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Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Sad Song by Otis Redding

Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Sad Song tab by Otis Redding

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FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (SAD SONG)

As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1966 Album COMPLETE & UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL)

Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'The Memphis Horns - Brass'


 Intro
 Q=98
 Bb majorBb
 4/4
 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  e E MajorE
|-10------------------|-10------------------|
|------11--------11---|------11--------11---|
|-----------10--------|-----------10--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


 G+G         G7G7   G+G  G7G7  G+G
  E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E  +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E +E MajorE  Q E MajorE
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-|-(4)-4--4-4-(4)--4----||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-3-|-(3)-5--5-3-(3)--5----||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|-(5)-5--5-5-(5)--5----||
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|-(3)-3--3-3-(3)--3----||
|
| Q  Q  Q  Q   Q   Q  e  Q E MajorE
|-10------------------|-10-------------------||
|------12--------12---|-------12-------12----||
|-----------10--------|------------10--------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||

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 Chorus
 Bb majorBb              Eb/BBb        EbEb6 Bb majorBb
 Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E  Q.  E MajorE +Q.  E MajorE  Q.  E MajorE +Q.  E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE E +H
|---------------|----------------|----------------|---8------------|
|---------------|--------------8-|----------------|-8-8------------|
|-7--x-7-7--x-7-|-7----7-(7)---8-|-7----7-(7)---7-|-8-8---7-(7)----|
|-8--x-8-8--x-8-|-8----8-(8)---8-|-8----8-(8)---8-|-8-8---8-(8)----|
|-8--x-8-8--x-8-|-8----8-(8)-----|-8----8-(8)---8-|-6-6---8-(8)----|
|-6--x-6-6--x-6-|-6----6-(6)---6-|-6----6-(6)---6-|-------6-(6)----|


                           Eb6Eb6  Bb majorBb    A augmentedA
 Q E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  +Q  E MajorE E +H    Q E MajorE E Q.  E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE e
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-8-8---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-8-8---------------|
|----7-7-(7)--7-7-|-(7)--7-7-(7)----|-7--7-7-7----7-|-8-8---7-(7)----6--|
|----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)----|-8--8-8-8----8-|-8-8---8-(8)----7--|
|----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--8-8-(8)----|-8--8-8-8----8-|-6-6---8-(8)----7--|
|----6-6-(6)--6-6-|-(6)--6-6-(6)----|-6--6-6-6----6-|-------6-(6)----5--|


   Bb majorBb                           Eb6Eb6 Bb majorBb
 Q E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  +Q  E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  +Q  E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  Q E MajorE E +H
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-8-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-8-------------||
|----x-7-(7)--7-7-|-(7)--x-7-(7)--x-7-|-(7)--x-7-(7)--x---|-8----7-(7)----||
|----x-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x---|-8----8-(8)----||
|----x-8-(8)--8-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x-8-|-(8)--x-8-(8)--x---|-6----8-(8)----||
|----x-6-(6)--6-6-|-(6)--x-6-(6)--x-6-|-(6)--x-6-(6)--x---|------6-(6)----||


 1st & 2nd Verses
 $
   Bb majorBb       FF         Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb      A augmentedA
 Q E MajorE E +Q  e E MajorE  Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q  E MajorE E  Q e E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE e E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q.  e
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-10--x-10-(10)--10-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|------------------|
|----x-7-(7)--7---|-10--x-10-(10)--10-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-7-7-7-7-(7)---6--|
|----x-8-(8)--8---|-10--x-10-(10)--10-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-(8)---7--|
|----x-8-(8)--8---|--8--x--8--(8)---8-6-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6---|-8-8-8-8-(8)---7--|
|----x-6-(6)--6---|---------------------|------------------|-6-6-6-6-(6)---5--|


          FF
 Q e E MajorE +Q  e E MajorE  Q E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE  E MajorE e E MajorE
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-10--x-10-(10)-10-10---|
|----7-7-(7)--7---|-10--x-10-(10)-10-10---|
|----8-8-(8)--8---|-10--x-10-(10)-10-10---|
|----8-8-(8)--8---|--8--x--8--(8)--8--8---|
|----6-6-(6)--6---|-----------------------|


 Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
 Q E MajorE E +Q  e E MajorE  Q E MajorE E +Q  e e
|-----------------|------------------||
|-8--x-8-(8)--8---|------------------||
|-8--x-8-(8)--8---|-7--7-7-(7)--7-7--||
|-8--x-8-(8)--8---|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--||
|-6--x-6-(6)--6---|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--||
|-----------------|-6--6-6-(6)--6-6--||


 Chorus
                       To Coda
   Bb majorBb             A augmentedA  Bb majorBb         Eb6Eb6  Bb majorBb   A augmentedA
 Q e E MajorE Q e E MajorE  Q e E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE  Q e E MajorE +Q  e e  E MajorE e E MajorE E +Q.  e
|---------------|------------------|------------------|-8-8-------------|
|---------------|------------------|------------------|-8-8-------------|
|----7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-6-|-7--7-7-(7)--7-7--|-8-8---7-(7)---6-|
|----8-8-8--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--|-8-8---8-(8)---7-|
|----8-8-8--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8--|-6-6---8-(8)---7-|
|----6-6-6--6-6-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-5-|-6--6-6-(6)--6-6--|-------6-(6)---5-|


