Tabs
YOU ARE EVERYTHING
As recorded by The Stylistics
(From the 1971 Album THE STYLISTICS)
Words and Music by Thom Bell & Linda Creed
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Norman Harris - Electric Sitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Roland Chambers - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=68
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Sitar arr. for Gtr.)
a E MajorE E a E MajorE E Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E H a E MajorE E a E MajorE E Q. E MajorE
|-------4h6----------|-----4--------|-------4h6-----------|
|-4h6-6-----6-4------|-4-4---7-6----|-4h6-6-----6-4-------|
|------------------5-|--------------|------------------5--|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|
AbAb Bb majorBb
E MajorE E E MajorE E H Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE S S W
|-----4--------|-----------------||------||
|-4-4---7-6----|--------4--4-6-7-||-6----||
|--------------|-6----6----------||------||
|--------------|-----------------||------||
|--------------|-----------------||------||
|--------------|-----------------||------||
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W H Q Q W
|--------------|-----------4-----||-6----||
|--------------|-----------4-----||-6----||
|--------------|-----------5-----||-7----||
|--------------|-----------6-----||-8----||
|--------------|-----------------||------||
|--------------|-----------------||------||
1st Verse
Bb majorBb Ebm/Bb
H Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +H
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------6-|-7-6-4-6-(6)----6-|-7-6-4-6-(6)----|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|
| H. E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +H Q E MajorE E +H
|-6------------|-6-----6-(6)------|-------6-(6)----|
|-6------------|-7-----6-(6)------|-------6-(6)----|
|-7----------7-|-8-----7-(7)------|-------7-(7)----|
|-8--------8---|-8-----8-(8)------|-------8-(8)----|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------------|
N.C. N.C.
2/4 4/4
Q E MajorE E Q. E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE
|-----------|-------------||-----------3-3---3-|
|-----------|-------------||-4-4-4-6-----------|
|---------5-|-5----5-5----||-------------------|
|-----------|-------------||-------------------|
|-----------|-------------||-------------------|
|-----------|-------------||-------------------|
|
| E MajorE S S E MajorE E Q. E MajorE H Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------|-------------||-------------3-----|
|-----------|-------------||---------------4---|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------5-|
|-----------|-------------||-------------------|
|---3h5-5-6-|-6----6-6----||-------1-2-3-------|
|-----------|-------------||-4-----------------|
F minorFm Eb/GEb/G AbAb Eb/BbEb/Bb C minorCm
2/4
E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-4-3---3-(3)---3-|-4-3---3-(3)-----|-----3---|
|-----6-----------|-----6-----------|---4---6-|
|-----------------|---------------3-|-5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|
| Q E MajorE E +Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE E +Q. E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-4-----3-(3)-----|-4-----3-(3)-----|---------|
|-4-----4-(4)-----|-4-----4-(4)-----|---------|
|-5-----3-(3)-----|-5-----3-(3)-----|-------8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---6-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
Chorus
N.C. Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb/Ab
4/4
H H H H E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|-----------|-------------||------8----------|
|-6----6----|-6------6----||-8--8---8-6------|
|-----------|-------------||---------------7-|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------|
|
| H H Q E MajorE E H Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|-----------|-------------||-8--------6------|
|-----------|-------------||-8--------6------|
|-8----6----|-5----5-7----||-8--------7------|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------|
|-----------|-------------||-----------------|
G minorGm C minorCm Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb/Ab G minorGm C minorCm
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|------6-----------------|------8----------|------6------------------|
|-6--6---6---------------|-8--8---8-6------|-6--6---6----------------|
|----------8-------------|---------------7-|----------8--------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE E S S S S E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E S S S S E MajorE
|-6----------------------|-8--------6------|-6-----------------------|
|-6----------------------|-8--------6------|-6-----------------------|
|-7--------------------8-|-8--------7------|-7--------------------8--|
|------------8----8-10---|-----------------|------------8----8-10----|
|------------8-10--------|-----------------|------------8-10---------|
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb/Ab G minorGm C minorCm N.C.
