Tabs
GIMME SOME LOVIN'
As recorded by The Spencer Davis Group
(From the 1967 Album THE BEST OF THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP FEATURING STEVE WINWOOD)
Words and Music by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis & Muff Winwood
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Spencer Davis - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Steve Winwood - Organ'
Intro & Interlude
Q=142
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------3--|------------3--|------------3--|------------3--|
E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------3--|------------3--|------------3--|------------3--|
$
G7G7 C/G7 
C/GC/G G+G
Gtr II (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
|--3--|
W +H Q Q Q a W +W
||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-6-------------|-(6)-------5-6---5-|---3-------------|-(3)-------------|
||--7-------------|-(7)-------5-7---5-|-3h4-------------|-(4)-------------|
||--5-------------|-(5)-------5-5---5-|---5-------------|-(5)-------------|
||o---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q
||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-----|--5--5-5-5-5-------|---5-5-5-5-5-----|--5--5-5-5-5-----|
||o---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-------------3--|---------------3---|--------------3--|--------------3--|
G7G7 C/G7 C/GC/G G+G
|--3--|
W +H Q Q Q a W +W
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-------------|-(6)-------5-6---5-|---3-------------|-(3)-------------|
|-7-------------|-(7)-------5-7---5-|-3h4-------------|-(4)-------------|
|-5-------------|-(5)-------5-5---5-|---5-------------|-(5)-------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|--5--5-5-5-5-------|---5-5-5-5-5-----|--5--5-5-5-5-----|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------3--|---------------3---|--------------3--|--------------3--|
1st - 3rd Verses
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Q E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H Q E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----5-(5)-----|-3-3---5-(5)-----||-3-----5-(5)-----|-3-3---5-(5)-----|
|-4-----5-(5)-----|-4-4---5-(5)-----||-4-----5-(5)-----|-4-4---5-(5)-----|
|-5-----5-(5)-----|-5-5---5-(5)-----||-5-----5-(5)-----|-5-5---5-(5)-----|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------||-5-5-5-5--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------3--|--------------3--||--------------3--|--------------3--|
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Q E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H Q E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----5-(5)-----|-3-3---5-(5)-----|-3-----5-(5)-----|-3-3---5-(5)-----|
|-4-----5-(5)-----|-4-4---5-(5)-----|-4-----5-(5)-----|-4-4---5-(5)-----|
|-5-----5-(5)-----|-5-5---5-(5)-----|-5-----5-(5)-----|-5-5---5-(5)-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------3--|--------------3--|--------------3--|--------------3--|
Bridge
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G 
Bb majorBb
Q E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H H. Q H. Q
|-----------------|-----------------||-3------------3---|------------------|
|-3-----5-(5)-----|-3-3---5-(5)-----||-3------------3---|-3------------3---|
|-4-----5-(5)-----|-4-4---5-(5)-----||-4------------4---|-3------------3---|
|-5-----5-(5)-----|-5-5---5-(5)-----||-5------------5---|-3------------3---|
|-----------------|-----------------||-5------------5---|-1------------1---|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3------------3---|------------------|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--------------3--|--------------3--||-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
Chorus
To Coda
C majorC 
Eb MajorEb G+G C/GC/G G+G
H. Q H Q E MajorE E H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|------------------||-3-------3-3-----|-----------------3-|
|-5------------5---|-8-------8---8-8--||-3-------3-3---5-|-(5)-------5-5---3-|
|-5------------5---|-8-------8---8-8--||-4-------4-4---5-|-(5)-------5-5---4-|
|-5------------5---|-8-------8---8-8--||-5-------5-5---5-|-(5)-------5-5---5-|
|-3------------3---|-6-------6---6-6--||-5-------5-5---3-|-(3)-------3-3---5-|
|------------------|------------------||-3-------3-3---3-|-(3)-------3-3---3-|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q
|------------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-----------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-----------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-5-5-5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5-------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------||-------------3---|---------------3---|
C/GC/G G+G
+H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-(3)-------3-3-----|-----------------3-|
|-(3)-------3-3---5-|-(5)-------5-5---3-|
|-(4)-------4-4---5-|-(5)-------5-5---4-|
|-(5)-------5-5---5-|-(5)-------5-5---5-|
|-(5)-------5-5---3-|-(3)-------3-3---5-|
|-(3)-------3-3---3-|-(3)-------3-3---3-|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------3---|---------------3---|
C/GC/G
+H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-(3)-------3-3-----|-------------------|
|-(3)-------3-3---5-|-(5)---------------|
|-(4)-------4-4---5-|-(5)---------------|
|-(5)-------5-5---5-|-(5)---------------|
|-(5)-------5-5---3-|-(3)---------------|
|-(3)-------3-3---3-|-(3)---------0-1-2-|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------3---|---------------3---|
Interlude
1.
N.C.
Gtr I
E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|------------3--|------------3--|------------3---||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
N.C. G+G C/GC/G G+G
Gtr I Gtr II
E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E 6x
|---------------|---------------||--3-------3-3-----|-----------------3--||
|---------------|---------------||o-3-------3-3---5-|-(5)-------5-5---3-o||
|---------------|---------------||--4-------4-4---5-|-(5)-------5-5---4--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----||--5-------5-5---5-|-(5)-------5-5---5--||
|---------------|---------------||o-5-------5-5---3-|-(3)-------3-3---5-o||
|------------3--|------------3--||--3-------3-3---3-|-(3)-------3-3---3--||
|
| Gtr I
| W W E MajorE E E MajorE E q q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE q q 6x
|---------------|---------------||------------------|--------------------||
|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------------|---------------||------------------|--------------------||
|---------------|---------------||--5-5-5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5--------||
|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------------|---------------||--------------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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
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