Four Tops – Reach Out Ill Be There (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Four Tops (From the 1967 Album REACH OUT) Words and Music by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Edward Holland Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Flute' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Horns' Intro Q=124 Ebsus4Ebm Ebsus4Ebm Ebsus2 Bb 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) |--3--| |3-|
   Q.    E  H       Q.    E  Q  Q  Q    Q  H   +H        +W
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|--9-----7--7----|--9-----7--7--6----|-----6---(6)----|--(6)----|
|--8-----8--8----|--8-----8--8--8--8-|--7--7---(7)----|--(7)----|
|--8-----8--8----|--8-----8--8--8--8-|--8-------------|---------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
| | Gtr II (Flute arr. for Gtr.) | |--3--| |3-|
|  Q.    E  H       Q.    E  Q  Q  Q    Q  H   +H        +W
|-16----14-14----|-16----14-14-13----|----13--(13)----|-(13)----|
|-16----16-16----|-16----16-16-16-16-|-15-15--(15)----|-(15)----|
|----------------|-------------------|-15-------------|---------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------|
Ebsus4Ebm Ebsus4Ebm Ebsus2 Bb |--3--| |3-|
   Q.    E  H       Q.    E  Q  Q  Q    Q  H   +H         E  E Q  E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|--9-----7--7----|--9-----7--7--6----|-----6---(6)----|---6--6-6--6-6-6-6-||
|--8-----8--8----|--8-----8--8--8--8-|--7--7---(7)----|---7--7-7--7-7-7-7-||
|--8-----8--8----|--8-----8--8--8--8-|--8-------------|---8--8-8--8-8-8-8-||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
| | |--3--| |3-|
|  Q.    E  H       Q.    E  Q  Q  Q    Q  H   +H        +Q    Q  H
|-16----14-14----|-16----14-14-13----|----13--(13)----|-(13)--------------||
|-16----16-16----|-16----16-16-16-16-|-15-15--(15)----|-(15)--------------||
|----------------|-------------------|-15-------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Abm7      Gb  Db                    Abm7      Gb  Db
     Q   Q  E Q   E   +Q   Q  E Q.       Q   Q  E Q   E   +Q   Q  E Q.
||---4---4----2---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|--4---4----2---1-|-(1)--1----1------|
||o--4---4----2---2-|-(2)--2----2-----|--4---4----2---2-|-(2)--2----2------|
||---4---4----3---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|--4---4----3---1-|-(1)--1----1------|
||---4---4----4---3-|-(3)--3----3-----|--4---4----4---3-|-(3)--3----3------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
|   Gtr III (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
|    Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E  Q     Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E  Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o--9---9----9---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|--9---9----9---6-|-(6)--6----6--6---|
||---8---8----6---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|--8---8----6---6-|-(6)--6----6--6---|
||--10--10----8---8-|-(8)--8----8--8--|-10--10----8---8-|-(8)--8----8--8---|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  Abm7      Gb  Db                    Abm7      Gb  Db
   Q   Q  E Q   E   +Q   Q  E Q.       Q   Q  E Q   E   +Q   Q  E Q.
|--4---4----2---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|--4---4----2---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|
|--4---4----2---2-|-(2)--2----2-----|--4---4----2---2-|-(2)--2----2-----|
|--4---4----3---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|--4---4----3---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|
|--4---4----4---3-|-(3)--3----3-----|--4---4----4---3-|-(3)--3----3-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|  Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E  Q     Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E  Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--9---9----9---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|--9---9----9---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|
|--8---8----6---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|--8---8----6---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|
|-10--10----8---8-|-(8)--8----8--8--|-10--10----8---8-|-(8)--8----8--8--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  Abm7      Gb  Db                    Gb
   Q   Q  E Q   E   +Q   Q  E Q.       E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|--4---4----2---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--4---4----2---2-|-(2)--2----2-----|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--4---4----3---1-|-(1)--1----1-----|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--4---4----4---3-|-(3)--3----3-----|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|
|  Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E  Q     W                  W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|--9---9----9---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|-11---------------|-11---------------|
|--8---8----6---6-|-(6)--6----6--6--|-11---------------|-11---------------|
|-10--10----8---8-|-(8)--8----8--8--|-11---------------|-11---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|

                                                  Chorus
  Bb7                F°7               N.C.        Bb          Eb
   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E Q    W            H.       E  S S
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--7-7-7-7-7------|----------||--6--------6--3-3--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6-6-6-6-6------|----------||--6--------6--4-4--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7-7-7-7-7------|----------||--7--------7--3-3--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6-6-6-6-6------|----------||--8--------8--5-5--|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W                  W                W            H.       E  E
|------------------|-----------------|----------||----------18-------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-18-------18-16----|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-19----------15----|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                  H       H        W            H.       E  E
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||--6--------6--8----|
|-14---------------|-14--------------|----------||--7--------7--8----|
|-12---------------|-12--------------|----------||--8--------8--8----|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------||-------------------|

