Ain't No Stoppin Us Now Tab by Mcfadden And Whitehead

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now tab by Mcfadden And Whitehead

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AIN'T NO STOPPIN' US NOW

As recorded by McFadden & Whitehead
(From the 1979 Album MCFADDEN & WHITEHEAD)

Words and Music by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead & Jerry Cohen

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dennis Hart - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'


 Intro
  Q=112
  Gb9/Ab
 4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
  W                      +W             W                 +W
|-4--------------------|-(4)----------|-4-------------|---(4)--------|
|-2--------------------|-(2)----------|-2-------------|---(2)--------|
|-3--------------------|-(3)----------|-3-------------|---(3)--------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|

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| Gtrs II, III (Clean El. Gtr. & Strings arr. for Gtr.)
|                                              |-3-|
| H    S S S S S S S S    Q   H.        Q  E E Q Q Q    a  Q   H.
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------7-6-----------|--------------|--------7-6----|-9h11---9-----|
|------------8-6-8-6-8-|--------------|------------8--|--------------|
|----------------------|--8---6-------|------8--------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|


  W                      +W
|-4--------------------|-(4)------------|
|-2--------------------|-(2)------------|
|-3--------------------|-(3)------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|
| H    S S S S S S S S    Q   H    S E.
|----------------------|----------------|
|--------7-6-----------|----------------|
|------------8-6-8-6-8-|----------------|
|----------------------|--8---6----6-8--|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|


  Fsus4
  Q.          E   Q       Q         Q.          E   Q       Q
|-1-----------1---1-------1-------|-1-----------1---1-------1--------|
|-1-----------1---1-------1-------|-1-----------1---1-------1--------|
|-3-----------3---3-------3-------|-3-----------3---3-------3--------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8-6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8-|-6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8-6h8p6h8p6h8p6----|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  Bbm7                 Cm         Fm
  E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4-(4)-4-4---|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4--|
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6--|
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5--|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|


  Bbm7                 Cm         Fm
  E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4-(4)-4-4---|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


  Bbm7                 Cm         Fm
  E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4-(4)-4-4---|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4--|
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6--|
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5--|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|


  Bbm7                 Cm         Fm
  E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4-(4)-4-4---|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---||
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---||
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||


 Chorus
  Bbm7                     Cm         Fm
  E. S E E   +E  E E E     E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4---(4)-4-4-----|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
|                          ~~
| Q.     S S  Q.     S S   H.            E E
|-8----------------------|-------------------|
|--------9-6--9------6---|-------------------|
|----------------------6-|-8-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


  Bbm7                       Cm          Fm
  E.     S  E  E +E  E E E    E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4------4-----4-(4)-4-4---|--3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|
| S  S E   +H.               +H.            Q
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|-6--6---------------------|--------------------|
|------8---(8)-------------|-(8)----------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|


  Bbm7                     Cm         Fm
  E. S E E   +E  E E E     E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4---(4)-4-4-----|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
|                          ~~
| Q.     S S  Q.     S S   H.            E E
|-8----------------------|-------------------|
|--------9-6--9------6---|-------------------|
|----------------------6-|-8-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


  Bbm7                       Cm          Fm
  E.     S  E  E +E  E E E    E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4------4-----4-(4)-4-4---|--3--3-(3)-3-4--4---||
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--4--4-(4)-4-6--6---||
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--5--5-(5)-5-5--5---||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|
| S  S E   +H.               +H.            Q
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|-6--6---------------------|--------------------||
|------8---(8)-------------|-(8)----------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||


   1st & 2nd Verses
    $
    Bbm7                 Cm         Fm
    E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S +E  E Q  Q
||--4--4---4-(4)-4-4---|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4--|
||o-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6--|
||--6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5--|
||---------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------|
||---------------------|------------------|


  Bbm7                 Cm         Fm
  E. S E E +E  E E E   E. S +E  E Q  Q   4x
|-4--4---4-(4)-4-4---|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---||
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6--o||
|-6--6---6-(6)-6-6---|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||


 Bridge
  Gb9/Ab
  W                      +W             W                 +W
|-4--------------------|-(4)----------|-4-------------|---(4)--------|
|-2--------------------|-(2)----------|-2-------------|---(2)--------|
|-3--------------------|-(3)----------|-3-------------|---(3)--------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
|                                              |-3-|
| H    S S S S S S S S    Q   H.        Q  E E Q Q Q    a  Q   H.
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------7-6-----------|--------------|--------7-6----|-9h11---9-----|
|------------8-6-8-6-8-|--------------|------------8--|--------------|
|----------------------|--8---6-------|------8--------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|


  W                      +W
|-4--------------------|-(4)------------|
|-2--------------------|-(2)------------|
|-3--------------------|-(3)------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|
|
| H    S S S S S S S S    Q   H    S E.
|----------------------|----------------|
|--------7-6-----------|----------------|
|------------8-6-8-6-8-|----------------|
|----------------------|--8---6----6-8--|
|----------------------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------|


  Fsus4
  Q.          E   Q       Q         Q.          E   Q       Q
|-1-----------1---1-------1-------|-1-----------1---1-------1--------||
|-1-----------1---1-------1-------|-1-----------1---1-------1--------||
|-3-----------3---3-------3-------|-3-----------3---3-------3--------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8-6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8-|-6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8-6h8p6h8p6h8p6----||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||


   Chorus
    Bbm7                     Cm         Fm
    E. S E E   +E  E E E     E. S +E  E Q  Q
||--4--4---4---(4)-4-4-----|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
||o-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
||--6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
||-------------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------|
|
|                            ~~
|   Q.     S S  Q.     S S   H.            E E
||--8----------------------|-------------------|
||o--------9-6--9------6---|-------------------|
||-----------------------6-|-8-----------------|
||-------------------------|-----------------8-|
||o------------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------|


                                       To Coda
  Bbm7                       Cm          Fm
  E.     S  E  E +E  E E E    E. S +E  E Q  Q   3x
|-4------4-----4-(4)-4-4---|--3--3-(3)-3-4--4---||
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--4--4-(4)-4-6--6--o||
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--5--5-(5)-5-5--5---||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|
| S  S E   +H.               +H.            Q   3x
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------o||
|-6--6---------------------|--------------------||
|------8---(8)-------------|-(8)----------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------||


  Bbm7                     Cm         Fm
  E. S E E   +E  E E E     E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4---(4)-4-4-----|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
|                          ~~
| Q.     S S  Q.     S S   H.            E E
|-8----------------------|-------------------|
|--------9-6--9------6---|-------------------|
|----------------------6-|-8-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


                                  D.S. al Coda
  Bbm7                       Cm          Fm
  E.     S  E  E +E  E E E    E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4------4-----4-(4)-4-4---|--3--3-(3)-3-4--4---||
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--4--4-(4)-4-6--6---||
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--5--5-(5)-5-5--5---||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|
| S  S E   +H.               +H.            Q
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|-6--6---------------------|--------------------||
|------8---(8)-------------|-(8)----------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------||


  &
  Bbm7                     Cm         Fm
  E. S E E   +E  E E E     E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4--4---4---(4)-4-4-----|-3--3-(3)-3-4--4---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-4--4-(4)-4-6--6---|
|-6--6---6---(6)-6-6-----|-5--5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
|                          ~~
| Q.     S S  Q.     S S   H.            E E
|-8----------------------|-------------------|
|--------9-6--9------6---|-------------------|
|----------------------6-|-8-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


  Bbm7                       Cm          Fm
  E.     S  E  E +E  E E E    E. S +E  E Q  Q
|-4------4-----4-(4)-4-4---|--3--3-(3)-3-4--4---*|
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--4--4-(4)-4-6--6---*|
|-6------6-----6-(6)-6-6---|--5--5-(5)-5-5--5---*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|
| S  S E   +H.               +H.            Q
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|-6--6---------------------|--------------------*|
|------8---(8)-------------|-(8)----------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|


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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