James Brown – Talkin Loud And Sayin Nothing (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by James Brown (From the 1972 Album THERE IT IS) Words and Music by James Brown & Bobby Byrd Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Phelps "Catfish" Collins - Electric Guitar' 1st - 4th Verses Q=102(s16=16) Eb9 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) E S S E E H
||------6s5s6-----------------------|
||o-----6s5s6-----------------------|
||------6s5s6-----------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
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|   Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
|   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
||o-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
||--x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
||----------------------------3-5-6-|
||o---------------------3-4---------|
||----------------------------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x--------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x--------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x--------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6--|
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4----------|
|-------------------6-------------|----------------------------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6-|
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4---------|
|-------------------6-------------|---------------------------------|

  E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6--------------------------|
|-----6s5s6--------------------------|
|-----6s5s6--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x--------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x--------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x--------------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6----|
|---------------------3-4------------|
|-------------------6----------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H                 8x
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------||
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------o||
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   8x
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------o||
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-------------------||
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6---||
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4----------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------6---------------||

   Bridge
    Eb7
    S S S S +Q    +E    E   Q         S S S S +H            Q
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||o-9-----7-(7)---(7)---------------|-9-----7-(7)-----------------|
||----8-----------------------------|---8-------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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|   Q        E. S  S  S S S S S S S   S S S S  S  S  E  e E S S E
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------7---------9-------7-|-------9-----9s11-11-9---7s9-|
||--------------------8-------8-----|---8-------------------------|
||--------------4---------6-------4-|-------6-----6s=8--8-6---4s6-|
||o-------------------6-------6-----|---6-------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|

  S S  S S +Q    +E  E   Q         S S S S +E  E H           4x
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-9------7-(7)---(7)-------------|-9-----7-(7)--------------o||
|---8----------------------------|---8-----------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||
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| S E.     +E  e  E.   S S S S S   S S S S  E  e S  E S E E  4x
|--------------------------------|------------------------9--||
|-7---------------7--------9-----|---7-----------9s11-------o||
|---8------(8)-8-------8-------8-|-------8-----8----------6--||
|-4---------------4--------6-----|---4-----------6s=8--------||
|---6------(6)-6-------6-------6-|-------6-----6------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||

   5th - 7th Verses
    Eb9
    E   S S E   E   H
||------6s5s6-----------------------|
||o-----6s5s6-----------------------|
||------6s5s6-----------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
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|   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
||o-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
||--x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|
||----------------------------3-5-6-|
||o---------------------3-4---------|
||----------------------------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x---------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x---------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x---------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6---|
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4-----------|
|-------------------6-------------|-----------------------------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6-|
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4---------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------6-------------|

  E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6--------------------------|
|-----6s5s6--------------------------|
|-----6s5s6--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x----------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x----------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x----------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6----|
|---------------------3-4------------|
|------------------------------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H                 6x
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------||
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------o||
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   6x
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------o||
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-------------------||
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6---||
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4----------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------6---------------||

 Breakdown
  Wx10
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   Outro
    E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
||------6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
||o-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
||------6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-----------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|   Gtr II
|   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|
||o-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|
||--x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-----------------|
||----------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6-|
||o---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4---------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------6-------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6--|
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------6--------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------|
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6--|
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------6--------------|

  E   S S E   E   H                 E   S S E   E   H                14x
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------||
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6------------------------o||
|-----6s5s6-----------------------|-----6s5s6-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  14x
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-------------------||
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x------------------o||
|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-x-x-------------|-x-x-x-x-6-6-x-x-------------------||
|---------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------3-5-6---||
|---------------------3-4---------|---------------------3-4----------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------6---------------||
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