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The Weight Tab by Aretha Franklin

The Weight tab by Aretha Franklin

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Title: The Weight
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Copyright: Kjetil Detlie 2016
Tabber: Kjetil Detlie
Mail: kjetil(at)detlie.com

I have added the time for the bars so you know when to play it. Use a slide!
This has been tabbed as it is played by Duane Allman

Remember to tune the gitar in E B E G# B E

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        Intro
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
B |----------------|----------------|--4-----6-------|-------------------|
G#|-/6-------------|----/6-/6-------|-----6----/6----|--0-----0-----0----|
E |-/6--4-----4----|--6--------6----|----------------|-----1-----1-----1-|
B |--------6-------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
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                16s              19s              23s
E |----------|----------------|----------------|--6--6-\4-------|--4-/6----|
B |----------|----------------|--4-----4-/6----|-----------6----|----------|
G#|--0--2----|--6-\4----------|-----6----------|----------------|----------|
E |----------|--------6-\4----|----------------|----------------|----------|
B |----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|
E |----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|

        27s       30s           35s
E |----------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
B |----------------|-/6----------|----------------|-------|
G#|--4-/6----------|----/6-------|----------------|-------|
E |--------4-/6----|-------/6----|--4-----4-------|-/6----|
B |----------------|-------------|----/6----/6----|-------|
E |----------------|-------------|----------------|-------|

 38s                      40s                         44s
E |----------------|-------|----------------|----------|---------------------|----------------|
B |----------------|-------|----------------|----------|--/6-----------------|----------------|
G#|-/6-------------|-------|-/6-------------|----------|------6-\4----/6--/6-|--0-----0-------|
E |-----6-\4-------|-/6----|-----6-\4-------|-/6-------|-----------6---------|-----1-----1----|
B |-----------6----|-------|-----------6----|----------|---------------------|----------------|
E |----------------|-------|----------------|----------|---------------------|----------------|

                           58s                     1:03s
E |----------------|-------|-----6--4-------|-/6----|-----6-----/10---|
B |----------------|-------|-/6--------6----|-------|--6-----6--------|
G#|--0-----0-------|--2----|----------------|-------|-----------------|
E|-----1-----1----|-------|----------------|-------|-----------------|
B|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|-----------------|
E|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|-----------------|

        1:08           1:15                     1:17
E |--6----|-------------|----------------|-------|--6--6-\4-------|--4-/6----|
B |-------|-/6-/6-------|----------------|-------|-----------6----|----------|
G#|-------|-------------|-/6-------------|-------|----------------|----------|
E |-------|-------/6----|-----6-\4-------|-/6----|----------------|----------|
B |-------|-------------|-----------6----|-------|----------------|----------|
E |-------|-------------|----------------|-------|----------------|----------|

     1:20                    1:23
E |----------------|----------|---------------------|
B |----------------|----------|---------------------|
G#|----------------|----------|-/6------------/7--7-|
E |-/6--6-\4-------|--4-/6----|-----6-\4------------|
B |-----------6----|----------|-----------6---------|
E |----------------|----------|---------------------|

1:30                           1:35        1:38
E |----------------|-------------|----------|----------|
B |--4-----4-------|-/6----------|----------|----------|
G#|-----6-----6----|----/6-------|-/6-------|-/6-------|
E |----------------|-------/6----|----/6----|----/6----|
B |----------------|-------------|----------|----------|
E |----------------|-------------|----------|----------|

1:49            1:54            1:57         1:59
E |----6----4-/6--|-------------|-------------|--4----/6----|
B |-/6---6--------|-------------|--4----/6----|-----6-------|
G#|---------------|-------------|-----6-------|-------------|
E |---------------|--4----/6----|-------------|-------------|
B |---------------|-----6-------|-------------|-------------|
E |---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

     2:09                                   2:21
E |----------------|----------------|-----7-----7----|-/10---|
B |----------------|----------------|--7-----7-------|-------|
G#|--1-----1-------|--1-----1/3-----|----------------|-------|
E |-----2-----2----|-----2----------|----------------|-------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|

 2:27          2:29             2:32            2:42
E |-------------|-----7-----7----|-----7----/10---|--7----|
B |--5----/7----|--7-----7-------|--7-----7-------|-------|
G#|-----5-------|----------------|----------------|-------|
E |-------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
B |-------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
E |-------------|----------------|----------------|-------|


E |-7-/7--7---\5--/7----||
B |---------7-----------||
G#|---------------------||
E |---------------------||
B |---------------------||
E |---------------------||

As played bye Duane Allman on The Weigh (Aretha Franklin)

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