Booker T. & the M.G.'s – Melting Pot (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Booker T. & The MG's (From the 1971 Album MELTING POT) Words and Music by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn & Al Jackson, Jr. Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar'
  Q=116
               Am7
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx2          E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-5-----5-5-5-|
|------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-5-----5-5-5-|
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|

                                                           Am9
  E S S S S S S S S S S E. S   +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------7-7----|
|-------------5-----5------8-|-(8)-----8-x-x-8---x-8-x-x-x-8-8----|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-5------5-|-(5)-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-5-x-x-x-5-5----|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-5------7-|-(7)-x-x-7-x-x-7---x-7-x-x-x--------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|

  E E e S S E e S S S S   E E E S S E e E S S   E S S e S S S S e S S S S
|-7---7-x-7---7---x-7-7-|-7-x-7-x-7---7-x-7-7-|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7-x-7-7-7--|
|-8-x-8-x-8---8---x-8-8-|-8-x-8-x-8---8-x-8-8-|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8-x-8-8-8--|
|-5-x-5-x-----5---x-5-5-|-5-x-5-x-5---5-x-5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5-x-5-5-5--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|

  E S S e S S S S e E S S   E S S e S S S S e E S S   E S S e S S S S e S E.
|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7---7-7-|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7---7-7-|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7-x----|
|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8---8-8-|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8---8-8-|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8-x-8--|
|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5---5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5---5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5-x-5--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

  E S S e S S S S e S S S S
|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7-x-7-7-7-|
|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8-x-8-8-8-|
|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5-x-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

  E S S e S S S S e E S S   E S S e S S S S e E S S
|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7---7-7-|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7---7-7-|
|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8---8-8-|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8---8-8-|
|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5---5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5---5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  E S S e S S S S e S S S S
|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7-x-7-7-7-|
|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8-x-8-8-8-|
|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5-x-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

  E S S e S S S S e E S S   E S S e S S S S e E S S
|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7---7-7-|-7-x-x-7-x-7---x-7---7-7-|
|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8---8-8-|-8-x-x-8-x-8---x-8---8-8-|
|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5---5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-5---x-5---5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

                            F5
                                               PM
  E S S e S S S S S S e E   E S S +Q   +E  S S S S S S
|-7-x-x-7-x-7-x-7-7-7-7---|----------------------------|
|-8-x-x-8-x-8-x-8-8-8-8---|----------------------------|
|-5-x-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5---|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-(3)--(3)-3-3---------|
|-------------------------|-1-1-1-(1)--(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

  E S S S E S +E  S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

  Am           Am7
  Q  H    Q    Q  E S S S E S E S S   S S E E S S S E S E S S
|------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----5-------|-8--8-8-8---8-----8-8-|-x-x---x-x-x---x-----8-8-|
|-5--5-------|-5--5-5-5---5-----5-5-|-x-x---x-x-x---x-----5-5-|
|-7----------|-7--7-7-7---7-----7-7-|-x-x---x-x-x---x---------|
|------------|----------------------|-----7-------------------|
|------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

                  Am9
  E E E S S E E S S S S   S S E E S S S E S S S E   S S E E S S E e S S S S
|-----------------7-7-7-|-----------7---7-----7-7-|-------7-x-7---7---7-7-7-||
|-----x-x-x---x---8-8-8-|-x-x-----x-8---8-----8-8-|-x-x-x-8-x-8---8---8-8-8-||
|-----x-x-x---x---5-5-5-|-x-x-----x-5---5-----5-5-|-x-x-x-5-x-5---5---5-5-5-||
|---7-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

    Am9
    S S E E S S E e S S S S
||--------7-x-7---7---7-7-7-|
||o-x-x-x-8-x-8---8---8-8-8-|
||--x-x-x-5-x-5---5---5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|

