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LOVE TRAIN

As recorded by The O'Jays
(From the 1972 Album BACK STABBERS)

Words and Music by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Dennis Harris - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=120
 C majorC             D7D7          FF
 4/4
 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
 Q  S E. a Q   Q   Q  a Q  H    Q  E MajorE E MajorE a Q  Q
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|----13-13--15s17----------|-----15s17--13------|-----13-13-15s17--13----|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|----10-10--12s14----------|-----12s14--10------|-----10-10-12s14--10----|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| H      +E MajorE S S E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E  H.        E MajorE E
|--------------------------|--------------------|-1-----------------1----|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|-1-----------------1----|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-5--------------5---|-2-----------------2----|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|-3-----------------3----|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|


            Chorus
 G+G           C majorC             D7D7
 Q  a Q  Q Q   Q  S E. a Q   Q   Q  a Q  H
|--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------|
|-----15s17--13------||----13-13--15s17----------|-----15s17--13------|
|--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------|
|-----12s14--10------||----10-10--12s14----------|-----12s14--10------|
|--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------|
|
| H.       E MajorE E  H      +E MajorE S S E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
|-3--------------3---||--------------------------|--------------------|
|-3--------------3---||-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
|-4--------------4---||-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-5--------------5---|
|-5--------------5---||-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
|--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------|

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 FF            G+G          C majorC
 Q  E MajorE E MajorE a Q  Q   Q  a Q  Q Q   Q  S E. a Q   Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-----13-13-15s17--13---|-----15s17--13------|----13-13--15s17----------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-----10-10-12s14--10---|-----12s14--10------|----10-10--12s14----------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| H.        E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E  H      +E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3---|--------------------------|
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3---|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|
|-2-----------------2---|-4--------------4---|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|
|-3-----------------3---|-5--------------5---|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|


 D7D7          FF            G+G
 Q  a Q  H    Q  E MajorE E MajorE a Q  Q   Q  a Q  Q Q
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----15s17--13------|-----13-13-15s17--13---|-----15s17--13------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----12s14--10------|-----10-10-12s14--10---|-----12s14--10------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|
| H.       E MajorE E  H.        E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
|--------------------|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3---||
|-7--------------7---|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3---||
|-5--------------5---|-2-----------------2---|-4--------------4---||
|-7--------------7---|-3-----------------3---|-5--------------5---||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||


  1st & 2nd Verses
  G+G                 FF
  Q  Q q Q   Q  E MajorE E E MajorE E Q   Q  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
||----------3------|-----3---3-5-----|-----------------|
||o-----/5---------|-------5---------|---------------6-|
||------/4---------|-----------------|-----5---5-7---5-|
||-----------------|-----------------|-------7---------|
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|  H.     E MajorE E  H.     E MajorE E  H.     E MajorE E
||--3----------3---|-3-----------3---|-1-------------1-|
||o-3----------3---|-3-----------3---|-1-------------1-|
||--4----------4---|-4-----------4---|-2-------------2-|
||--5----------5---|-5-----------5---|-3-------------3-|
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


         G+G
 +H   Q q   Q  Q q Q   Q  E MajorE E E MajorE E Q
|---------------|---------3------|-----3---3-5-----|
|-(6)----6--6---|-----/5---------|-------5---------|
|-(5)----5--7---|-----/4---------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| +H.    E MajorE E  H.     E MajorE E  H.     E MajorE E
|-(1)-------1---|-3----------3---|-3-----------3---|
|-(1)-------1---|-3----------3---|-3-----------3---|
|-(2)-------2---|-4----------4---|-4-----------4---|
|-(3)-------3---|-5----------5---|-5-----------5---|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|


 FF                 G+G
 Q  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E  +H   Q q   H   H
|-----------------|---------------|-------3------|
|---------------6-|-(6)----6--6---|--------------|
|-----5---5-7---5-|-(5)----5--7---|--------------|
|-------7---------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| H.     E MajorE E  +H.    E MajorE E  H.    E MajorE E
|-1-------------1-|-(1)-------1---|-3--------3---|
|-1-------------1-|-(1)-------1---|-3--------3---|
|-2-------------2-|-(2)-------2---|-4--------4---|
|-3-------------3-|-(3)-------3---|-5--------5---|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|


           A minorAm
 E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q   H   +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE  S S E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q
|-5----3---3-------|-5-----(5)---5---|-------------------|
|----5---5---5-----|-5-----(5)-5---8-|-5h6-5-------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------7-5---------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------7-------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| H.      E MajorE E  H.     E MajorE E  H.      E MajorE E
|-3------------3---|-5-----------5---|-5------------5----|
|-3------------3---|-5-----------5---|-5------------5----|
|-4------------4---|-5-----------5---|-5------------5----|
|-5------------5---|-7-----------7---|-7------------7----|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


