Otis Redding – Mr Pitiful (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1965 Album THE GREAT OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL BALLADS) Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'The Memphis Horns - Horns' Intro Q=132 N.C. 4/4 Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.) H E E E E +W +Q Q E E E E +W

|--------3----8-|--(8)--------|--(8)-----5-------|--------|
|------5--------|-------------|------------4---5-|-(5)----|
|-------------9-|--(9)--------|--(9)-----------5-|-(5)----|
|--------5---10-|-(10)--------|-(10)-----7-5-----|--------|
|------7--------|-------------|------------6---3-|-(3)----|
|---------------|-------------|------------------|--------|

                 1st - 3rd Verses
              $
  C               C
  Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
  e E Q  H        e E e E e E e E   e E e E e E e E   e E e E e E e E
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----------||o-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5-----------||--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5-----------||--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-3-----------||o-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                        G
  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 e E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                    C                                   F
  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 e E e E
|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1---1---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-4---4---4---4---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-2---2---2---2---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                        1.
                                               To Coda
                    C                 G                  C
  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 e E e E
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-3---3---3---3----|------------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3----|-5---5---5---5----|
|-2---2---2---2---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4----|-5---5---5---5----|
|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----|-5---5---5---5----|
|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|------------------|-3---3---3---3----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|

                 2.
                  C
  e E Q  H         e E  e E  e E  e E    e E   Q       H
|--------------||--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------------------------||
|-5-----------o||--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------------------------||
|-5------------||--9----9----9----9---|--9-----------------------------||
|-5------------||-10---10---10---10---|-10-----------------------------||
|-3-----------o||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||

| Gtr II
| W                W                     E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------||---------------------|----3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-||
|-------------o||---------------------|----5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------o||---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------||---------------------|--------------------------------||

 Interlude
  N.C.
  Q  E E E E   E   E     Q  E E E E   E   E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--------------------|-3--------------------|
|------5-3-5---3---5---|------5-3-5---3---5---|

| Q  Q   E S S S S S S   Q  Q   E S S S S S S
|-3--------3-2-3-2-3-2-|-3--------3-2-3-2-3-2-|
|-5--5-----5-4-5-4-5-4-|-5--5-----5-4-5-4-5-4-|
|----5-----------------|----5-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|

  Q       E   E   E   E   E   E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------------|
|-------------5---3---5---3---5----|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2--|
|-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

                        Bridge
        C     G/B   Am   G                         C     G/B   Am
  Q  Q   E  S S S S E    e E e E e E e E   e E e E  E  S S S S E
|--------8--8-7---7-5-||-3---3---3---3---|-3---3----8--8-7---7-5-|
|--------8--8-8---8-5-||-3---3---3---3---|-3---3----8--8-8---8-5-|
|--------9--9-7---7-5-||-4---4---4---4---|-4---4----9--9-7---7-5-|
|-------10-10-9---9-7-||-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---10-10-9---9-7-|
|-3-------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|

  C                                     G/B   Am  G
   e E  e E  e E  e E    e E  e E  E  S S S S E   e E e E e E e E
|--8----8----8----8---|--8----8----8--8-7---7-5-|-3---3---3---3---|
|--8----8----8----8---|--8----8----8--8-8---8-5-|-3---3---3---3---|
|--9----9----9----9---|--9----9----9--9-7---7-5-|-4---4---4---4---|
|-10---10---10---10---|-10---10---10-10-9---9-7-|-5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

                                              D.S. al Coda
          C     G/B   Am  C
  e E e E  E  S S S S E    e E  e E  e E  e E    e E Q  H
|-3---3----8--8-7---7-5-|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||
|-3---3----8--8-8---8-5-|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||
|-4---4----9--9-7---7-5-|--9----9----9----9---|--9-----------||
|-5---5---10-10-9---9-7-|-10---10---10---10---|-10-----------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------||

                                        Outro
  &
  C                                      N.C.
   e E  e E  e E  e E    e E Q  H        H    Q   E  E
|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||-------------12-|
|--8----8----8----8---|--8-----------||o---------------|
|--9----9----9----9---|--9-----------||----------------|
|-10---10---10---10---|-10-----------||----------------|
|---------------------|--------------||o---------------|
|---------------------|--------------||----------------|

| Gtr II
|  W                     W               H    E E E  E
|---------------------|--------------||---------3----8-|
|---------------------|--------------||o------5--------|
|---------------------|--------------||--------------9-|
|---------------------|--------------||---------5---10-|
|---------------------|--------------||o------7--------|
|---------------------|--------------||----------------|

    Q   Q  H        H      Q   E  E    Q   Q  H     4x
|--12-----------|----------------12-|-12------------||
|---------------|-------------------|--------------o||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------------|--------------o||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------||

|  +W              +Q   Q  E E E  E   +W            4x
|--(8)----------|--(8)-----5--------|---------------||
|---------------|------------4----5-|-(5)----------o||
|--(9)----------|--(9)------------5-|-(5)-----------||
|-(10)----------|-(10)-----7-5------|---------------||
|---------------|------------6------|--------------o||
|---------------|-----------------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