                              Am7
  S S E e S S E E S S S S     S S E S S S S E S S E E
|-------7-x-7---7---7-7-7--||-------------------------|
|-x-x-x-8-x-8---8---8-8-8-o||-------8---8-8---8-8-8---|
|-x-x-x-5-x-5---5---5-5-5--||-x-x-x-5-x-5-5---5-5-5-x-|
|--------------------------||-x-x-x-7-x-7-7---7-7-7-x-|
|-------------------------o||-------------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------|

  F5                                                     Am
  Q.   S +S  +E  E S S E   E S S E S S +S  S E +S  S E   H     H
|------------------------|-----------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|------^5----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-5----^5----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-7----^7----|
|-3----3-(3)-(3)-3-3-3-3-|-------3-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-|------------|
|-1----1-(1)-(1)-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-|------------|

                             Am9
  +E  E +S  E. E. S +Q     E e S S E e S S E e   E e S S E e S S E e
|------------------------|---7-x-7---7---x---7-|---7-x-7---7---x---7-||
|-(5)-------8--8--8-(8)--|---8-x-8---8---x---8-|---8-x-8---8---x---8-||
|-(5)-5-(5)----5--5-(5)--|---5-x-5---5---x---5-|---5-x-5---5---x---5-||
|-(7)--------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||

     C
  Q   E.  S S  S  E  S  S E   Q   E.  S S  S  E  S  S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----8---8----8--8--8--8---|-----8---8----8--8--8--8---|
|-----9---9----9--9--9--9---|-----9---9----9--9--9--9---|
|----10--10---10-10-10-10---|----10--10---10-10-10-10---|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

     G
  Q  E. S S S E S S S S   E E E. S S S E E S S
|----7--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7--7---7-7-7-x-x-|
|----8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8---8--8---8-8-8-x-x-|
|----7--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7--7---7-7-7-x-x-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|

     D                                           N.C.
                                                 PM--------|
                                                 |-3-| |-3-|

  Q  E. S S S S S S S E   E e E. S S S E S S E   Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------|
|----7--7---7-7-7-7-7---|---7-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-------------|
|----7--7---7-7-7-7-7---|---7-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-------------|
|----7--7---7-7-7-7-7---|---7-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-3-----3-5-7-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|---5-3-------|

                          N.C.
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~
  |-3-|
  Q Q Q a E. S +S  S E    a Q  E S S +H
|----------------------||-------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------|
|-----5-7s9--7-(7)-5---||------5---5-(5)----|
|-5-7----------------7-||-5h7----7----------|
|----------------------||-------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ |-3--|
  +E  S  S  +E  E Q  Q Q    H     +E  E  S E.
|----------------------8-|-----------------8---|
|-----8s10-(10)-8-8-10---|-10----(10)-8-10-----|
|-(5)--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ |--3--|
  +E  E  E.    S  +S  S  E E  E    +H     Q   E  E  E
|-(8)-8-10b12-10-(10)-8----8----|------------------17-|
|-----------------------10---10-|-(10)-------16-17----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|

   +H      +E   E  E  E    Q   +E   S  S  +Q.    E
|-(17)----(17)----17----|-20--(20)-17-----------17--|
|--------------17----17-|-------------20-(20)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--3---| |--3--|
   E  E      +E    E E  Q  Q  Q    E.    S  +S   S  E      +S   S  +S   S  Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-17----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----19b21==(19)r-17------------|-19b21-19-(19)-17-19b21==(19)-19r(19)-17-19b21===|
|----------------------17-19----|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------19-|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

   +E   S  +S   E  S  S  +S   E.  Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-(19)-19r(19)-17----17-(17)-17-------|
|-----------------19-------------19---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

   +E   e  E  S  S      +S    S  E     S  E     S
|------17----17--------------17-------17-------17-|
|---------17----20b22==(20)r----20b22----20b22----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-(19)--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

   E     S  S      +S    S  E     S  E     S  E      E    E   S  S  +S   S  E  S  E  S  +S   S  E
|-------17--------------17-------17-------17--------17-|-----17---------17------------------17-----|
|-20b22----20b22==(20)r----20b22----20b22----20b21=====|=20r----20-(20)----20-19-19-17-(17)--------|
|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------19--|
|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

