Otis Redding – I Got The Will (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1970 Album TELL THE TRUTH) Words and Music by Otis Redding Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn -Bass'
 [Intro]
 Q=116
 4/4                                                    2/4
 Gtr I
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E
G|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------||
D|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7-||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------||

 [Verses 1 & 3]
 4/4
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------4--|
A||o-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-5-7----|
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|

   Q.   E Q..   S   Q  E. S E E S S E   Q  Q  Q.   E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|----------------|---------6-9-6-----|------------5-|-(5)---------------||
D|-5----5-5-----5-|-7--7--7-------9-7-|--------------|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
A|----------------|-------------------|-5--5--5------|-------------------||
E|----------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------||

 [Verses 2 & 4]
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------0-2----|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------2--|

   Q.   E Q.   S S   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------5-||
D|------5-5----5-5-|-7----7-7----7-|---------------|---------------||
A|-----------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5------||
E|-3---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||

 [Chorus]
   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    e Q.   H
G|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)--------------|--------------||
D|-----7-7-7-7-5-----|-----7-7-7-7-5-----|-----5-5-5-5-3----|-5-3---------o||
A|---------------7---|---------------7---|---------------5--|-------------o||
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------||

 [Interlude]
                                                        2/4
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E
G|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5--------||
D|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7--||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||

 [Verse 5]
 4/4
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------4-|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5-5-7---|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|

   Q.   E Q..   S   Q  E. S E E S S E   Q  Q  Q.   E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|----------------|---------6-9-6-----|------------5-|-(5)---------------||
D|-5----5-5-----5-|-7--7--7-------9-7-|--------------|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
A|----------------|-------------------|-5--5--5------|-------------------||
E|----------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------||

 [Verse 6]
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------0-2----|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------2--|

   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------5--||
D|------5-5----5-|-7----7-7----7-|---------------|----------------||
A|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-------||
E|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||

 [Chorus]
   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    e Q.   H
G|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)--------------|-------------||
D|-----7-7-7-7-5-----|-----7-7-7-7-5-----|-----5-5-5-5-3----|-5-3---------||
A|---------------7---|---------------7---|---------------5--|-------------||
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------||

 [Outro]
     E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   E E E E   E Q.   E E E E  3x
G||----7--------7---|---7--------7---|---7--------7---|---7--------7----||
D||o----------7---7-|----------7---7-|----------7---7-|----------7---7-o||
A||o-5--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------o||
E||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
************************************** Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | +() - note tied to previous | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end **************************************