Tabs
WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY
by
SAM AND DAVE
Words and Music by Isaac Hayes & David Porter
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) - 'Mar-Keys Horns - Brass'
Intro 1st Verse
Q=69
Gb/Bb 
DbDb 
BbmBbm
12/8
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
Q. Q. Q. Q E MajorE a H. H. H. H.
|-^9----^9----^9----^9----||--------------------|-^1-------^1-----|
|-^7----^7----^7----^7----||-----------^2-------|-^2-------^2-----|
|-^6----^6----^6----^6----||---1-------^1-------|-^3-------^3-----|
|-^8----^8----^8----^8----||-1h3-------^3-------|-^3-------^3-----|
|-------------------------||---4-------^4-------|-^1-------^1-----|
|-------------------------||--------------------|-----------------|
GbGb 
AbAb DbDb
H. H. H. H. H. H.
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------^2-------|----------4-------|----------^6-----|
|-^3-------^3-------|-^5-------5-------|-^6-------^6-----|
|-^4-------^4-------|-^6-------6-------|-^6-------^6-----|
|-^4-------^4-------|-^6---------------|-^4-------^4-----|
|-^2-------^2-------|-^4---------------|-----------------|
BbmBbm GbGb AbAb
H. H. H. H. H. H.
|-^1-------^1-------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-^2-------^2-------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-^3-------^3-------|----------^3-------|-^5-------^5-----|
|-^3-------^3-------|-^4-------^4-------|-^6-------^6-----|
|-^1-------^1-------|-^4-------^4-------|-^6-------^6-----|
|-------------------|-^2-------^2-------|-^4-------^4-----|
F minorFm 
Bb majorBb F minorFm
W. Q. S E. E MajorE S E. E MajorE Q. W.
|---------------|------8s10--8-8s10--8-8----|-------|
|-1-------------|---------------------------|-1-----|
|-1-------------|------8s10--8-8s10--8-7----|-1-----|
|-3-------------|---------------------------|-3-----|
|-3-------------|---------------------------|-3-----|
|-1-------------|---------------------------|-1-----|
Chorus
Gb7Gb7 Db5/Ab Gb/Bb
Q. Q. Q. Q. W. Q. Q. Q. Q E MajorE
|--/9----\7----\6----\4----||---------------|-^9----^9----^9----^9------|
|-/11----\9----\7----\5----||---------------|-^7----^7----^7----^7------|
|--------------------------||-6-------------|-^6----^6----^6----^6------|
|--------------------------||-6-------------|-^8----^8----^8----^8------|
|--------------------------||-4-------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------||-4-------------|---------------------------|
2nd Verse
Db5/Ab GbGb 
Db5Db5 AbAb DbDb
PM----------------------|
H. H. H. H. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------------------|
|---------2-------|-----------------||--------6------------6-------|
|-6-------3-------|-6-------5-------||------6---6--------6---6-----|
|-6-------4-------|-6-------6-------||----6-------6----6-------6---|
|-4-------4-------|-4-------6-------||-4------------4--------------|
|-4-------2-------|---------4-------||-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| W W H. H.
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-2------------2--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-1------------1--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3------------3--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-4------------4--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------------------|
BbmBbm GbGb
PM-----------------------------------------------------
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E 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 E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------6------------6-----|--------3------------3-----|
|------8---8--------8---8---|------4---4--------4---4---|
|----8-------8----8-------8-|----4-------4----4-------4-|
|-6------------6------------|-2------------2------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-1------------1------------|---------------------------|
|-2------------2------------|-2------------2------------|
|-3------------3------------|-3------------3------------|
|-3------------3------------|-4------------4------------|
|-1------------1------------|-4------------4------------|
|---------------------------|-2------------2------------|
AbAb
-------------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------5------------5-------|
|------6---6--------6---6-----|
|----6-------6----6-------6---|
|-4------------4--------------|
|
| H. H.
|-----------------------------|
|-4------------4--------------|
|-5------------5--------------|
|-6------------6--------------|
|-6------------6--------------|
|-4------------4--------------|
DbDb BbmBbm
PM-----------------------------------------------------
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E 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 E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------6------------6-----|---------------------------|
|------6---6--------6---6---|--------6------------6-----|
|----6-------6----6-------6-|------8---8--------8---8---|
|-4------------4------------|----8-------8----8-------8-|
|---------------------------|-6------------6------------|
|
| H. H. H. H.
|---------------------------|-1------------1------------|
|-2------------2------------|-2------------2------------|
|-1------------1------------|-3------------3------------|
|-3------------3------------|-3------------3------------|
|-4------------4------------|-1------------1------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
GbGb
-------------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------3------------3-------|
|------4---4--------4---4-----|
|----4-------4----4-------4---|
|-2------------2--------------|
|
| H. H.
|-----------------------------|
|-2------------2--------------|
|-3------------3--------------|
|-4------------4--------------|
|-4------------4--------------|
|-2------------2--------------|
AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb
PM----------------|
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE W. Q. S E. E MajorE S S Q Q.
|---------------------------|-----------------|------8s10--8-8s10-8--------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|--------5------------------|-----------------|------8s10--8-8s10-8--------|
|------6---6--------6-------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|----6-------6----6---------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4------------4------4-3-2-|-1---------------|----------------------------|
|
| H. Q. E MajorE E E MajorE H. H. W
|---------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4------------4------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-5------------5------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-6------------6------6-5-4-|-3---------------|----------------------------|
|-6------------6------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4------------4------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
Chorus
F minorFm Gb7Gb7 Db5/Ab
Q E MajorE Q. H. Q. a Q. Q. a Q. W.
|-------------------|-----------------------------||-------|
|----1--------------|-11----11s9----11----11s9----||-------|
|-1--1--------------|-11----11s9----11----11s9----||-6-----|
|-3--3--------------|-----------------------------||-6-----|
|-3-----------------|-----------------------------||-4-----|
|-1-----------------|-----------------------------||-4-----|
Gb/Bb Db5/Ab GbGb N.C.
Gtrs I, II
Q. Q. Q. Q E MajorE H. H. H. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-^9----^9----^9----^9----|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-^7----^7----^7----^7----|---------2-------|-----------------------||
|-^6----^6----^6----^6----|-6-------3-------|---------------1-2-3---||
|-^8----^8----^8----^8----|-6-------4-------|---------3-4-5---------||
|-------------------------|-4-------4-------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-4-------2-------|-----------------------||
Outro
Db5/Ab Gb/Bb
W. E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---------------|---9----9--------------|
|---------------|---7----7--------------|
|-6-------------|---6----6--------1-2-3-|
|-6-------------|---8----8--3-4-5-------|
|-4-------------|-----------------------|
|-4-------------|-----------------------|
Db5/Ab Gb/Bb
W. E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---------------|---9----9---------------*|
|---------------|---7----7---------------*|
|-6-------------|---6----6--------1-2-3--*|
|-6-------------|---8----8--3-4-5--------*|
|-4-------------|------------------------*|
|-4-------------|------------------------*|
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
When something is wrong with my baby
Something is wrong with me
And if I know she is worried
Then I would feel that same misery
Baby we have so much together
We stand as one
And that's what makes it better
When something is wrong with my baby
Something is wrong with me
Now listen, just what, uh-huh, she means to me now
Oh you just wouldn't, you just wouldn't understand
People can say she's no good
But oh, she's my woman
And I know I'm her man
And if she's got a problem
Ooo-ooh I know, I know, I got to help her solve it
When something is wrong with my bab-ay (sho' nuff)
Something is wrong with me
Now, say it again
When something is wrong with my baby
Something is wrong with me
Oh hey, yeah.
