Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by Bee Gees
(From the 1976 Album CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric Guitar '
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Intro
Q=120
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H E. S S S E
|----------|----------|----------|---------3---3-3--| |----------|----------|----------|---------3---3-3--| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------|----------|------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr II | W H E S S e E |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----|| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------||
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| W H E S S e E
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1st - 3rd Verses
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N.C.
Gtr II
W H E S S e E W H E S S e E
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| Gtr III | W W W W ||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||o----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||-----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||o----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| ||--3--------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| W H E S S e E W H E S S e E |----------|--------15-15-15---|----------|--------15-15-15----|| |----------|--------15-15-15---|----------|--------15-15-15----|| |----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------|| |----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------|| |----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------|| |----------|-------------------|----------|--------------------|| Chorus N.C. Gtr I E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-| |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--| |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr II | W H E S S e E |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| 1. E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-----|| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----o|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------o|| |-------------------------|----------------------------||
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| W H E S S e E |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15-------|| |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------o|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------o|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| 2.,D.S. E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
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| W H E S S e E |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-| |-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8-| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------|
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| W W
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To Coda
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--|
|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8---8-8--|
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| W W |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------|
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| W H E S S e E
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Gt
E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E
|-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-||
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| W H E S S e E |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|| |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------|| Interlude N.C. r IV (Horns arr. for Gtr.) S S S S e S S S S e S S e S S S S e S S H |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-8-8---6-6-10-10---6-6-6-7-8-|-8-8---6-10-6-8--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-5-5---3-3--7--7---3-3-3-4-5-|-5-5---3--7-3-5--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| W H E S S e E |-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---| |-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| S S S S e S S S S e S S e S S S S e S S H |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-8-8---6-6-10-10---6-6-6-7-8-|-8-8---6-10-6-8--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-5-5---3-3--7--7---3-3-3-4-5-|-5-5---3--7-3-5--------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| G | W H E S S e E |-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---| |-----------------------------|------------------15-15-15---| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| W W |---------------------|-------------------------------| |-11------------------|-10----------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------| |--8------------------|--7----------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------|
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|tr III | ~~~~~ ~~~~~ | Q Q H Q S +S E E Q. |---------------------|-------------------------------| |-----18b20--18b20----|-----18b20r(18)p15-18-18b20----| |---------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------------| e S S S S E H e S S S S E Q e e |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |-8-6-10--6------8---------------------|--8-------6--10--6----8----------------------8----10-| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |-5-3--7--3------5---------------------|--5-------3---7--3----5----------------------5-----7-| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
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| Q S +S E E Q +E E +E S S S E S +S E Q |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |--------18b20r(18)p15-18-18pb20r=(18)-|-18pb20r(18)----15h18p==15---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------17-17b19r(17)p15-17b19----| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| W W |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-11------------------------------------|-13-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--8------------------------------------|-10-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ | Q S +S E E +E +Q Q S +S E H |-----20pb22r(20)p18-20-(20)b22==(20)r--|-20b22--20pb22r(20)p18-20b22----| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| e S S S S S S H |------------------------------------| |-13----11-15---11-13----------------| |------------------------------------| |-10-----8-12----8-10----------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|
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| H. +E S S
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D.S. al Coda &
N.C.
Gtr I
W E S S S S E S S E E S S
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E W |--------------------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------------------||--------------------------| |---3-5---3-5-3------------------||--------------------------| |-------5-------5-3--------------||--------------------------| |-------------------5-4-3-1-3-1--||--------------------------| |--------------------------------||--------------------------| E E S S E E E E E E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |---8---8-8-8--------8-8-|-8---8---8-8---8-8-8---8-|---8---8-8-8--------8-8-|| |---7---7-7-7--------7-7-|-7---7---7-7---7-7-7---7-|---7---7-7-7--------7-7-|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
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| Gtr II | H E S S e E W H E S S e E |-------------15-15-15---|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|| |-------------15-15-15---|-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| Breakdown N.C. Wx16 |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| Outro N.C. Gtr I E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E ||--3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| ||o-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3-| ||--------------------------|------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------------| ||o-------------------------|------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr II | W H E S S e E ||--------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| ||o-------------------------|-------------15-15-15---| ||--------------------------|------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------------| ||o-------------------------|------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------------| E S S S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E 4x |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3----|| |-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3-3-3--------3-3---o|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------o|| |-------------------------|---------------------------||
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| W H E S S e E 4x |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15------|| |-------------------------|-------------15-15-15-----o|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|--------------------------o|| |-------------------------|---------------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths