Tabs
MUSTANG SALLY
As recorded by Wilson Pickett
(From the 1967 Album THE VERY BEST OF WILSON PICKETT)
Words and Music by Bonny Rice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Chips Moman - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Junior Lowe - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=120
B5B5 
C5C5 
G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------
W E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-----------9s|=10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|-----------7s|==8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5----||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8----------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s===||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s===||
1st & 2nd Verses
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
||o-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
||---8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5---|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8---------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s==|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s==|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm 
E5E5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----9s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----7s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8------------------|
F5F5 
C minorCm E5E5 F5F5 C minorCm E5E5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
|--------------------|--------------------|
F5F5 C minorCm E5E5 F5F5 C minorCm B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10--------|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------9s=|
|--------------------|------------------7s=|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm 
F#5F#5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7--5--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----11s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10------9s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8-------------------|
G5G5 
DmDm F#5F#5 G5G5 DmDm C#m/F# Cm/F B5B5
PM----------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W W
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|--7-7--9-7--7-7-9--7-|--7-7--9-7--7-7--5---|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E MajorE Q q q Q Q Q H H Q E MajorE E
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|------10---10--------|------10---10----9---|--8\----------|--------------|
|-12---12---12-----11s|=12---12---12---11---|-10\----------|--------------|
|-10----------------9s|=10--------------9---|--8\----------|-----------9s=|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------7s=|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s=||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s=||
Chorus
C majorC B5B5 C majorC B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C majorC B5B5 C majorC B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9--------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s=|
C majorC B5B5 C majorC B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C majorC B5B5 C majorC E5E5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9--------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----9s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----7s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8------------------|
F7F7 E5E5 F7F7 E5E5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------10---10-------|------10---10-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
|--------------------|--------------------|
F7F7 E5E5 F7F7 B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|------10---10-------|------10---10--------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10--------|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------9s=|
|--------------------|------------------7s=|
C majorC B5B5 C majorC B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C majorC B5B5 C majorC F#5F#5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7--5--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9---------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----11s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10------9s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8-------------------|
G7G7 F#5F#5 G7G7 
F#7F#7 F7F7 B5B5
PM----------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W W
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|--7-7--9-7--7-7-9--7-|--7-7--9-7--7-7--5---|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E MajorE Q q q q Q Q H H Q E MajorE E
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|------12---12--------|------12---12---11---|-10\----------|--------------|
|------10---10--------|------10---10----9---|--8\----------|--------------|
|-12---12---12-----11s|=12---12---12---11---|-10\----------|--------------|
|-10----------------9s|=10--------------9---|--8\----------|-----------9s=|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------7s=|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5---||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8---------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s=o||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s==||
Outro
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
PM--------------------------------------
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
||o-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
||---8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
C5C5 G minorGm B5B5 C5C5 G minorGm B5B5
---------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5----||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q q q E MajorE E Q q q E MajorE E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8----------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9/--o||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7/---||
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
Other versions of Mustang Sally
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Mustang sally ukulele by Wilson Pickett
