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Dancing In The Street tab by The Mamas & The Papas

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DANCING IN THE STREET

As recorded by The Mamas & The Papas
(From the 1966 Album THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS)

Words and Music by Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter & William Stevenson
Arranged by The Mamas & The Papas

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tommy Tedesco - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'P.F. Sloan - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=120
  N.C.            Chord diagramE7E7
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
  Wx5          Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE
|------------|----10------10---|
|------------|-----9-------9---|
|------------|-----9-------9---|
|------------|-----9-------9---|
|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|
  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


 1st Verse
     Chord diagramE7E7
  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q    e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10-------10----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W                 W                 W                 H       Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-6--7----|
  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q    e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10-------10----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9--------9----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| H       H         W                 W                 H       Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5--6-7--|


  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| H       H         W                 W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                         Chord diagramA7A7
  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----8------8---|----8------8----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----6------6---|----6------6----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|


                                     Chord diagramE7E7
  Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----5------5---|----5------5---|----10------10---|
|----8------8---|----8------8---|-----9-------9---|
|----6------6---|----6------6---|-----9-------9---|
|----5------5---|----5------5---|-----9-------9---|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|


  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


 Bridge
  $
  Chord diagramG#G#                              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4--|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6--|
|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6--|
|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4--|
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|---------------|----------------|


                                         To Coda
  Chord diagramF#F#                              Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramB7B7
  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE    Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-6--6-6-6-6--6--|-8--8-8-8-8--8-||
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-7--7-7-7-7--7--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-4--4-4-4-4--4-|-7--7-7-7-7--7--|-9--9-9-9-9--9-||
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||


   2nd Verse
       Chord diagramE7E7
    Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE  4x
||-----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10----||
||o-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---o||
||------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----||
||------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


                                         Chord diagramA7A7
  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10---|----10------10---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----8------8---|----8------8----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----6------6---|----6------6----|
|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|----5------5---|----5------5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|


                                     Chord diagramE7E7
  Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE Q  e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE
|----5------5---|----5------5---|----10------10---|----10------10----|
|----8------8---|----8------8---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|----6------6---|----6------6---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|----5------5---|----5------5---|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                  El. Piano Solo
                                                    1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
                      N.C.            Chord diagramE7E7
   Q   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE   W            Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE   8x
|-10--10--10-10--10-|----------||-----10------10---|----10------10-----||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|----------||o-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----o||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|----------||------9-------9---|-----9-------9-----||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|----------||------9-------9---|-----9-------9-----||
|-------------------|----------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-------------------|----------||------------------|-------------------||


  8.
      D.S. al Coda &
                      Chord diagramB7B7
  Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE Q   e Chord diagramE MajorE     Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE
|----10------10----||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-----9-------9----||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|-----9-------9----||-8--8-8-8-8--8-|-8--8-8-8-8--8-|-8--8-8-8-8--8-||
|-----9-------9----||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||
|------------------||-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9--9-9-9-9--9-||
|------------------||-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7--7-7-7-7--7-||


   Outro
    Chord diagramE7E7
     Q   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE    Q   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE
||--10--10--10-10--10-|-10--10--10-10--10-|
||o--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-|
||---9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-|
||---9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|


   Q   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE    Q   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  5x
|-10--10--10-10--10-|-10--10--10-10--10--||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9-o||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9--||
|--9---9---9--9---9-|--9---9---9--9---9--||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; Chord diagramE 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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