                              D.S. al Coda
 Bb majorBb                          Eb6Eb6      A augmentedA
 Q E MajorE E Q +E MajorE E MajorE  Q.  E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE  Q e E MajorE Q e e  E MajorE e E MajorE E +Q.  e
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|-8-8---8-(8)------||
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|-8-8---8-(8)------||
|-7--x-7-7--(7)-7-|-7----7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-8-8---8-(8)---6--||
|-8--x-8-8--(8)-8-|-8----8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8---8-(8)---7--||
|-8--x-8-8--(8)-8-|-8----8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8--8-8-8--8-8-|-6-6---6-(6)---7--||
|-6--x-6-6--(6)-6-|-6----6-(6)-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6--6-6-|---------------5--||


          Bridge
 &
 Eb6Eb6  Bb majorBb   A augmentedA    Bb majorBb FF      Bb majorBb   Eb6Eb6   Bb majorBb   FF
 E MajorE e E MajorE E +Q.  e  Q E MajorE E Q  E MajorE E MajorE  Q e E MajorE Q e E MajorE  Q e E MajorE Q  e E MajorE
|-8-8-------------||------------------|--------8--8---|------------------|
|-8-8-------------||--------10--10-10-|--------8--8---|--------10--10----|
|-8-8---7-(7)---6-||----7-7-10--10-10-|-7--7---8--8---|-7--7---10--10----|
|-8-8---8-(8)---7-||----8-8-10--10-10-|-8--8---8--8---|-8--8---10--10----|
|-6-6---8-(8)---7-||----8-8--8---8--8-|-8--8---6--6---|-8--8----8---8----|
|-------6-(6)---5-||----6-6-----------|-6--6----------|-6--6-------------|


 Bb majorBb   Eb6Eb6   Bb majorBb   FF     Bb majorBb   Eb6Eb6   Bb majorBb   FF
 Q e E MajorE Q e e  Q E MajorE e Q  e E MajorE  Q e E MajorE Q q  Q e E MajorE Q  q
|--------8--8-8-|-----------------|--------8--8--|-----------------|
|--------8--8-8-|--------10--10---|--------8--8--|--------10--10---|
|-7--7---8--8-8-|-7--7-7-10--10---|-7--7---8--8--|-7--7---10--10---|
|-8--8---8--8-8-|-8--8-8-10--10---|-8--8---8--8--|-8--8---10--10---|
|-8--8---6--6-6-|-8--8-8--8---8---|-8--8---6--6--|-8--8----8---8---|
|-6--6----------|-6--6-6----------|-6--6---------|-6--6------------|


         Interlude
 Bb majorBb   Eb6Eb6   Bb majorBb
 Q e E MajorE Q q   Q  e E MajorE Q  e E MajorE  Q  e E MajorE Q  e E MajorE
|--------8--8--||-------------------|-------------------|
|--------8--8--||-------------------|-------------------|
|-7--7---8--8--||--7---7-7--7---7-7-|--7---7-7--7---7-7-|
|-8--8---8--8--||--8---8-8--8---8-8-|--8---8-8--8---8-8-|
|-8--8---6--6--||--8---8-8--8---8-8-|--8---8-8--8---8-8-|
|-6--6---------||--6---6-6--6---6-6-|--6---6-6--6---6-6-|
|
| Gtr II
| W        Q  Q  Q  q   Q  Q  Q  e E MajorE
|--------------||-10----------------|-10----------------|
|--------------||-----11-------11---|-----11-------11---|
|--------------||----------10-------|----------10-------|
|--------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|-------------------|


 G+G         G7G7      G7G7  G+G
  E MajorE E e E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E  +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E +E MajorE  Q E MajorE
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-|-(4)-4--4-4-(4)--4------||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-3-|-(3)-5--5-3-(3)--5------||
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|-(5)-5--5-5-(5)--5------||
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|-(3)-3--3-3-(3)--3------||
|
| Q  Q  Q  Q   Q   Q  e  Q E MajorE
|-10------------------|-10---------------------||
|------12--------12---|-------12---------------||
|-----------10--------|------------10--10------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------||


  Outro
    Bb majorBb              A augmentedA  Bb majorBb        Eb6Eb6  Bb majorBb   A augmentedA
  Q e E MajorE +Q  e E MajorE  Q e E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE  Q e E MajorE +Q  e e  E MajorE e E MajorE E +Q.  E MajorE 3x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-8-8--------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-8-8-------------o||
||-----7-7-(7)--7-7-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-6-|-7--7-7-(7)--7-7-|-8-8---7-(7)---6--||
||-----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8-|-8-8---8-(8)---7--||
||o----8-8-(8)--8-8-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8-7-|-8--8-8-(8)--8-8-|-6-6---8-(8)---7-o||
||-----6-6-(6)--6-6-|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-5-|-6--6-6-(6)--6-6-|-------6-(6)---5--||


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

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