE a S E.  +E MajorE
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------12-(12)-14-12-|---9-7-(7)-----------------------|
|---------11-(11)-13---------------|-----------6h8-6h8---------------|
|------13--------------------------|-------------------9h10-9----(9)-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


 F# minorF#m
 Q    q   Q    q     Q     q  Q q
 |    |   |    |     |     |  | |
 x    /   x    /     x     /  x /

 E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E S S  S S E MajorE +H   Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|------10-12-14-14-10h12---10-12-|-10-12----------------|
|---11---------------------------|-------11-(11)--------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|


 G+G
 Q    q    Q       q
 |    |    |       |
 x    /    x       /

 |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
 E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S S S S S S
|---14-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------14-13-14-13-----------------------------|
|------------------14-15-14-12-11--------------|
|---------------------------------12-13-12-11--|
|----------------------------------------------|


               D.S. al Coda &
 Q      q     Q       q
 |      |     |       |
 x      /     x       /

 |--3--|   |--3--|
 E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +S  S S S +Q
|-----------------------------------------||
|---------10h12-14-15-(15)-12-------------||
|---13-14---------------------14-13-(13)--||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||


           Interlude
 FF          C majorC
 Gtr II
 E MajorE E E MajorE E Q  Q    q   Q     H
 | | | |    |    |
 x / x x    x    /

 Gtr I        Gtr III
 E MajorE Q  E MajorE +E MajorE Q  E MajorE   E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S +E MajorE  E MajorE Q
|---1---------------||-----------------------------|
|---1---3-(3)-4-----||-----------------------------|
|---2---3-(3)-5-----||-----------------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------||-13-13-13-13-15-(15)-15-13---|
|-1-----------------||-----------------------------|


 FF
  q   Q     H
  |
  /

  E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S +E MajorE  E MajorE Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-15-(15)-15-13--|
|----------------------------|


 C majorC              FF
  q   Q     H      q   Q    H
  |              |
  /              /

  E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S +E MajorE  E MajorE Q  E MajorE E MajorE E. S +E MajorE  E MajorE Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------15----18-(18)--------|---18-----18-(18)--------||
|-15-17----17---------20-18--|------20----------20-18--||


  Out-Chorus
  C majorC          FF
  Gtr II
  Q q Q    q   Q  q  Q  q
  | | |    |   |  |  |  |
  x / x    /   x  /  x  /

  Gtr I
  Q Q S S S S E MajorE E  E MajorE Q  E MajorE +E MajorE Q  E MajorE
||--------------------|---1---------------|
||o----5--------------|---1---3-(3)-4-----|
||-----5--------------|---2---3-(3)-5-----|
||-----5--------------|-------------------|
||o-3-------0-3-0-3---|-------------------|
||--------3---------0-|-1-----------------|


 C majorC          FF
 Q q Q    q   Q  q  Q  q
 | | |    |   |  |  |  |
 x / x    /   x  /  x  /

 Q Q S S S S E MajorE E  E MajorE Q  E MajorE +E MajorE Q  E MajorE  3x
|-------------------|---1-----------------||
|----5--------------|---1---3-(3)-4------o||
|----5--------------|---2---3-(3)-5-------||
|----5--------------|---------------------||
|-3-------0-3-0-3---|--------------------o||
|-------3---------0-|-1-------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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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