Otis Redding – Pain In My Heart (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1964 Album PAIN IN MY HEART) Words and Music by Naomi Neville Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'The Memphis Horns - Brass' Intro Q=84(16=s16) Bb F G F G Bb F 12/8 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) W Q. E E E E E E E E E

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|-----------------------|------------------------------6-7-||
|-----------------------|------------8--8-8-8--8-8--8------||
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| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| H.      Q.   +Q   S S   S  S +Q   +Q.     Q.     +E  E E
|-6---------------------|----6-(6)--(6)--------------------||
|---------6----(6)--8s6s|=8-----------------6------(6)-----||
|-3---------------------|----3-(3)--(3)--------------------||
|---------3----(3)--5s3s|=5-----------------3------(3)-----||
|-----------------------|----------------------------------||
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 1st Verse
  Bb             F                       Bb              F
  Q.   +E  a e e S  S  +Q    +E   E  E   E a E E +E  e e S  S  +Q    +E   e e
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------6---8s10-(10)--(10)-10-10-|-8---6-----------8s10-(10)--(10)-------|
|----------6h7---8s10-(10)--(10)----10-|-8-6h7---------7-8s10-(10)--(10)-10----|
|-8----(8)-----8-----------------------|-------8-(8)-8-------------------10-9--|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

  Eb
  Q.   +E  S  S E Q.   +E  S  S E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8----(8)------8-8----(8)------8-|
|----------8s10------------8h10---|
|---------------------------------|

  Bb
  S  S T  T E. +Q   S  S T  T S +Q   e  e e
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-8-10-8h10-8--(8)--8-10-8h10-8-(8)-------6--||
|------------------------------------8-10----||
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 2nd Verse
  Bb             F                     Bb              F
  Q.   +E  a e e S  S  +Q    +Q    e   E a E E +E  e e S  S  +Q    +E   E E
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------6---8s10-(10)--(10)--10-|-8---6---------6-8s10-(10)--(10)-------|
|----------6h7---8s10-(10)--(10)--10-|-8-6h7---------7-8s10-(10)--(10)-10----|
|-8----(8)-----8---------------------|-------8-(8)-8-------------------10-9--|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

  Eb
  Q.   +E  S  S E Q.   +E  S  S E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8----(8)------8-8----(8)------8-|
|----------8s10------------8h10---|
|---------------------------------|

  Bb
  S  S T  T E. +Q   S  S T  T E. S  S T  T S E  e
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|-------------------------------------------------||
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|-8-10-8h10-8--(8)--8-10-8h10-8--8-10-8h10-8-8-10-||
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 Bridge
  $
  Gm
  E. S +S  S a E E. S a E E S S a E E a E
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|-----------------------------------3-----|
|----3-(3)-3--------------3---3-3h5---3h5-|
|----3-(3)-3-----3--3-3h5---5-------------|
|-5----------3h5--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

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  a S S E S S a Q  S S a Q  S S E a E T T T T
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|-3h5p3-3---3---------------------3h5-3h5p3----|
|---------3---3h5--5p3-3h5--5p3-5-----------5--|
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                                        To Coda
  Bb                   F7
  e E E Q.   H.        e e e e e e e e e e e E
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|-3------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
|--------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
|--------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1s=||

 3rd Verse
  Bb           F7                      Bb              F7
  Q.   +E  e e S  S  +Q    +E   e  e   E a E E +E  e e S  S  +Q    +E   e e
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------6---8s10-(10)--(10)-10-10-|-8---6-----------8s10-(10)--(10)------|
|------------7-8s10-(10)--(10)----10-|-8-6h7---------7-8s10-(10)--(10)-10---|
|------------------------------------|-------8-(8)-8-------------------10-9-|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-6----(6)---------------------------|--------------------------------------|

  Eb                                Bb
  Q.   +E  S  S E Q.   +E  S  S E   S  S T  T E. +Q   E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-8----(8)------8-8----(8)------8-|-8-10-8h10-8--(8)----------------6-7-||
|----------8s10------------8h10---|-------------------6-8-8-8-8-8-8-----||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

 Interlude
  Bb      F             Bb                   F
  H.      Q.   +Q   E   Q.     E a  E a  E a  E  a  E a  E a  E a  E a  E
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------/9------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------/10-8h10-8h10-8h10--8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-|
|-8-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------8----(8)--8-|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-6-------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr II
| H.      H.            H.                    H.
|-6-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------|-3-------------------------------------------------|
|---------3-----------|-----------------------3---------------------------|
|---------------------|-1-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

  Bb          F
  S S Q  Q.   Q.   +Q   E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-8p6---------------------|
|-----8--8----------------|
|-------------8----(8)--8-|
|-------------------------|

| H.          H.
|-6-----------------------|
|-------------6-----------|
|-3-----------------------|
|-------------3-----------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

                                         D.S. al Coda
  Bb
  Q.   +E  a  E a  E a  E  a  E a  E a  E  a  E  S S
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|----------8h10-8h10-8h10--8h10-8h10-8h10--8h10-10s7---||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-6----(6)---------------------------------------------||

| H.                   +Q.              Q.
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|-3--------------------(3)-----------------------------||
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|-1--------------------(1)-----------------------------||
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 Outro
  &
  Bb              F                       Bb              F
   Q.   +E  a e e S  S  +Q    +E   e  e   E  a E E +Q   E Q.   +E  e e
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------6---8s10-(10)--(10)-10-10-|-8----6-------------------6-8-|
|-----------6h7---8s10-(10)--(10)-10-10-|-8--6h7---------------------8-|
|---------------8-----------------------|--------8-(8)--8--------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------8----(8)-----|
|-/6----(6)-----------------------------|------------------------------|

| Gtr II
|  H.             H.                      H.              H.
|--6------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------6---------------------|------------------------------|
|--3------------------------------------|-3----------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------------|-----------------3------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|

  Bb               F                        Bb                F
  Q   E  +E   e  e E   S  S  S  S  e  e E   E  a S E. +E  E E E  E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-8s=10-(10)-10-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|-8----6-------------------------|
|-8s=10-(10)-10-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-8-|-8--6h7-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------8--(8)-8-8----------6-7-|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------8--8-8-8-----|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| H.               H.                       H.                H.
|-6---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------6----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
|------------------3----------------------|-------------------3------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  Bb             F                         Bb                F
  Q.   +E  a e e S  S  +Q    +E    E   E   E  a S E. +E  E E E  E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
|------------6---8s10-(10)--(10)-/10-/10-|-8----6-------------------------*|
|----------6h7---8s10-(10)--(10)-/10-/10-|-8--6h7-------------------------*|
|-8----(8)-----8-------------------------|--------8--(8)-8--------------6-*|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------7-8--8-8-8-8---*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------*|

| H.             H.                        H.                H.
|-6--------------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
|----------------6-----------------------|--------------------------------*|
|-3--------------------------------------|-3------------------------------*|
|----------------3-----------------------|-------------------3------------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------*|

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