Four Tops – Its The Same Old Song (Guitar Tab)
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IT'S THE SAME OLD SAME OLD SONG
As recorded by Four Tops
(From the 1965 Album SECOND ALBUM)
Words and Music by Edward Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Vibraphone'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=128
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Vibraphone arr. for Gtr.)
W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----10-12---------------| |----------|-13-------10---10----10-| |----------|------------------12----| |----------|------------------------| |----------|------------------------| |----------|------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----10-12---------------|----10-12----------------| |-13-------10---10----10-|-13-------10---10----10--| |------------------12----|------------------12-----| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| 1st - 3rd Verses $ C Csus4 E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q |----10-12---------------||--12----12----13---| |-13-------10---10----10-||o-13----13----13---| |------------------12----||--12----12----12---| |------------------------||-------------------| |------------------------||o------------------| |------------------------||-------------------|
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| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W Q E E Q E E
|------------------------||------3--------3---|
|------------------------||o-----5--------6---|
|------------------------||------5--------5---|
|------------------------||------5--------5---|
|------------------------||o-----3--------3---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
C Csus4 Dm Dsus4
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-13----13----13---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----| |-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----| |-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----| |-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----| |-----3--------3---|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| F G C Csus4 Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q Q |-8------10-10-(10)---|-12----12----13---| |---------8--8--(8)---|-13----13----13---| |---------------------|-12----12----12---| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |----1-----------3----|-----3--------3---| |----1-----------3----|-----5--------6---| |----2-----------4----|-----5--------5---| |----3-----------5----|-----5--------5---| |----3-----------5----|-----3--------3---| |---------------------|------------------| C Csus4 Dm Dsus4 Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E |-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-| |-13----13----13---|-10----10----------| |-12----12----12---|-10----10----------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----| |-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----| |-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----| |-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----| |-----3--------3---|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| F G C Csus4 Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q Q |-8------10-10-(10)---|-12----12----13---| |---------8--8--(8)---|-13----13----13---| |---------------------|-12----12----12---| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |----1-----------3----|-----3--------3---| |----1-----------3----|-----5--------6---| |----2-----------4----|-----5--------5---| |----3-----------5----|-----5--------5---| |----3-----------5----|-----3--------3---| |---------------------|------------------| C Csus4 Dm Dsus4 Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E |-12----12----13---|-10----10----12-10-| |-13----13----13---|-10----10----------| |-12----12----12---|-10----10----------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----| |-----5--------6---|-----3--------3----| |-----5--------5---|-----2--------2----| |-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----| |-----3--------3---|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| Chorus F G C Dm/F Q Q E E +E E Q E E Q Q |-8------10-10-(10)---||-12----12----13---| |---------8--8--(8)---||-13----13----15---| |---------------------||-12----12----14---| |---------------------||------------------| |---------------------||------------------| |---------------------||------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |----1-----------3----||-----3--------1---| |----1-----------3----||-----5--------3---| |----2-----------4----||-----5--------2---| |----3-----------5----||-----5--------3---| |----3-----------5----||-----3------------| |---------------------||------------------| G Dm Dsus4 Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E |-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-| |-12----12----12---|-10----10----------| |-12----12----12---|-10----10----------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----| |-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----| |-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----| |-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----| |-----5--------5---|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| G F C Dm/F G Dm Dsus4 Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E |-10--10---8-8-----|-12----12----13---|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-| |--8---8---6-6-----|-13----13----15---|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------| |------------------|-12----12----14---|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |------3-------1---|-----3--------1---|-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----| |------3-------1---|-----5--------3---|-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----| |------4-------2---|-----5--------2---|-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----| |------5-------3---|-----5--------3---|-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----| |------5-------3---|-----3------------|-----5--------5---|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| 1. To Coda G F N.C. Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E |-10--10---8-8-----|----10-12---------------| |--8---8---6-6-----|-13-------10---10----10-| |------------------|------------------12----| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E W
|------3-------1---|------------------------|
|------3-------1---|------------------------|
|------4-------2---|------------------------|
|------5-------3---|------------------------|
|------5-------3---|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
2.
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----10-12----------------||----10-12---------------|
|-13-------10---10----10-o||-13-------10---10----10-|
|------------------12-----||------------------12----|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------||
| W W
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
Sax Solo
C Dm/F
E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q
|----10-12---------------||--12----12----13---|
|-13-------10---10----10-||o-13----13----15---|
|------------------12----||--12----12----14---|
|------------------------||-------------------|
|------------------------||o------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------||
| W Q E E Q E E
|------------------------||------3--------1---|
|------------------------||o-----5--------3---|
|------------------------||------5--------2---|
|------------------------||------5--------3---|
|------------------------||o-----3------------|
|------------------------||-------------------|
G Dm Dsus4
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|-10----10----10---|-10----10----12-10-|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|-12----12----12---|-10----10----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-----3--------3---|-----1--------3----| |-----3--------3---|-----3--------3----| |-----4--------4---|-----2--------2----| |-----5--------5---|-----0--------0----| |-----5--------5---|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| 1. 2. D.S. al Coda & G F G F Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q |-10--10---8-8------||-10--10---8-8-----|| |--8---8---6-6-----o||--8---8---6-6-----|| |-------------------||------------------|| |-------------------||------------------|| |------------------o||------------------|| |-------------------||------------------||
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |------3-------1----||------3-------1---|| |------3-------1---o||------3-------1---|| |------4-------2----||------4-------2---|| |------5-------3----||------5-------3---|| |------5-------3---o||------5-------3---|| |-------------------||------------------|| Outro N.C. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----10-12---------------|----10-12---------------| |-13-------10---10----10-|-13-------10---10----10-| |------------------12----|------------------12----| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|
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| W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
C Dm/F G
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
||--12----12----13---|-10----10----10---|
||o-13----13----15---|-12----12----12---|
||--12----12----14---|-12----12----12---|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------||
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E ||------3--------1---|-----3--------3---| ||o-----5--------3---|-----3--------3---| ||------5--------2---|-----4--------4---| ||------5--------3---|-----5--------5---| ||o-----3------------|-----5--------5---| ||-------------------|------------------| Dm Dsus4 G F Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q |-10----10----12-10-|-10--10---8-8-------|| |-10----10----------|--8---8---6-6------o|| |-10----10----------|--------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--------------------||
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-----1--------3----|------3-------1-----|| |-----3--------3----|------3-------1----o|| |-----2--------2----|------4-------2-----|| |-----0--------0----|------5-------3-----|| |-------------------|------5-------3----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