Aretha Franklin – Respect (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Aretha Franklin (From the 1967 Album I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU) Words and Music by Otis Redding Transcribed by Slowhand C F G F#m x x 10 9 8 8 x x 3 2 1 1 x x 5 4 3 3 x x 4 2 2 2 B x x 9 8 7 7 Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Cornell Dupree - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'King Curtis - Sax' Intro Q=116 C F 4/4 Gtr II Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x /
  Gtr I
  Q  S S S  S     +E   +Q.      Q  S S S S   +E  +Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----8-8---10b11-(10)-(10)----|----1-1---3b4-(3)-(3)----|
|----9-9----------------------|----2-2------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
C F Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x /
  Q  S S S  S     +E   +Q.      Q  S S S S   +E  +Q.
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----8-8---10b11-(10)-(10)----|----1-1---3b4-(3)-(3)----||
|----9-9----------------------|----2-2------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
1st - 4th Verses $ G F G F Gtr II Q Q Q Q Q q Q q q q Q Q q q Q Q | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | x x x / x / x / / / x x / / x x
    Gtr I
    a q  a q  Q  Q    a q  a q  Q  Q    a q  a q  Q  Q    a q  a q  Q  Q
||----3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|
||o---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--|
||--3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--|-3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus G F C N.C. F N.C. q q Q Q q q Q Q W W | | | | | | | | / / x x / / x x
  a q  a q  Q  Q    a q  a q  Q  Q     Q  Q  S S S S E E   E Q  E +E  Q  E
|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--||-------------------|---1-------------|
|---3----3--x--x--|---1----1--x--x--||----5--------------|---1--3-(3)-4----|
|-3h4--3h4--x--x--|-1h2--1h2--x--x--||----5--------------|---2--3-(3)-5----|
|-----------------|-----------------||----5--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3---------3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------3-5---5---0-|-1---------------|

                      1.,2.               3.
             To Coda
  C     N.C.           F    N.C.           F    N.C.
  Q  Q  S S S S E E    E Q  E +E  Q  E     E Q  E +E  Q  E
|--------------------|---1--------------||---1-------------||
|----5---------------|---1--3-(3)-4----o||---1--3-(3)-4----||
|----5---------------|---2--3-(3)-5-----||---2--3-(3)-5----||
|----5---------------|------------------||-----------------||
|-3---------3---3----|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-------3-5---5---0--|-1----------------||-1---------------||
Bridge / Sax Solo F#m Gtr II Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x / Gtr III (Sax. arr. for Gtr.) |--3--|
  E  S  S  E  E  +E   e E  E  E    E  S  S  H.
|--------------------14---------|---------------------|
|------10-12-14-(14)------14-12-|----10-12------------|
|---11--------------------------|-11-------11---------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
B Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x / |--3--| |--3---| |-3-|
  Q  E  E  E  +E   E  E  +E   S  S   E E E +E  a E a E a  S E.   +E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------12-(12)-14-12-|---9-7-(7)-----------------------|
|---------11-(11)-13---------------|-----------6h8-6h8---------------|
|------13--------------------------|-------------------9h10-9----(9)-|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#m Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x /
  E  S  S  E  E  E  a  E E  S  S    S  S  E  +H      Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|------10-12-14-14-10h12---10-12-|-10-12----------------|
|---11---------------------------|-------11-(11)--------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
G Q q Q q | | | | x / x / |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---14-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------14-13-14-13-----------------------------|
|------------------14-15-14-12-11--------------|
|---------------------------------12-13-12-11--|
|----------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda & Q q Q q | | | | x / x / |--3--| |--3--|
  E  E  E  a  E  E  E  +S   S  S  S  +Q
|-----------------------------------------||
|---------10h12-14-15-(15)-12-------------||
|---13-14---------------------14-13-(13)--||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
Interlude F C Gtr II E E E E Q Q q Q H | | | | | | x / x x x /
  Gtr I                Gtr III
  E Q   E +E  Q   E     E  E  E  S  S  +E   E  Q
|---1---------------||-----------------------------|
|---1---3-(3)-4-----||-----------------------------|
|---2---3-(3)-5-----||-----------------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------||-13-13-13-13-15-(15)-15-13---|
|-1-----------------||-----------------------------|
F q Q H | /
   E  E  E  S  S  +E   E  Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-15-(15)-15-13--|
|----------------------------|
C F q Q H q Q H | | / /
   E  E  E  S  S  +E   E  Q    E  E  E.  S  +E   E  Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------15----18-(18)--------|---18-----18-(18)--------||
|-15-17----17---------20-18--|------20----------20-18--||
Out-Chorus C F Gtr II Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x /
    Gtr I
    Q  Q  S S S S E E   E Q   E +E  Q   E
||--------------------|---1---------------|
||o----5--------------|---1---3-(3)-4-----|
||-----5--------------|---2---3-(3)-5-----|
||-----5--------------|-------------------|
||o-3-------0-3-0-3---|-------------------|
||--------3---------0-|-1-----------------|
C F Q q Q q Q q Q q | | | | | | | | x / x / x / x /
  Q  Q  S S S S E E   E Q   E +E  Q   E   3x
|-------------------|---1-----------------||
|----5--------------|---1---3-(3)-4------o||
|----5--------------|---2---3-(3)-5-------||
|----5--------------|---------------------||
|-3-------0-3-0-3---|--------------------o||
|-------3---------0-|-1-------------------||
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