B.B. King – Woke Up This Morning (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by B.B. King (From the 1965 Album LIVE AT THE REGAL) Words and Music by B.B. King & Jules Bihari Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'B.B. King - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns' Intro Q=174 N.C. C 4/4 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.) E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q H

|---11---10-8---10---|-8----------|---11---10-8-8-------|-8-8---------|
|---10--------8-10---|-8----------|---10--------8-10----|-8-8---------|
|---------------10---|-9----------|---------------10-10-|-9-9---------|
|--------------------|------------|------------------10-|-------------|
|--------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------|

                         F                                    C
  E a  Q   E E E  E  E   E E Q  H      E a  Q   E E E  E  E   E E Q  H
|---5s12--10-8---------|-------------|---5s11--10-8---------|-8-8---------|
|--------------8-------|-7-8---------|--------------8-------|-8-8---------|
|----------------10----|-7-8---------|----------------10----|-9-9---------|
|-------------------10-|-------------|-------------------10-|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|

                         G
  E a  Q   E E E  E  E   E  e Q  H
|---5s12--10-8---------|--------------|
|--------------8-10----|-8------------|
|-------------------10-|---10---------|
|----------------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|
|----------------------|--------------|

    F                    C
  E a  Q   E E E  E  E   E E Q  H      W
|---8s12--10-8-8-------|-8-8---------|------||
|--------------8-10----|-8-8---------|------||
|----------------10----|-9-9---------|------||
|-------------------10-|-------------|------||
|----------------------|-------------|------||
|----------------------|-------------|------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    C
    Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
    E S S E E E E E E   E S S E E E E E E   E S S E E E E E E
||----------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|
||o---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

                      F
  E S S E E E E E E   E S S  E E  E E  E E   E S S  E E  E E  E E
|---------3-5p3-5p3-|----------8-10p8-10p8-|----------8-10p8-10p8-|
|---1h3s5-----------|---6h8s10-------------|---6h8s10-------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

                                          G
  E S S E E E E E E   E S S E E E E E E   E S  S  E  E  E  E  E  E
|---------3-5p3-5p3-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|-----------10-12p10-12p10-|
|---1h3s5-----------|---1h3s5-----------|---8h10s12----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|

                                            1.             2.
  F
  E S S  E E  E E  E E   E S S E E E E E E   Q  Q  H        Q  Q  H
|----------8-10p8-10p8-|---------3-5p3-5p3-|-------------||------------||
|---6h8s10-------------|---1h3s5-----------|-1----------o||-1----------||
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|------------o||------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------||------------||

   3rd & 4th Verses
    Q=174(8=s8)
    C
    Gtrs I, II
    Q  E E +Q    Q    Q   Q  H      Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H
||------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||o----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)--7--|-8\----------|
||-----9-9-(9)---9--|-9\----------|----9-9-(9)--8--|-9\----------|
||--------------10--|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||o-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|

  F                              C
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H      Q  E E +Q    Q    Q   Q  H
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----8-8-(8)--6--|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|
|----8-8-(8)--7--|-8\----------|----9-9-(9)---9--|-9\----------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------10--|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|

                               1.
  G                             C
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H      Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------||
|----6-6-(6)-----|-6----------|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------o||
|----7-7-(7)-----|-7----------|----9-9-(9)-----|-9\-----------||
|-------------7--|------------|-------------7--|--------------||
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------o||
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------||

                                 5th Verse
  2.
                                  C7
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H       Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H
|----------------|-------------||----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|
|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------||----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|
|----9-9-(9)-----|-9\----------||----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|
|-------------7--|-------------||----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|
|----------------|-------------||----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------||----------------|-------------|

                                 F7
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H      Q  E E +Q    Q    Q   Q  H
|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|
|----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|----8-8-(8)--10--|-8\----------|
|----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|----8-8-(8)------|-8\----------|
|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|----7-7-(7)------|-7\----------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|

                                 G7
  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q   Q  H      Q   E  E  +Q    Q
|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8\----------|-----8--8--(8)------|
|----5-5-(5)-----|-5\----------|----10-10-(10)--10--|
|----7-7-(7)-----|-7\----------|----10-10-(10)--10--|
|----8-8-(8)-----|-8\----------|----------------12--|
|----------------|-------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------|--------------------|

                 C7
   Q   Q  H      Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H
|--8\----------|----8-8-(8)--5--|-8----------*|
|-10\----------|----5-5-(5)-----|-5----------*|
|-10\----------|----7-7-(7)-----|-7----------*|
|--------------|----8-8-(8)-----|-8----------*|
|--------------|----------------|------------*|
|--------------|----------------|------------*|

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