I Love Music Tabs by The Ojays

I Love Music tab by The Ojays

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I LOVE MUSIC

As recorded by The O'Jays
(From the 1975 Album FAMILY REUNION)

Words and Music by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Norman Harris - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Eli - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=126
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
 W     W     W     W
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 W     W     W     W     W
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 W     W     W     W     W
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 W     W     E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------||
|----------|----------|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------||
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------||


  Chorus
  $
  N.C.
  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|
||----1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
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 W     W     E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|----------|----------|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|


                     1.
                 To Coda
 W     W     E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|----------|----------|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------|-------------------|
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 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------o||
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------||


           1st Verse
 2.
           N.C.
 E E +S E. q Q   E E +S E. Q Q
|------------------||------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6-----||---4-(4)-4--6--6--|
|---1-(1)-1--3-----||---1-(1)-1--3--3--|
|------------------||------------------|
|------------------||------------------|
|------------------||------------------|


 E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-------|
|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|


 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------||
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||


 Chorus
 N.C.
 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| W         W
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
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 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q  Q
|------------------|-----------------------||
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6----------||
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3----------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|
|                |---3---|
| W         H     Q Q  Q
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|--------------13---15--||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||


 Guitar Solo
 N.C.
  W                 W
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|              ~~~~        ~~~~
| |-----3-----|
| Q   Q   Q   E   +Q  E  E E   +E  E E Q S S
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17r(15)-----|---15b17r(15)-13-15-13--x---|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------x-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|


  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|----4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|
|----1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~
| W         W
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-15----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|


  W            W
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|       ~~~~~
| |---3----|       |--3--|   |--3--|
| Q   Q Q Q.   E  Q Q Q   Q Q Q
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------16b18------|---16------------------|
|-15b17-15-13------------|------15b17-15-13------|
|------------------------|------------------15---|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|


      E  E   +S E.   Q  Q  E E +S E. q Q
|----------------------------------------|------------------||
|---------------4-----(4)-4-------6---6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----||
|---------------1-----(1)-1-------3---3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----||
|----------------------------------------|------------------||
|----------------------------------------|------------------||
|----------------------------------------|------------------||
|
|               ~~~~~~~
| a   +E  +S  S E   E +H    W
|----------------------------------------|------------------||
|----------------------------------------|------------------||
|-15b17==(15)r(15)p13--------------------|------------------||
|---------------------15-----------------|------------------||
|----------------------------15-(15)-----|------------------||
|----------------------------------------|------------------||


 2nd Verse
 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------|
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


                                D.S. al Coda
 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q  E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6------||
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||


           Outro
 &
            N.C.
 E E +S E. q Q   E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q
|------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--6-----||o---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-----|
|---1-(1)-1--3-----||----1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3-----|
|------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|------------------||o------------------|------------------|
|------------------||-------------------|------------------|


 E E +S E. Q Q  E E +S E. q Q   4x
|------------------|---------------------||
|---4-(4)-4--6--6--|---4-(4)-4--6-------o||
|---1-(1)-1--3--3--|---1-(1)-1--3--------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
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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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