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE S S
|------8----------|------6-----------------|------------------||
|-8--8---8-6------|-6--6---6---------------|---------6--6-8-9-||
|---------------7-|----------8-------------|-8-----8----------||
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------||
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E S S S S E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q Q
|-8--------6------|-6----------------------|------------------||
|-8--------6------|-6----------------------|------------------||
|-8--------7------|-7--------------------8-|-8-----8-5--7-----||
|-----------------|------------8----8-10---|------------------||
|-----------------|------------8-10--------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------||
2nd Verse
C majorC Fm/C C majorC F minorFm C majorC
W W H Q E MajorE E MajorE
|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-8---------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------5-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| |-3-|
| E MajorE S S S S E MajorE +S S S S E MajorE S S Q. E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE Q. E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S E MajorE
|-----------------------------|--8------------------|--8--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--9------------------|--9--------------------|
|-5---------5-(5)-------5-----|-10----------5-----5-|-10----------5---------|
|-------5h7-------5-5h7---5h7-|-10----------5-5-7---|-10----------5-5h7p5---|
|---5h7-----------------------|---------5-7---------|---------5-7---------5-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
Bb majorBb F/CF/C
2/4 4/4
E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE H W W
|----------|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
|-----5----|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
|---5----7-|--7--------7-7------||-------------|-------------|
|-7--------|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E. S E MajorE E Q. E MajorE Q q Q q Q q Q q
|----------|--------------------||----6-----5--|----6-----5--|
|----------|--------------------||----6-----6--|----6-----6--|
|----------|--------------------||----7-----5--|----7-----5--|
|-7-----10-|-10--10-10-8-8------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|--------------------||-------------|-------------|
Bb majorBb F/CF/C N.C.
2/4 4/4
Gtr II
Q q Q q Q q Q E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q. E MajorE
|----6-----5--|----5--|----------------|----------------||
|----6-----6--|----6--|---------8------|----------------||
|----7-----5--|----5--|-10----8--------|-7----7--9------||
|-------------|-------|-----------8--8-|-8----8-10------||
|-------------|-------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------|----------------|----------------||
Chorus
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb DmDm
Gtr I
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|----------8h10-----------|------8----------------------|
|-8h10--10------10-8------|-8--8---11-10----------------|
|-----------------------9-|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|---10-------------8------|-8---------------------------|
|---10-------------8------|-8---------------------------|
|---10-------------9------|-9------------------------10-|
|-------------------------|--------------10----10-12----|
|-------------------------|--------------10-12----------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|----------8h10------------|
|-8h10--10------10-8-------|
|-----------------------9--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|---10-------------8-------|
|---10-------------8-------|
|---10-------------9-------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
DmDm Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|------8----------------------|----------8h10-----------|
|-8--8---11-------------------|-8h10--10------10-8------|
|-----------10----------------|-----------------------9-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|-8---------------------------|---10-------------8------|
|-8---------------------------|---10-------------8------|
|-9------------------------10-|---10-------------9------|
|--------------10----10-12----|-------------------------|
|--------------10-12----------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
DmDm
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|------8-----------------------||
|-8--8---11--------------------||
|-----------10-----------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
| Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|-8----------------------------||
|-8----------------------------||
|-9------------------------10--||
|--------------10----10-12-----||
|--------------10-12-----------||
|------------------------------||
Interlude
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb DmDm
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|----------8h10-----------|------8----------------------|
|-8h10--10------10-8------|-8--8---11-------------------|
|-----------------------9-|-----------10----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|---10-------------8------|-8---------------------------|
|---10-------------8------|-8---------------------------|
|---10-------------9------|-9------------------------10-|
|-------------------------|--------------10----10-12----|
|-------------------------|--------------10-12----------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|----------8h10------------|
|-8h10--10------10-8-------|
|-----------------------9--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE
|---10-------------8-------|
|---10-------------8-------|
|---10-------------9-------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
DmDm
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|------8----------------------||
|-8--8---11-------------------||
|-----------10----------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|
| Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|-8---------------------------||
|-8---------------------------||
|-9------------------------10-||
|--------------10----10-12----||
|--------------10-12----------||
|-----------------------------||
Out-Chorus
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb DmDm
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|----------8h10-----------|------8-----------------------|
|-8h10--10------10-8------|-8--8---11-10-----------------|
|-----------------------9-|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|---10-------------8------|-8----------------------------|
|---10-------------8------|-8----------------------------|
|---10-------------9------|-9------------------------10--|
|-------------------------|--------------10----10-12-----|
|-------------------------|--------------10-12-----------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb DmDm
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|----------8h10-----------|------8----------------------|
|-8h10--10------10-8------|-8--8---11-10----------------|
|-----------------------9-|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|---10-------------8------|-8---------------------------|
|---10-------------8------|-8---------------------------|
|---10-------------9------|-9------------------------10-|
|-------------------------|--------------10----10-12----|
|-------------------------|--------------10-12----------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 C/Bb DmDm
a E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE H
|----------8h10-----------|------8-----------------------*|
|-8h10--10------10-8------|-8--8---11-10-----------------*|
|-----------------------9-|------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------*|
|
| Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE Q. E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE
|---10-------------8------|-8----------------------------*|
|---10-------------8------|-8----------------------------*|
|---10-------------9------|-9------------------------10--*|
|-------------------------|--------------10----10-12-----*|
|-------------------------|--------------10-12-----------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------------*|
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