                             PM|
   E  E  S  E  S  +E   E  E  S  S    E     Q.    +E   S      S   Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------17-------|-19b20------------19b21==19r-----|
|-17---------------------17-------|-19b21-17----(17)-19b20==19r-17--|
|----19-17-19-19-(19)-19----19-16-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   S      S   Q   E    E     E      +S    E.
|----------------------------------------------|
|-19b21==19r-----19b20-xb20--------------------|
|-19b20==19r-----19b21-xb21-19b21==(19)r-19b21-|
|------------19--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

   S      +E   S  E.  S  +S   E.  S  E.
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------17--------------------17--|
|-19pb21r(19)-----------------------17--|
|----------------19--19-(19)-19--19-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   +S   S  E Q  E Q.     +H     +S  E. +Q     +H     H
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-(17)------------7----|-(7)----(7)-7--(7)--|-(7)----7----|
|-(17)------------7----|-(7)----(7)-7--(7)--|-(7)----7----|
|------19-19-----------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-------------|

   ~~~                                        PM--|
  +H     H      +H     +E  E E E   H    +E  E S S E   H    E S S +S  S E
|-------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-(7)----5----|-(5)----(5)-5-----|----------5-------|--------5-5-(5)------|
|-(7)----5----|-(5)----(5)-5-----|----------5-5-5-5-|------x-5-5-(5)-5-5--|
|-------------|--------------5-5-|-7----(7)---5-5-5-|-7----x---------5-5--|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|

                                             F
  H    E S S S S E   E E E E a E S S S S E   E e S S E E S S S S e
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--------5-5-------|-------------8-8s6-----|---6---6---6---6-----6--|
|--------5-5-------|-----5-7-7s9-9-9s7-5---|---5-x-5---5-x-5---x-5--|
|-7----x-------5-5-|---7-----------------7-|---7-x-7---7-x-7---x-7--|
|------------------|-----------------------|-8----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

                            Am7
  E e S S E E S S S S e   E E +S  E. +E  S S +E  E
|-----------------------|---------5--(5)-----------|
|---6---6---6---6-----6-|---5-(5)-5--(5)-5-5-(5)-5-|
|---5-x-5---5-x-5---x-5-|---5-(5)-5--(5)-5-5-(5)-5-|
|---7-x-7---7-x-7---x-7-|---7-(7)-7--(7)-----------|
|-8---------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|

                    F
             TP
  +E  E E E  H      E e S S E E S S S S e
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-(5)-------/8----|---6---6---6---6-----6---|
|-(5)---5-7-/9----|---5-x-5---5-x-5---x-5---|
|-----7-----------|---7-x-7---7-x-7---x-7---|
|-----------------|-8-----------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|

                          Am7
                               TP     TP
  E e S S E E S S S S e   H    H      W
|-----------------------|-----------|-5----|
|---6---6---6---6-----6-|-5----5----|-5----|
|---5-x-5---5-x-5---x-5-|-5----5----|-5----|
|---7-x-7---7-x-7---x-7-|-5----5----|-5----|
|-8---------------------|-----------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------|

                             Am7
  e E Q  H      W            E S S E E S S E S  E  S
|-5-----------|----------||--------------------------|
|-5-----------|----------||o-------------------------|
|-5-----------|----------||----0-0-------------------|
|-5-----------|----------||--2-----2-2-x-x-2-0h=2----|
|-------------|----------||o-0-----0-0-x-x-0-0-(0)---|
|-------------|----------||--------------------------|

  E S S E E S S E S  S  E   E S S E E S S E S  E  S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----0---------0-------0-|
|-2-x-2---2-x-2-2-0h=2--2-|-2-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-0h=2--2-|
|-0-x-0---0-x-0-0-0-(0)-0-|-0-x-0-0-0-x-0---0-(0)---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  S S E E S S e E S S S S   6x
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|---------x-0---0-----x-x---||
|-2-x-2---x-2---2-----x-x---||
|-0-x-0-------0------------o||
|---------------3-3h5-------||
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