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Respect Tab by Aretha Franklin

Respect tab by Aretha Franklin

Guitar Tab

RESPECT

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


Words and Music by Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand


           C                    F                    G                   F#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

           B
      x x 9 8 7 7

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'King Curtis - Sax'


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

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


  C                             F
  Q  q             Q       q    Q  q          Q      q
  |  |             |       |    |  |          |      |
  x  /             x       /    x  /          x      /

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


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
      G                 F                 G                 F
    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                 F                C     N.C.          F    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 E   E Q  E +E  Q  E
|---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     N.C.           F    N.C.           F    N.C.
  Q  Q  S S S S E E    E Q  E +E  Q  E     E Q  E +E  Q  E
|--------------------|---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#m
  Gtr II
  Q        q      Q     q          Q        q   Q  q
  |        |      |     |          |        |   |  |
  x        /      x     /          x        /   x  /

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


  B
  Q  q         Q          q          Q      q        Q         q
  |  |         |          |          |      |        |         |
  x  /         x          /          x      /        x         /

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


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

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


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

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


                      Interlude
  F                    C
  Gtr II
  E E E E  Q    Q       q     Q         H
  | | | |       |       |
  x / x x       x       /

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


  F
   q     Q         H
   |
   /

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


  C                            F
   q     Q         H           q     Q       H
   |                           |
   /                           /

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


   Out-Chorus
    C                   F
    Gtr II
    Q  q  Q       q     Q   q    Q    q
    |  |  |       |     |   |    |    |
    x  /  x       /     x   /    x    /

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


  C                   F
  Q  q  Q       q     Q   q    Q    q
  |  |  |       |     |   |    |    |
  x  /  x       /     x   /    x    /

  Q  Q  S S S S E E   E Q   E +E  Q   E   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 - 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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