                Ebsus4     Ebsus2        Bb                  Bb          Eb
   +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H        H.       E  S S
|--(3)--------|------------------------|-------------------|--6--------6--3-3--|
|--(4)--------|--9--7-------6----------|----6-------(6)----|--6--------6--4-4--|
|--(3)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----|--7--------7--3-3--|
|--(5)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8----------------|--8--------8--5-5--|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| | |---3----| |--3--|
|  +W            Q.      E  Q     Q  Q    Q     H   +H        H.       E  E
|-------------|-16------14-14----13----|-------13--(13)----|----------18-------|
|-(16)--------|-16------16-16----16-16-|-15----15--(15)----|-18-------18-16----|
|-(15)--------|------------------------|-15----------------|-19----------15----|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|  +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H        H.       E  E
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(8)--------|--9--8-------6----------|----6-------(6)----|--6--------6--8----|
|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----|--7--------7--8----|
|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8-8-------(8)----|--8--------8--8----|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

                                                 To Coda
                Ebsus4     Ebsus2        Bb
   +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|--(3)--------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--(4)--------|--9--7-------6----------|----6-------(6)----|
|--(3)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----|
|--(5)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8----------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| | |---3----| |--3--|
|  +W            Q.      E  Q     Q  Q    Q     H   +H
|-------------|-16------14-14----13----|-------13--(13)----|
|-(16)--------|-16------16-16----16-16-|-15----15--(15)----|
|-(15)--------|------------------------|-15----------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--(8)--------|--9--8-------6----------|----6-------(6)----|
|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----|
|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8-8-------(8)----|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|

 1.                         2.
   E  E  E E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E E  E  E  E  E
|--6--6--6----6--6--6--6--||--6--6--6----6--6--6--6--||
|--6--6--6----6--6--6--6-o||--6--6--6----6--6--6--6--||
|--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--||--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--||
|--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--||--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--||
|------------------------o||-------------------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-o||-15-15-15---15-15-15-15--||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|------------------------o||-------------------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|--6--6--6----6--6--6--6-o||--6--6--6----6--6--6--6--||
|--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--||--7--7--7----7--7--7--7--||
|--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--||--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--||
|------------------------o||-------------------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||

 Chorus
  Bb          Eb                   Ebsus4     Ebsus2        Bb
   H.       E  S S    +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|--6--------6--3-3-|--(3)--------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--6--------6--4-4-|--(4)--------|--9--7-------6----------|----6-------(6)----|
|--7--------7--3-3-|--(3)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----|
|--8--------8--5-5-|--(5)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8----------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| | |---3----| |--3--|
|  H.       E  E      +W            Q.      E  Q     Q  Q    Q     H   +H
|----------18------|-------------|-16------14-14----13----|-------13--(13)----|
|-18-------18-16---|-(16)--------|-16------16-16----16-16-|-15----15--(15)----|
|-19----------15---|-(15)--------|------------------------|-15----------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  H.       E  E      +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|--6--------6--8---|--(8)--------|--9--8-------6----------|----6-------(6)----|
|--7--------7--8---|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----|
|--8--------8--8---|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8-8-------(8)----|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------|

  Bb          Eb
   H.       E  S S    +W
|--6--------6--3-3-|--(3)--------|
|--6--------6--4-4-|--(4)--------|
|--7--------7--3-3-|--(3)--------|
|--8--------8--5-5-|--(5)--------|
|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------|
|
|  H.       E  E      +W
|----------18------|-------------|
|-18-------18-16---|-(16)--------|
|-19----------15---|-(15)--------|
|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------|
|
|  H.       E  E      +W
|------------------|-------------|
|--6--------6--8---|--(8)--------|
|--7--------7--8---|--(8)--------|
|--8--------8--8---|--(8)--------|
|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------|

                              D.S. al Coda
  Ebsus4     Ebsus2        Bb
   E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|------------------------|--------------------||
|--9--7-------6----------|----6-------(6)-----||
|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)-----||
|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8-----------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
| | |---3----| |--3--|
|  Q.      E  Q     Q  Q    Q     H   +H
|-16------14-14----13----|-------13--(13)-----||
|-16------16-16----16-16-|-15----15--(15)-----||
|------------------------|-15-----------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|
|  E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|------------------------|--------------------||
|--9--8-------6----------|----6-------(6)-----||
|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)-----||
|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8-8-------(8)-----||
|------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------||

 Outro
  &
  Bb          Eb                   Ebsus4     Ebsus2        Bb
   H.       E  S S    +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|--6--------6--3-3-|--(3)--------|------------------------|-------------------*|
|--6--------6--4-4-|--(4)--------|--9--7-------6----------|----6-------(6)----*|
|--7--------7--3-3-|--(3)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----*|
|--8--------8--5-5-|--(5)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--8----------------*|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------*|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------*|
| | |---3----| |--3--|
|  H.       E  E      +W            Q.      E  Q     Q  Q    Q     H   +H
|----------18------|-------------|-16------14-14----13----|-------13--(13)----*|
|-18-------18-16---|-(16)--------|-16------16-16----16-16-|-15----15--(15)----*|
|-19----------15---|-(15)--------|------------------------|-15----------------*|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------*|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------*|
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------*|
|
|  H.       E  E      +W            E  Q.      E Q.          E Q.      +H
|------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------------*|
|--6--------6--8---|--(8)--------|--9--8-------6----------|----6-------(6)----*|
|--7--------7--8---|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--7-7-------(7)----*|
|--8--------8--8---|--(8)--------|--8--8-------8-8--------|--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