When A Man Loves A Woman Tab by Percy Sledge

When A Man Loves A Woman tab by Percy Sledge

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WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

As recorded by Percy Sledge
(From the 1966 Album WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN)

Words and Music by Calvin Lewis & Andrew Wright

Transcribed by Slowhand


          Db                  Ab/C                  Bbm                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

          Gb                   Ab7                  Db7                  Eb
      2 4 4 3 2 2          4 6 4 5 4 x          x 4 6 4 6 x          x 6 8 8 8 x

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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Spooner Oldham - Organ'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marlin Greene - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=98
  Db      Ab/C      Bbm     Bbm7/Ab   Gb      Ab7       Db      Ab7
 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
    Db             Ab/C        Bbm             Bbm7/Ab
    Gtr I
     H.            H.          H.              H.
     |             |           |               |
     /             /           /               /

    Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.) (2nd time only)
     E  Q   E E  E Q.   Q  E   S S S S E +Q.   E  E E E E E
||------9-----9--------------|-----6---6-(6)------1---1---1-|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||--10-----10---10---------5-|-5s6---6---------1----1---1---|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gb              Ab7                  Db           Ab7
  H.              H.                   H.            H.
  |               |                    |             |
  /               /                    /             /

  S S S S E E E E S S S E. +S  S E E   S E. E E E E  E  S S E S S S S E
|-----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-|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  Db             Ab/C             Bbm       Bbm7/Ab
  H.              H.              H.        H.
  |               |               |         |
  /               /               /         /

  E  S S E +Q.    E. S E +Q   E   Q.   Q.   E  E E E E E
|--------------------4--------4-|-6------------1---1---1-|
|----6---6-(6)------------------|------------------------|
|----------------/5----5-(5)--5-|-6---------1----1---1---|
|-6----6------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|


                               1.
  Gb            Ab7             Db      Ab7
  H.            H.              H.       H.
  |             |               |        |
  /             /               /        /

  S E S E E E E S E S E E E E   H.       S  E  S  E  E  S  E.
|-----2---2---2-----4---4---4-|---------11s13----13----11------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-1s3---3---3---3s5---5---5---|---------------13----11----11---||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||


  2.
  Db                  Db7
    H.                 H.
    |                  |
    /                  /

    Q    E  S S  E  E  S  S  S S  E  E  E  E
|--/9----9----9-----------9----9--9--9--9--9-||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-/10---10-10---10-10-10----10---10-10-10-10-||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||


 Bridge
  Gb
    H.                        +H.
    |                          |
    /                          /

    E   S  S  E   E  S  S  E   E   S  S  E  E  E  E
|--/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--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


  Db
    H.                         +H.
    |                           |
    /                           /

    E   S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  E  E
|-/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-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  Gb
  H.                +H.
  |                  |
  /                  /

  E. S E  S S S S E  E  S S E E S S E
|-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-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


  Db
    H.                         +H.
    |                           |
    /                           /

    E   S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  E  E
|-/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-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  Gb
   H.               +H.
   |                 |
   /                 /

   Q    E   E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E
|--9----9--/9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--|
|-11---11-/11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  Db                         Bbm
    H.                        H.
    |                         |
    /                         /

    E   S  S  E   E  S  S  E  E   S  S  E   E  S  S  E
|-/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
    H.                         +H.
    |                           |
    /                           /

    E   S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  E
|-/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
  Ab7                                                Db             Ab/C
   H.                               +Q   Q    Q       H.            H.
   |                                 |                |             |
   /                                 /                /             /

   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E E E Q.         E  Q   E E  E Q.   Q  E
|------------------------------------------------||------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--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------||---------------------------|


  Bbm             Bbm7/Ab        Gb              Ab7
  H.              H.             H.              H.
  |               |              |               |
  /               /              /               /

  S S S S E +Q.   E  E E E E E   S S S S E E E E S S S E. +S  S E 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----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  Db           Ab7                   Db             Ab/C
  H.            H.                   H.              H.
  |             |                    |               |
  /             /                    /               /

  S E. E E E E  E  S S E S S S S E   E  S S E +Q.    E. S E +Q   E
|------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------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Bbm       Bbm7/Ab        Gb            Ab7
  H.        H.             H.            H.
  |         |              |             |
  /         /              /             /

  Q.   Q.   E  E E E E E   S E S E E E E S E S E E E E
|-6------------1---1---1-|-----2---2---2-----4---4---4--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-6---------1----1---1---|-1s3---3---3---3s5---5---5----|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|


  1.                               2.
  Db      Ab7                       Db      Ab7
  H.       H.                       H.       H.
  |        |                        |        |
  /        /                        /        /

  H.       S  E  S  E  E  S  E.     H.       S  E S E E E E
|---------11s13----13----11------||-------------4---4---4----||
|-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
|---------------13----11----11---||---------/5----5---5---5--||
|--------------------------------||--------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||--------------------------||
|--------------------------------||--------------------------||


 Outro
  Db             Ab/C        Bbm             Bbm7/Ab
   H.            H.          H.              H.
   |             |           |               |
   /             /           /               /

   E  Q   E E  E Q.   Q  E   S S S S E +Q.   E  E E E E E
|-----9-----9--------------|-----6---6-(6)------1---1---1--|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-----10---10---------5-|-5s6---6---------1----1---1----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Gb              Ab7                  Db           Ab7
  H.              H.                   H.            H.
  |               |                    |             |
  /               /                    /             /

  S S S S E E E E S S S E. +S  S E E   S E. E E E E  E  S S E S S S S E
|-----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
---------------
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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