Tabs
WHEN 
A augmentedA MAN LOVES A augmentedA WOMAN
As recorded by Percy Sledge
(From the 1966 Album WHEN A augmentedA MAN LOVES A augmentedA WOMAN)
Words and Music by Calvin Lewis & Andrew Wright
Transcribed by Slowhand
DbDb Ab/C 
BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab
x 4 6 6 6 x x 3 6 5 4 x x 1 3 3 2 1 4 x 3 1 2 1
GbGb 
Ab7Ab7 
Db7Db7 
Eb MajorEb
2 4 4 3 2 2 4 6 4 5 4 x x 4 6 4 6 x x 6 8 8 8 x
Gtr I (
E MajorE A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Spooner Oldham - Organ'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Marlin Greene - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=98
DbDb Ab/C BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab GbGb Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab7Ab7
12/8
Gtr I (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.
|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-2---------------|---------------||
|-6-------4-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------4-------|-6-------4-----||
|-6-------5-------|-3-------1-------|-3-------5-------|-6-------5-----||
|-6-------6-------|-3-------3-------|-4-------4-------|-6-------4-----||
|-4-------3-------|-1---------------|-4-------6-------|-4-------6-----||
|-----------------|---------4-------|-2-------4-------|---------4-----||
1st & 2nd Verses
DbDb Ab/C BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab
Gtr I
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.) (2nd time only)
E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE S S S S E MajorE +Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
||------9-----9--------------|-----6---6-(6)------1---1---1-|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||--10-----10---10---------5-|-5s6---6---------1----1---1---|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
GbGb Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab7Ab7
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE E S S S E. +S S E MajorE E S E. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|-----2---2---2-------4--------2---2-|------1---1-------4---4---2---2---|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-1s3---3---3---3-3s5---5--(5)---3---|-3s1----1---1-/5----5---3---3---3-|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
DbDb Ab/C BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
E MajorE S S E MajorE +Q. E. S E MajorE +Q E MajorE Q. Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|--------------------4--------4-|-6------------1---1---1-|
|----6---6-(6)------------------|------------------------|
|----------------/5----5-(5)--5-|-6---------1----1---1---|
|-6----6------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
1.
GbGb Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab7Ab7
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E H. S E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE S E.
|-----2---2---2-----4---4---4-|---------11s13----13----11------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-1s3---3---3---3s5---5---5---|---------------13----11----11---||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
2.
DbDb Db7Db7
H. H.
| |
/ /
Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|--/9----9----9-----------9----9--9--9--9--9-||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-/10---10-10---10-10-10----10---10-10-10-10-||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
Bridge
GbGb
H. +H.
| |
/ /
E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|--/9---9--9--9--/9--9--9--9--/9---9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-/11--11-11-11-/11-11-11-11-/11--11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
DbDb
H. +H.
| |
/ /
E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S S S S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|-/13--13-13-13-11s13-13-13-13-11s13-13-13-13-13-13-12-11-|
|-/14--14-14-14-12s14-14-14-14-12s14-14-14-14-14-14-13-12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb
H. +H.
| |
/ /
E. S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E S S E MajorE
|-6--6-6-/6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7--7-7-/7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
DbDb
H. +H.
| |
/ /
E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE
|-/13--13-13-13-11s13-13-13-13-11s13-13-13-13-11s13-12-11-|
|-/14--14-14-14-12s14-14-14-14-12s14-14-14-14-12s14-13-12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb
H. +H.
| |
/ /
Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|--9----9--/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--|
|-11---11-/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
DbDb BbmBbm
H. H.
| |
/ /
E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE
|-/13--13-13-13-/13-13-13-13--9---9--9--9--/9--9--9--9-|
|-/14--14-14-14-/14-14-14-14-11--11-11-11-/11-11-11-11-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb
H. +H.
| |
/ /
E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|-/15--15-15-15-13s15-15-15-15-13s15-15-15-15-13s15-15-15-15--|
|-/16--16-16-16-14s16-16-16-16-14s16-16-16-16-14s16-16-16-16--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
3rd & 4th Verses
Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab/C
H. +Q Q Q H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
E MajorE S S S S S S S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE
|------------------------------------------------||------9-----9--------------|
|-13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----------||o--------------------------|
|-13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----------||--10-----10---10---------5-|
|------------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------||o--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------||---------------------------|
BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab GbGb Ab7Ab7
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
S S S S E MajorE +Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE E S S S E. +S S E MajorE E
|-----6---6-(6)------1---1---1-|-----2---2---2-------4--------2---2--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5s6---6---------1----1---1---|-1s3---3---3---3-3s5---5--(5)---3----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
DbDb Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab/C
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
S E. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE +Q. E. S E MajorE +Q E MajorE
|------1---1-------4---4---2---2---|--------------------4--------4-|
|----------------------------------|----6---6-(6)------------------|
|-3s1----1---1-/5----5---3---3---3-|----------------/5----5-(5)--5-|
|----------------------------------|-6----6------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab GbGb Ab7Ab7
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
Q. Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-6------------1---1---1-|-----2---2---2-----4---4---4--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-6---------1----1---1---|-1s3---3---3---3s5---5---5----|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
1. 2.
DbDb Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab7Ab7
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
H. S E MajorE S E MajorE E MajorE S E. H. S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---------11s13----13----11------||-------------4---4---4----||
|-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
|---------------13----11----11---||---------/5----5---5---5--||
|--------------------------------||--------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
|--------------------------------||--------------------------||
Outro
DbDb Ab/C BbmBbm Bbm7/Ab
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE Q. Q E MajorE S S S S E MajorE +Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----9-----9--------------|-----6---6-(6)------1---1---1--|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-----10---10---------5-|-5s6---6---------1----1---1----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
GbGb Ab7Ab7 DbDb Ab7Ab7
H. H. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE E S S S E. +S S E MajorE E S E. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|-----2---2---2-------4--------2---2-|------1---1-------4---4---2---2---*|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
|-1s3---3---3---3-3s5---5--(5)---3---|-3s1----1---1-/5----5---3---3---3-*|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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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