Mustang Sally Tab by Wilson Pickett

Mustang Sally tab by Wilson Pickett

Guitar Tab

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 A D G B E) - 'Chips Moman - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Junior Lowe - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=120
            B5  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
 4/4
  Gtr I
                 PM--------------------------------------
  W              E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|

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| Gtr II
| H    Q  E E    Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-----------9s|=10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|-----------7s|==8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5----||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8----------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s===||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s===||


   1st & 2nd Verses
    C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
     PM--------------------------------------
     E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
|    Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
||o-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
||---8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5---|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8---------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s==|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s==|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          E5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----9s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----7s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8------------------|


  F5   Cm          E5  F5   Cm          E5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  F5   Cm          E5  F5   Cm          B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10--------|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------9s=|
|--------------------|------------------7s=|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          F#5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E  E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7--5--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E  E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----11s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10------9s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8-------------------|


  G5   Dm          F#5  G5   Dm        C#m/F# Cm/F                     B5
   PM----------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E  E    E E  E E  E E  E E    W             W
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|--7-7--9-7--7-7-9--7-|--7-7--9-7--7-7--5---|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E  E    Q    q    q    Q      Q   Q  H      H    Q  E E
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|------10---10--------|------10---10----9---|--8\----------|--------------|
|-12---12---12-----11s|=12---12---12---11---|-10\----------|--------------|
|-10----------------9s|=10--------------9---|--8\----------|-----------9s=|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------7s=|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s=||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s=||


 Chorus
  C                B5  C                B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C                B5  C                B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9--------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s=|


  C                B5  C                B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C                B5  C                E5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9--------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----9s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----7s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8------------------|


  F7               E5  F7               E5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------10---10-------|------10---10-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  F7               E5  F7               B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|------10---10-------|------10---10--------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8--------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10--------|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------9s=|
|--------------------|------------------7s=|


  C                B5  C                B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9-------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C                B5  C                F#5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E  E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7--5--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E  E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------9----9-------|-------9----9---------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-----11s=|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10------9s=|
|--8---------------7s|==8-------------------|


  G7               F#5  G7             F#7    F7                       B5
   PM----------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E  E    E E  E E  E E  E E    W             W
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|--7-7--9-7--7-7-9--7-|--7-7--9-7--7-7--5---|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E  E    Q    q    q    q      Q   Q  H      H    Q  E 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=|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
   PM--------------------------------------
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5---||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-------8----8-------|-------8----8---------||
|-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s=o||
|--8---------------7s|==8---------------7s==||


   Outro
    C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
     PM--------------------------------------
     E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
|
|    Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--------8----8-------|-------8----8-------|
||o-10---10---10-----9s|=10---10---10-----9s|
||---8---------------7s|==8---------------7s|


  C5   Gm          B5  C5   Gm          B5
 ---------------------------------------|
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--5-5-7-5----||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|
|  Q    q    q   E E    Q    q    q   E 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 - 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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