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Heat Wave Tab by Martha And The Vandellas

Heat Wave tab by Martha And The Vandellas

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro 1:
  Q=164(8=s8/shuffle feel)
  Bb
  4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    q  Q  H
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10----------||
B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11----------||
G|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|-10----------||
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12----------||
A|-------------------------|-------------||
E|-------------------------|-------------||


Intro 2:
   Fm              Gm              Cm
    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|--8-----8------|-10----10------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
B|--9-----9------|-11----11------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
G|-10----10------|-12----12------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
D|-10----10------|-12----12------|-10----10------|-10----10-------|
A|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-10----10------|-10----10-------|
E|---------------|---------------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|


   Fm              Gm              Cm
    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|--8-----8------|-10----10------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
B|--9-----9------|-11----11------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
G|-10----10------|-12----12------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
D|-10----10------|-12----12------|-10----10------|-10----10-------|
A|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-10----10------|-10----10-------|
E|---------------|---------------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|


   Fm              Gm              Ab              Bb
    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-11----11------|-13----13-------|
B|--9-----9------|-11----11------|-13----13------|-15----15-------|
G|-10----10------|-12----12------|-13----13------|-15----15-------|
D|-10----10------|-12----12------|-13----13------|-15----15-------|
A|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-11----11------|-13----13-------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|


   Eb
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   q  Q  H
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3----------||
B|-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----------||
G|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3----------||
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5----------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------||


Verses 1 - 4:
     Fm              Gm              Cm
      q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e||---8-----8------|-10----10------|--8-----8------|--8-----8------|
B||o--9-----9------|-11----11------|--8-----8------|--8-----8------|
G||--10----10------|-12----12------|--8-----8------|--8-----8------|
D||--10----10------|-12----12------|-10----10------|-10----10------|
A||o--8-----8------|-10----10------|-10----10------|-10----10------|
E||----------------|---------------|--8-----8------|--8-----8------|


   Fm              Gm              Cm
    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|--8-----8------|-10----10------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
B|--9-----9------|-11----11------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
G|-10----10------|-12----12------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|
D|-10----10------|-12----12------|-10----10------|-10----10-------|
A|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-10----10------|-10----10-------|
E|---------------|---------------|--8-----8------|--8-----8-------|


   Fm              Gm              Ab              Bb
    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-11----11------|-13----13-------||
B|--9-----9------|-11----11------|-13----13------|-15----15-------||
B|-10----10------|-12----12------|-13----13------|-15----15-------||
D|-10----10------|-12----12------|-13----13------|-15----15-------||
A|--8-----8------|-10----10------|-11----11------|-13----13-------||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


Chorus:
   Eb
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|-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--|
G|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5--|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                                        1.,2.,3.
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   q  Q  H     4x
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------||
B|-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----------o||
G|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-----------||
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------o||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||


               Outro:
  4.
                  Fm              Gm
   q  Q  H         q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|-3----------||---8-----8------|-10----10------|
B|-4----------||o--9-----9------|-11----11------|
G|-3----------||--10----10------|-12----12------|
D|-5----------||--10----10------|-12----12------|
A|------------||o--8-----8------|-10----10------|
E|------------||----------------|---------------|


   Cm
    q  E  H    E    q  E  H    E
e|--8-----8------|--8-----8---------||
B|--8-----8------|--8-----8--------o||
G|--8-----8------|--8-----8---------||
D|-10----10------|-10----10---------||
A|-10----10------|-10----10--------o||
E|--8-----8------|--8-----8---------||

***********************************
Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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