 DmDm                 G+G
 Q  E MajorE E +Q  Q   Q  Q Q Q   E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----8-5-(5)------|-----------5---|------------------|-----------------||
|-6----------------|-----6--6------|-8--8-8-8-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-||
|-7----------------|-----7--7------|-7--7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-||
|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|
| H.      E MajorE E  H.    E MajorE E  H.      Q   W
|-5------------5---|-5---------5---|-3----------------|-----------------||
|-6------------6---|-6---------6---|-3----------------|-----------------||
|-7------------7---|-7---------7---|-4----------------|-----------------||
|-7------------7---|-7---------7---|-5----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||


 Chorus
 C majorC             D7D7
 Q  S E. a Q   Q   Q  a Q  H
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|----13-13--15s17----------|-----15s17--13------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|----10-10--12s14----------|-----12s14--10------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|
| H      +E MajorE S S E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-5--------------5---|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|


 FF            G+G
 Q  E MajorE E MajorE a Q  Q   Q  a Q  Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----13-13-15s17--13---|-----15s17--13-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----10-10-12s14--10---|-----12s14--10-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| H.        E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3----|
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3----|
|-2-----------------2---|-4--------------4----|
|-3-----------------3---|-5--------------5----|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


 C majorC             D7D7
 Q  S E. a Q   Q   Q  a Q  H
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|----13-13--15s17----------|-----15s17--13------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|----10-10--12s14----------|-----12s14--10------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|
| H      +E MajorE S S E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-5--------------5---|
|-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|


             1.
 FF            G+G
 Q  E MajorE E MajorE a Q  Q   Q  a Q  Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----13-13-15s17--13---|-----15s17--13-------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----10-10-12s14--10---|-----12s14--10--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| H.        E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3-----||
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3----o||
|-2-----------------2---|-4--------------4-----||
|-3-----------------3---|-5--------------5-----||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||


            Interlude
 2.
            Eb MajorEb
 Q  a Q  Q Q    Q.  E MajorE Q.   E MajorE  Q.  E MajorE H
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----15s17--13------||-16----16-15-----15-|-13----13-11-------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----12s14--10------||-13----13-12-----12-|-10----10--8-------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| H.       E MajorE E   H.      E MajorE E MajorE  H.     E MajorE E
|-3--------------3---||--3------------3----|--3-----------3----|
|-3--------------3---||--4------------4----|--4-----------4----|
|-4--------------4---||--3------------3----|--3-----------3----|
|-5--------------5---||--5------------5----|--5-----------5----|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|


 C majorC                 Eb MajorEb
 H   Q.   E MajorE  H   H     Q.  E MajorE Q.   E MajorE
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------10-----10-|-12-----13------|-16----16-15-----15-|
|-------10-----10-|-12-----14------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-13----13-12-----12-|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|
| H.     E MajorE E MajorE  H.    E MajorE E  H.      E MajorE E MajorE
|-----------------|----------------|--3------------3----|
|-5----------5----|--5---------5---|--4------------4----|
|-5----------5----|--5---------5---|--3------------3----|
|-5----------5----|--5---------5---|--5------------5----|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|


           FF         G+G
  Q.  E MajorE H    E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-13----13-11------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-10----10--8------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| H.     E MajorE E  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--3-----------3---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|--4-----------4---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|--3-----------3---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|--5-----------5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||


  Out-Chorus
  C majorC             D7D7
  Q  S E. a Q   Q   Q  a Q  H
||---------------------------|--------------------|
||o----13-13--15s17----------|-----15s17--13------|
||---------------------------|--------------------|
||-----10-10--12s14----------|-----12s14--10------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------|
|
|  H      +E MajorE S S E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E
||---------------------------|--------------------|
||o-5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
||--5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-5--------------5---|
||--5------------(5)-5-5-5---|-7--------------7---|
||o--------------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------|


 FF            G+G
 Q  E MajorE E MajorE a Q  Q   Q  a Q  Q Q  4x
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----13-13-15s17--13---|-----15s17--13------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----10-10-12s14--10---|-----12s14--10-------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|
| H.        E MajorE E  H.       E MajorE E 4x
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3----||
|-1-----------------1---|-3--------------3---o||
|-2-----------------2---|-4--------------4----||
|-3-----------------3---|-5--------------5----||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E 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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