I Thank You tab by Sam And Dave

Tabs

I THANK YOU

As recorded by Sam & Dave
(From the 1968 Album I THANK YOU)

Words and Music by Isaac Hayes & David Porter

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) - 'Memphis Horns - Brass'


 Intro
 Q=118
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
 W     W     W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------||

  1st - 3rd Verses
  $
  $$
  N.C.
  Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE  Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||---------------3---3---|--------------3---3---|
||-------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


 Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE  Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3---3---|--------------3---3-----|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|


 Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE  Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------3---3---|--------------3---3---|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5-|------3h5-(5)-------5-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

      To Dbl. Coda
 Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE  Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3---3----|--------------3---3-----|
|------3h5-(5)---5---5--|------3h5-(5)-------5---|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


 Q.  E MajorE +H    W     Q.  E MajorE +H    W
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|
|-6----4-(4)----|----------|-6----4-(4)----|------|
|---------------|----------|---------------|------|


                      1.
                 To Coda
 Q.  E MajorE +H    W     Q.  E MajorE +H    W
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|------o||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|-6----4-(4)----|----------|-6----4-(4)----|------o||
|---------------|----------|---------------|-6-----||


 2.
D.S. al Cod&
       N.C.
 W      W     Q q Q q  Q q Q q
|----------||----------|-------------|----4-----4---|
|----------||----------|----4-----4--|----4-----4---|
|----------||----------|----3-----3--|--------------|
|----------||----------|-------------|--------------|
|----------||----------|-------------|--------------|
|-6--------||-6--------|-------------|--------------|


               Interlude
                N.C.
 Q q Q q  Q q Q q   Q q Q  q    Q  q  Q q
|-------------|----4-----4--||-----8-------8----|-------9------9----|
|----4-----4--|----4-----4--||-----8-------8----|-------9------9----|
|----3-----3--|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| W       W        H   E MajorE Q  E MajorE  +Q  E MajorE E Q E MajorE E
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------8-10---10-|-(10)--8-6-8--6----|
|-------------|-------------||-10---------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------||------------------|-------------------|


                      D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  Q q Q  q    Q  q  Q q   W      W
|-----8-------8----|-------9------9---|------------|---------------||
|-----8-------8----|-------9------9---|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|
| H   E MajorE Q  E MajorE  +Q  E MajorE E Q E MajorE E  +W      +Q  Q H
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|--------8-10---10-|-(10)--8-6-8--6---|------------|---------------||
|-10---------------|----------------8-|-(8)--------|-(8)-----------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------|---------------||


             Outro
 &&
 N.C.           N.C.
 Q E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE   H    E MajorE   +E MajorE  E MajorE E MajorE  +E MajorE  Q E MajorE E  E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|----------------------||----------------------11----|------------------11----|
|----------------------||o-14b16----14b16-(14)-------|--------------/11----14-|
|--------------3---3---||-------------------------13-|-(13)-11----------------|
|------3h5-(5)-------5-||----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------||o---------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|


  +H   E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE  +H   E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|---------11----11----|--------------11-----||
|-(14)-------14----14-|-(14)------11----14-o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------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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